@briarycliffs
I got the same. I really can’t complain about free stuff, but they spoiled me the first time I did this, with a backpack and a whole box of samples.

@rick505 said in Amazon Prime Membership Price Will Soon Increase To $139 (Up From $119). The change will go into effect on February 18 for new Prime members and after March 25 for existing members.:

I thought I asked this here but don’t see it. If my Prime renewal is march 7th, can I beat the increase for existing members (March 25) and still pay the $119 for one more year? I don’t want auto renewal to kick in with the higher price and have to fight them for a refund.

If your renewal is March 7th and the cutoff for existing accounts is March 25, I think you want to do automatic renewal this year, and not turn off auto-renewal until after you are charged. I believe it says in your Prime account information ahead of time how much it will charge you. It may not say the amount until closer to your renewal. My renewal isn’t until July and it still says $119, but I assume that will update later. I recall seeing specific information about how much and when it would charge close to my renewal date.
Before the price change you can buy a Gift of Prime for $119 and send it to yourself. Then next year before your renewal date you would turn off auto-renew, let your membership expire, and then use your Gift of Prime to restart your Prime.

I’ve never done this myself as I’m grandfathered with 4 family members’ accounts attached to mine, so until the point that they cancel this status I’m not touching anything on my account and will keep autorenewing. But I do have a Gift of Prime saved from a previous price hike to use at a later time. The good thing is that if you ever decide you’re not going to use it, you can turn it into a regular gift card.

Hope this helps.

Even more annoyingly, they are actually fulfilling orders for some people and are delivering today.

@penguin110
Sounds fishy to me too. Obviously I’m biased, but I think they should honor the price rather than cancel the orders.

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In previous versions of the Kohl’s reward program, a return would take back from the rewards balance. In the past I had months with a negative balance due to this. I guess they decided not to do that in the current version.

@waldo1945
Out of curiosity, which purchase did you return first? I’ve also been burned by this in the past. In this situation I return the purchase that used the Kohl’s Cash first, and do it in a completely separate transaction than the second return. I think that would give you the full amount you paid back and restore the KC. Then the return of the original purchase would void the KC and give you back the full amount you paid for that purchase. Then again, they may have changed the system, and I am definitely not an expert.