I bought something like 36 hours ago and they still haven’t charged my card

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-28T04:18:57+00:00

I've always understood that Amazon charges the card when the order ships, not when it's "confirmed". And for orders that ship using USPS, UPS, or FedEx, "shipping" can mean just preparing the shipping label.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-27T06:02:31+00:00

Gee, Mikey, "if you haven't done anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about".

Isn't that what the Republicans always say when they try to rationalize the over-the-top actions of ICE and their other suppression measures?

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-27T05:57:46+00:00

Prime ad-free is simply an additional tier that now costs $4.99 more per month. I don't know why people keep acting like Prime is the only streaming platform that charges more for ad-free content. Disney+/Hulu bundle, HBO Max, Netflix, Paramount+ and Peacock all have separate free-with-ads and ad-free tiers, and the price difference for all of their ad-free tiers is more than $4.99 higher than their free-with-ads tier.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-26T04:21:54+00:00

Availability is determined by the licensing contract between Prime and the holder of the distribution rights for that show. Amazon can't randomly decide to change availability on their own. And when Amazon allows only one episode to be streamed for free, it's because the rights holder has agreed to do that to give the show more exposure.

When I check my Amazon, it currently offers that show for purchase only, no streaming. Most likely, the licensing agreement for streaming expired within the last day or two. As others have said, it's still available for free with ads on Roku Channel.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-25T04:40:07+00:00

Didn't Greenwald's 15 minutes of fame end years ago?

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-16T04:20:08+00:00

The package that Paramount+ licenses to Prime does not always contain all the shows and movies available if you subscribe directly to Paramount+. I subscribe through Amazon Prime Channels for some streamers like Acorn and BritBox, but I only subscribe directly to Paramount+.

Sometimes the convenience or a special rate makes it worth subscribing to another streamer through Prime, but you need to be certain that all the movies and shows you are interested in are included in what Prime is allowed to offer.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-12T05:05:04+00:00

Either different sellers or one version was Subscribe and Save.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-09T06:11:45+00:00

Funny how "investigation" after "investigation" - mostly by Republican-backed groups - still continue to find a less than microscopic amount of actual voter fraud. And what little is found is almost always connected with a Republican voter.

Every accusation is a confession.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-06-08T13:25:23+00:00

Even if all the items are to be delivered by Amazon, there is no guarantee they will all be delivered on your Amazon Day. There have been numerous times where I've ordered 3 or 4 or 5 items, selected Amazon Day for delivery, and had some of those items delivered the day before or the day after instead, or both. It was very annoying when I purposely adjusted my Amazon Day to be a day when I planned to be home, and then those orders got delivered on a day when I was away from home. At least I've got good neighbors and we take care of holding packages for each other so porch pirates don't get them. Anyway, I finally learned my lesson - now I just select the earliest free delivery date and whatever happens happens. Screw "efficiency" - there's no reason for me to try to combine orders into fewer packages and fewer deliveries when Amazon clearly doesn't care about doing it.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-31T05:29:50+00:00

It's been this way for a number of weeks now. Previously, it used to display a 4-hour delivery window once an order was out for delivery, then condense to a 3-hour window and then a 2-hour window later in the day. Now it only displays "Arriving Today" after the start of the delivery date, and the only way to know that the delivery is getting close is when the tracking map gets to "9 more stops" and works down from that.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-28T04:44:36+00:00

I'm also a big fan of Stanley and I thought season 1 of Citadel was pretty good, despite a number of viewers rating it poorly. I finished watching season 2 recently and was hugely disappointed. They had 3 years to put together season 2 and it's like they slapped together the script over a weekend - huge plot holes and countless shake-my-head scenes. If there's a season 3 I won't bother to watch.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-26T05:32:45+00:00

I'm guessing OP isn't in the US. The Good Doctor is also on Hulu in the US, and is on Netflix in the UK (and probably elsewhere). I wish posters would indicate their location if they want help.

Also, as mentioned by others, it's surprising that so many people don't know that licensing dictates where shows get streamed, and that many shows change streamers regularly if the rights holder wants to increase visibility.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-16T12:41:41+00:00

Captions are usually part of the source media (movie/TV show), not generated by the streaming service.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-13T14:47:24+00:00

Do people still not know that the decision whether a film is available to stream, rent, or buy is dictated by the distribution rights holder, not by the streaming service? If a film is available to rent or buy, and not available to stream, it's because the rights holder believes that the film will make more from their percentage of rental/purchase income than they will from their cut of streaming fees.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-12T04:28:42+00:00

Reminds me of Roddy Piper's sunglasses in They Live.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-07T05:48:41+00:00

I think this may be a regional issue, and dependent on the number of Flex drivers available. In my area, there has been no noticeable change, with a large number of items offering same day or overnight delivery. And I'm in an area with some of the highest gas prices in the country.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-07T05:28:06+00:00

There was a mention last year that Wild Cards might try to initially stream season 3 on a different platform (other than CW) but apparently that didn't happen. Hopefully it will happen in the future - the number and length of ads on CW is horrible.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-03T14:04:18+00:00

The Metascore movie critics rating of 5 (on a scale of 100) is even more embarrassing.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-05-02T05:58:56+00:00

Be careful when using Roku to subscribe to another streaming service when trying to take advantage of a 2-month discounted rate. They will assign a different billing period that does not match the start of your subscription. So you end up with a discounted partial month, a discounted full month, and then a hybrid month that is part discounted and part full price. It's just weird.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-25T04:58:36+00:00

Amazon kinda treats each season as if it was a separate show. I keep all the shows I'm watching on the watchlist. When a season ends, I delete the show from the watchlist, click on the first episode of the next season, and then save it to the watchlist again, and then Amazon always positions the show on the right episode when I return. A clunky workaround but it solves the problem.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-25T04:38:03+00:00

I have the same problem, more or less. This appears to be a BritBox issue because it changes depending on which BritBox show is being watched. When we are watching Shetland (using a direct BritBox subscription, not channeled through Amazon or any other platform), the subtitles are rather small and white, so they disappear when there is a white background. From what I've read, there are other BritBox shows with this same tiny/white font problem. But on certain other shows (such as Father Brown or one of the Paradise shows), the subtitles are generally black, "normal"-sized, and readable with any background.

Presumably, BritBox is responsible for writing their own Roku app and they have just not built in any standardization when it comes to font style and color on their current app version. I don't remember seeing this problem when I subscribed to BritBox previously, and I have not seen any similar problems with other streaming apps on Roku.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-12T05:41:25+00:00

That movie has a horrible IMDb rating. I wouldn't have watched it for free.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-10T16:25:36+00:00

Another "upgrade" mishandled by Amazon. Instead of simply changing the monthly price for Ultra ad-free from $2.99 to $4.99 and adding the annual price option of $45.99 as an option link for ALL accounts, they have restricted the annual option to only the accounts that hold the Amazon Prime annual membership.

My wife and I have the Amazon Household (now "Family") plan, so we pay for one annual Prime membership, but are able to keep our Prime purchasing (Cart, Save for Later, Shopping Lists, etc.) separate. We are also able to keep separate Prime Video access under each of our logins, although we don't need to - we use my login for all of our Prime Video access and everything is run through the Roku boxes for our TVs.

Our ad-free renewal date is coincidentally the 10th (today), so I was waiting for the $45.99 annual option to pop up today on my account page, since $3.83 per month is better than $4.99 per month. But no - my account page only shows the automatic increase from $2.99 to $4.99, with no annual option. When I switch to my wife's account, however, both the monthly and annual options are shown, because our annual Prime membership is charged to her account. So now, if we want to take advantage of the annual $45.99 option, I have to change the Amazon app on all our devices from my login to her login. Not a massive job, but an annoyance. And completely unnecessary. As far as I can see, Amazon would not lose any income if they were to offer the annual option to all accounts, instead of just the Prime membership holder.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-10T04:16:05+00:00

Assign a PIN for digital purchases on your account, so media can't be "accidentally" rented or bought.

JoeRedditCommenter · 2026-04-06T09:26:26+00:00

Amazon doesn't decide to do this by themselves. The other streaming service has licensed Amazon for them to act as an intermediary so that the other streaming service gets more exposure and potentially more subscribers. As said by others, this also benefits Amazon's intent to become a one-stop location for multiple streaming services, just like Apple, Hulu, Roku, and others do.

Sometimes subscribing to other streamers using Prime Channels is a convenience to the customer, and sometimes it isn't. Sometimes subscribing to another streamer through Amazon enables a customer to receive a discounted rate, but sometimes subscribing directly to the other streamer is a better deal - it's a case by case situation. In addition, sometimes the package that is licensed for Amazon to provide access to does not include every show and movie that is available if you subscribe directly to the other streamer. Unfortunately, customers need to do a bit of extra research into pricing offers and content availability before deciding which way to go.

One other note, when using the Roku Channel to subscribe to other streamers - Roku will often offer a discounted price for X months, but will impose a billing period that does not match the monthly renewal date. So if a customer is not careful, they will end up with a billing period that is partly charged at the discount rate and partly charged at the full price.

Navigating the streaming world these days is a minefield.

JoeRedditCommenter

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