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Getting what you pay for: How Amazon’s membership fee retains customer loyalty

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Now Amazon has never raised the price of their premier rewards incentives since its conception in 2005, and the “thinkers” threatened members with a $40 increase, and then magnanimously acquiesced to only a $20 increase. The annual rate will be $99 when your membership renews on August 1, 2014. In the Jacksonville, Fla.

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Why You Should Travel Back Through Time | Men With Pens

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My blog focuses on London restaurants, which means in some cases you really are travelling back in time because restaurants come and go so regularly. The first post I wrote that got some attention was this one back in November 2005 – [link] – when I’d been blogging for just a couple of weeks.

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