Kindle special offers

mgmueller · 11-22-2012, 04:20 PM

As always, I've ordered my Kindle Fire HD the day it was announced.
On that very first day, Amazon didn't offer the option w/o "special offers".
So I've got the one with special offers.
I didn't find them too intrusive, but quite frankly a bit boring (only 6 different offers over 30 days).
Unfortunately, I didn't know how to get rid or them.
In the US, it's simple. Directly in "manage your Kindle", you can opt out for a fee of $ 15 (or something like that).
But I don't find this very same setting in Amazon Germany.
I actually had considered, ordering another Kindle Fire HD to replace the "tainted one".
But then I stumbled over a comment from Amazon: "If you don't want to have the special offers anymore, please contact customer support".
I did so. I even didn't have to type any request. The pull-down menus already had been prepared for this.
I've sent my request ca. 8 pm CET. About 90 minutes (!!!) later I got the email: "As per your request, I've removed the special offers".
Just checked it out: Gone!
Just wanted to let you know: Even if the setting "remove special offers" is missing in your Amazon account, it still will be done by Amazon support on your request.

Gazella · 11-23-2012, 09:52 AM

This will be very helpful for those who'd like to remove special offers and have a non US account. Thank you.

11-22-2012, 04:20 PM	#1
mgmueller Wizard Posts: 2,583 Karma: 9256016 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 ePaper, 35 Tablets	Kindle special offers As always, I've ordered my Kindle Fire HD the day it was announced. On that very first day, Amazon didn't offer the option w/o "special offers". So I've got the one with special offers. I didn't find them too intrusive, but quite frankly a bit boring (only 6 different offers over 30 days). Unfortunately, I didn't know how to get rid or them. In the US, it's simple. Directly in "manage your Kindle", you can opt out for a fee of $ 15 (or something like that). But I don't find this very same setting in Amazon Germany. I actually had considered, ordering another Kindle Fire HD to replace the "tainted one". But then I stumbled over a comment from Amazon: "If you don't want to have the special offers anymore, please contact customer support". I did so. I even didn't have to type any request. The pull-down menus already had been prepared for this. I've sent my request ca. 8 pm CET. About 90 minutes (!!!) later I got the email: "As per your request, I've removed the special offers". Just checked it out: Gone! Just wanted to let you know: *Even if the setting "remove special offers" is missing in your Amazon account, it still will be done by Amazon support on your request. __________________ My Shelfari Bookshelf (just building up): http://www.shelfari.com/o1514474332 Last edited by mgmueller; 12-04-2012 at 04:58 AM.*

11-23-2012, 09:52 AM	#2
Gazella Diavazophile Posts: 438 Karma: 1156414 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE Device: Kindle Paperwhite	This will be very helpful for those who'd like to remove special offers and have a non US account. Thank you. __________________ “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."

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