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# Germany's Top Court Voids Amazon Prime's 2022 Price Rise
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/10/01/bgh-amazon-prime-price-increase/
- Published: 2026-10-01T07:12:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T16:27:17.000Z
- Description: A German consumer group wins at the federal court against the clause behind Prime's 2022 price rise, and sues separately for refunds.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Buyers, Amazon, Federal Court of Justice, Verbraucherzentrale NRW, #pool-2026-10-02, #ai-generated

Germany's Federal Court of Justice rules invalid, for lack of transparency, the terms Amazon used to raise its Prime membership fee in September 2022, from €7.99 to €8.99 (roughly $9.35 to $10.50) a month and from €69 to €89.90 (\~$81 to \~$105) a year, in a case brought by consumer group Verbraucherzentrale NRW. The clause let the company adjust a membership covering shipping and streaming "at reasonable discretion"; the group is pursuing a separate collective action at the Higher Regional Court in Hamm to recover the difference.

**Primary**: [Bundesgerichtshof, press release 184/2026, 1 October 2026](https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2026/2026184.html?ref=scrolletta.com), [Verbraucherzentrale NRW, press release, 1 October 2026](https://www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/pressemitteilungen/amazon-unterliegt-bgh-stoppt-primepreiserhoehung-126160?ref=scrolletta.com)

**Trade**: [DWDL, 1 October 2026](https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/108051/bgh%5Ferklaert%5Famazon%5Fprimepreiserhoehung%5Fvon%5F2022%5Ffuer%5Funwirksam/?ref=scrolletta.com)