You are correct. Some but not all things are discounted....you can tell because the Platinum discount is shown on the items that qualify. Some things I've been looking at that cost $25 (too rich for my blood) are $1.99 right now and that has made the membership worth it to me (the cost of the items with the cost of the membership is less then the cost of the items without the membership; but then again I'm buying something I probably would have passed on before). I'm wondering, though, if they may change which items are discounted which may mean that some things that are not discounted now will be at a later time????