E-commerce: Federal Court of Justice examines price increase for Amazon Prime
In 2022, Amazon raised the price of its Prime subscription without obtaining customers' consent. Two courts declared the clause to be ineffective. Now, the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) is hearing the case.
The Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) is currently examining a price increase for Amazon's German Prime membership program. Consumer center Nordrhein-Westfalen successfully challenged the measure in court, with Landgericht Düsseldorf and Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf declaring an adjustment clause ineffective. Amazon, however, is now seeking review in Karlsruhe.
It is unclear whether the third civil chamber at the BGH will issue a verdict on the same day. Amazon had raised the price for the Prime subscription in Germany in 2022, without explicitly seeking customer consent. The rate jumped from €69 annually to €89.90, and from €7.99 monthly to €8.99. Amazon cited increased costs as the reason for the price hike. According to the Verbraucherzentrale, millions of consumers were affected.
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