Screwed myself over
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I just wanted to buy some books and didn't care about a membership. I bought one regular membership and 5 books ($5 + $7 * 5 books = $40).
Since a premium membership comes with a credit good for one book, the cost is $11 + $6 * 4 books = $35. Since I didn't realize this, I am screwed out of $5.
It turns out that a premium membership is always better than a regular if you want at least one book, and it's better than Amazon if you want at least six (not even counting the lack of bonus material on Amazon).
If I ever want to buy another book, I should logically upgrade to premium for $7 (assuming that's possible, it isn't clear if I can do this). If I had gotten premium from the start my next book would be $6, so I'm actually screwed out of another dollar too. If it's not possible to upgrade until the next month, I should end my subscription and wait until I want to buy at least six books, then buy a month of premium, rather than trying to buy them now. (now: $7 * 6=42, with premium later: $11 + $6 * 5=41).I have no idea what to do about this. I can afford $
65 but I am very annoyed at the buying process being so arcane that it's easy to mess up like this. -
Upgrading to premium takes effect immediately (or at least it did when I did it), and they will credit a pro-rated amount of your regular membership purchase towards it, so you won't be out any money (except for the amount of discount you got on credits, which is already spent)
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The loss of the discount on credits is the main point. I'm out by $5
or $6 (if I ever intend to buy any more books)because of the consumer unfriendly buying process.Edit: My math was off. Upgrading to premium should be $6, not $7, so I don't lose an extra dollar, just the initial $5.
