[Reason077]

What do you mean "up for renewal"? You can cancel Prime at any time, there's no contract term.

(Personally I keep Prime mostly for Prime Video, and a few other perks. I typically only buy a few things from Amazon each month, so the free fast shipping is a bonus for me, not a must-have).

[Moeancurly]

I have an annual subscription that renews in March

[Reason077]

You can cancel at any time, and receive a pro-rated refund if you paid in advance.

[Moeancurly]

Okay? My question is for people who canceled their subscription and regretted it, not sure what your point is here.

[darkwizard42]

Parent was trying to let you know that it is available for cancellation before the year, essentially you can cancel at any time.

Their point was you might have erroneously assumed you had to make a decision now.

[staticman2]

I just cancelled and did not recieve a pro rated refund. It simply stops you subscription from auto renewing.

[Reason077]

OK, seems like they changed their policy at some point and it no longer mentions pro-rated refunds:

"Paid members who haven't used their benefits are eligible for a full refund of the current membership period. We'll process the refund in three to five business days."

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...

I have received a pro-rated refund when I cancelled in the past.

[hasbot]

Some people pay annually for a small discount.

[Reason077]

Yes, but you can still cancel at any time and get a refund.

[dragonwriter]

But it's still up for renewal at a particular, well-defined time, whether or not that is important to you.

So the statement you challenged makes perfect sense.

[stjohnswarts]

This is a manufactured argument. 99% of their question was "do you value prime enough to keep paying for it", it was nice of the person to let them know that you can quit anytime and get a prorated return of money for the annual subscription price but really wasn't the main point of the question.