Not to hijack my own thread,but,here is why THIS one doesn't have Amazon prime. I had an Amazon account that I used once in a while. I had $500 in a gift card balance(nothing I paid for,I had earned it all on various web-sites,contests,etc) My account was hacked,the gift card balance disappeared. I contacted Amazon,long story short,they confirmed the account was hacked,They saw the gift card balance was at zero. They agreed there WAS $500 in there. They said they "had an idea" who/what hacked the account. They told me to cancel the account and open a new one with a different e-mail. I asked if when I did that if I would get the $500 gift card balance back. They said no,they couldn't do that. I told them I would just cancel my account and not bother with Amazon anymore. They switched me to another department and Y.A. Tittle as my witness asked what they could do to keep me as a customer. I told them give me my stolen $500 gift card balance. They told me they couldn't do that. That is why THIS one does not have Amazon Prime.