Ring Subscription Increase

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:30 am

Only had Amazon for watching Grand Tour and the wife like the free next day delivery on shopping.

MikeyH · Post by **MikeyH** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:31 am

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:29 am
TitanTim wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:54 pm I nearly joined the army though. Me and a mate decided to join. We went to the recruiting office and my mate signed up fully expecting me too and I changed my mind at the last minute

He went on into the Royal Engineers eventually and was stationed in Germany.
That sounds like one of the last episodes of the Likely Lads!

Whatever happened to them

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:22 am

TitanTim wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:26 am
MikeyH wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:13 am Amazon Prime are going to start adding advertising to their films and series. To avoid this you can pay a monthly fee extra on top of the monthly fee. Cancel button time?
Isn't Amazon going to start charging for using Alexa

Tim. Happily I don't use Amazon or Alexa. Some times being an old fart is good.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:22 am

Mr Tidy wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:29 am
TitanTim wrote: ↑Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:54 pm I nearly joined the army though. Me and a mate decided to join. We went to the recruiting office and my mate signed up fully expecting me too and I changed my mind at the last minute

He went on into the Royal Engineers eventually and was stationed in Germany.
That sounds like one of the last episodes of the Likely Lads!

My mate did resemble Bob funnily enough, don't think I looked like Terry though

Tim.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:26 am

buzyg wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:22 am
TitanTim wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:26 am
MikeyH wrote: ↑Sat Feb 10, 2024 12:13 am Amazon Prime are going to start adding advertising to their films and series. To avoid this you can pay a monthly fee extra on top of the monthly fee. Cancel button time?
Isn't Amazon going to start charging for using Alexa

Tim. Happily I don't use Amazon or Alexa. Some times being an old fart is good.
I use Alexa daily but really only for turning the heating on, cameras, lights, smart plugs, washing machine, heat the bed so not much really My other half isn't called Alexa though

Tim.

Reamesy · Post by **Reamesy** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 2:29 pm

Blink do a system owned by Amazon. No subscription required. They do offer one but it’s not needed

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sat Feb 10, 2024 6:29 pm

Just a bit of a heads up, if you have a yearly Ring subscription. If you cancel your subscription now or before the price increase on the 11th March and take out a new yearly subscription before the 11th it will renew at the current (old) subscription price

If you have any subscription amount owing with cancelling your current plan early any amount will be credited back to you.

At least it will defer the price increase for another year

Tim.

dr_john · Post by **dr_john** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:48 am

I just renewed my Ring subscription at the old price, £80 for a full premium service which covers multiple cameras (I have 3).

I’d no idea abut price increases, but I’m OK for another 12 months.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 8:44 am

dr_john wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:48 am I just renewed my Ring subscription at the old price, £80 for a full premium service which covers multiple cameras (I have 3).

I’d no idea abut price increases, but I’m OK for another 12 months.

I'm unsure the increase affects the premium subscription at present just the basic, I wonder if Ring are testing the waters.

It seems to have been picked up by Martin Lewis, press, Ring Community Forum etc with alot current subscribers vowing they won't be renewing.

It does seem a greedy increase.

Tim.

bz4kev · Post by **bz4kev** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:48 pm

Yes totally agree total joke cancelled my subscription as its unacceptable pretty sure I won't be the only one plenty of non subscription services out there bye bye ring

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:23 pm

bz4kev wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 5:48 pm Yes totally agree total joke cancelled my subscription as its unacceptable pretty sure I won't be the only one plenty of non subscription services out there bye bye ring

Daft as it sounds one of the plusses for Ring for me is ability of being able to hook the outdoor cameras to a solar panel rather than relying of just batteries.

Tim.

dr_john · Post by **dr_john** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:15 pm

TitanTim wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 6:23 pm

Daft as it sounds one of the plusses for Ring for me is ability of being able to hook the outdoor cameras to a solar panel rather than relying of just batteries.

Tim.

I never bothered with the solar, but the rechargeable batteries last for a couple of months on a full charge so no probs really

Nanu · Post by **Nanu** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:02 pm

Forgive my ignorance where Ring is concerned but is subscription compulsory?

I have Tapo cameras and while there is a fee if you use their cloud storage service but if you use a memory card you get all the same stuff but it’s free.

The only difference is every so often you have to wipe the memory card when it’s full.

pvr · Post by **pvr** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:47 pm

Not compulsory but no cloud storage without it.

TitanTim · Post by **TitanTim** » Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:59 pm

You lose pretty much most of the cameras and app functionality without the subscription.

The outdoor cameras I find are pretty good but no SD card option so just cloud storage which is what you're subscribing too but at the new rate of 49 quid a year per camera its a cheek really.

As said earlier I do like the solar panel charging so the camera runs indefinately without having to charge the battery seperately. I don't know of any other outdoor cameras that can be powered by solar.

Tim.

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