I've used Amazon since they first started, when I was ordering on a non-GUI form on a monochrome monitor. Yes, that long ago in the mid-1990s. I think generally they try to be upfront about their offers, not hiding a catch in tiny print. But there are so many options these days it is possible to overlook what each of them means.

I have a credit card attached to Amazon because I get points there, and for all of the cards the offer points, this one makes the most sense because I shop there often and points are applied where I want, not in a laundry list of items in a prize catalog.

I wouldn't look at Prime so much for the shipping as for the access to the film and syndicated television program streaming they offer.

SRS