01-22-2015, 10:50 AM | #1 | |
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Amazon Prime membership for $72 on Saturday
Amazon is discounting Amazon Prime memberships this Saturday, 2015/1/24 only, in honor of their winning two awards at the 72nd Golden Globes. Prime will be $72 instead of $99 that day. Looks like it's only for new members, sadly, but if you've been thinking about getting a sub, this is a good time since it's $27 off. The signup link isn't showing info on the deal yet, so don't try to buy it ahead of Saturday!
Additionally you can watch all ten episodes of their award-winning show Transparent on Saturday even without an Amazon Prime membership. Quote:
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01-23-2015, 09:55 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the heads up! $6 a month is a good deal for their streaming service (+ all the other stuff of course).
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01-23-2015, 01:49 PM | #3 |
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I wonder if they'll define "new" customers as loosely as they do on the Audible side, where it usually means "not actively subscribed."
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01-23-2015, 07:58 PM | #4 | |
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Also, last year people managed to buy Amazon Prime subs at the $79 price before it went up to $99 and gift them to themselves, set to be delivered on the day their current sub ended. You have to turn off auto-renewal to do that, but it may be possible tomorrow too. I'm sure we'll find out tomorrow, others will try things and report back. Edit: I'll also post anything I see about renewing at the $72 price. |
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01-23-2015, 11:41 PM | #5 |
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It's up and running. Worked for me and my previous subscription expired about 2 months ago.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/prime/pipe...ansparentprime |
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01-24-2015, 02:46 AM | #6 |
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My Prime expires in a couple of weeks on 2/9/2015. I couldn't renew at the $72 promotional price via the website. I sent a gift card to a secondary Amazon account, and then used that to gift a Prime membership to my "real" account. I set it to deliver the day after my Prime membership expires.
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01-24-2015, 03:53 AM | #7 |
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If you are a student you get it for much less than that. Keep in mind and check it on their website.Also it's 6 months free and after 6 months it's 50%off. You will need .edu email address. That's all you need. Even if you don't have the .edu email and you can prove your studentship, you can still call and get it.
I do have it but to be honest I don't really utilize from it. Most of the movies are outdated, and I don't listen to English music because my native language is different. For 2-day-free shipping, I don't really use it either. Because the same thing is usually cheaper on Ebay after Ebay changing some rules it became better for buyers and it's usually cheaper than Amazon. Here is the link to the student sign up page for Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info Last edited by maozzi; 01-24-2015 at 03:53 AM. Reason: Addink link. |
01-24-2015, 10:56 AM | #8 | |
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I just sent a gift membership to myself.
I found this post on slickdeals very helpful Quote:
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01-24-2015, 11:32 AM | #9 |
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Gifted myself with the date my current year expires.
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01-24-2015, 12:32 PM | #10 | |
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I'm not sure if I would use it enough to justify the cost, but it's very tempting. |
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01-24-2015, 03:54 PM | #11 |
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Does a student Prime account confer all the same streaming video privileges as a regular Prime account? (That wasn't the case in the past.)
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01-24-2015, 04:16 PM | #12 |
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I'm thinking the answer would be yes. I can watch any movie tagged prime, can listen free music, can use 2 day shipping for free on the items tagged prime. I don't know what other privileges you get through a prime membership though.
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01-24-2015, 05:55 PM | #13 |
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As I recall, you don't get those while you're in the free period, but after you start paying the $49 a year under it, you do. I'm pretty sure you can't share shipping with anyone even with the $49 student account though.
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01-24-2015, 07:53 PM | #14 | |
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I was surprised to see I still had access to my edu e-mail the other day. I am not renewing this year though. The only perk I use is Kindle First, and I usually order add-on items that don't qualify for the free shipping. |
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01-24-2015, 09:42 PM | #15 |
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Thanks for your input, everyone.
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