New Prime Memberships for $67

[tubemonkey]

Note: this is for new members only. Not sure if current members can gift this offer to themselves as has been done with previous offers.


In Celebration of Five Wins from the 67th Primetime Emmys, Amazon Offers Prime Memberships for Just $67

Discount begins this Friday at 12:00 a.m. ET and ends at 11:59 p.m. PT

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 22, 2015-- (NASDAQ: AMZN)—In celebration of five Emmy wins for Amazon Original series Transparent at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime will be available for just $67. This one day discount will start on Friday, September 25 at 12:00 a.m. ET and end at 11:59 p.m. PT. New members can sign up for this limited-time Prime offer at Amazon.com/TransparentPrime.

Celebrate Transparent winning 5 Emmy Awards with a $32 savings

On Friday, September 25, from 12:00am ET to 11:59 PT, we are offering new members a special price of $67 (normally $99) for the first year of Prime.

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[Bilbo1967]

Hmm..can't see any similar offer for those of us in the UK unfortunately.

[mrscoach]

I've never seen the need for me to get a Prime membership, but I've used Amazon.com more in last couple of months, so I may have to look into it. There just isn't a good essential oil supplier in my area, and I pretty much refuse to use youngliving because of their prices. I need to check out the prime offerings on what I need and see what Prime videos has to offer, as well.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Note: this is for new members only. Not sure if current members can gift this offer to themselves as has been done with previous offers.
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In Celebration of Five Wins from the 67th Primetime Emmys, Amazon Offers Prime Memberships for Just $67

Drat! I just signed up for Prime recently!

I wondered if they would have another $75 offer, shortly after I signed up, but I didn't imagine that it could be any less than that. Especially since they had just gone up in price from $75 to $99, what, a year or so ago? Arrgghh!

I'll have to look into gifting myself another year.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by mrscoach

I've never seen the need for me to get a Prime membership, but I've used Amazon.com more in last couple of months, so I may have to look into it. There just isn't a good essential oil supplier in my area, and I pretty much refuse to use youngliving because of their prices. I need to check out the prime offerings on what I need and see what Prime videos has to offer, as well.

My opinion, for what it's worth . . . .

I signed up for Prime for the first time a few months ago. I wasn't sure that I would use it enough or save enough money with it to make it worth my while. I put pencil to paper (actually fingers to calculator buttons), however, and saw that the cost per month was only $8.25 (the downside--I had to pay for a year, in advance). The free 2-day (business day) shipping was the thing that sealed the deal.

Personally, I have liked and much used the 2-day free shipping. The $35 minimum for free shipping was not cost-effective, and was a hassle and aggravation, for me. I was buying stuff that I really didn't need in order to get the free shipping. It was aggravating to have to plan so far ahead to order certain items (mainly disposables/consumables)--Amazon's free shipping could be really slow (one reason was that sometimes they had the order for several days before shipping--they don't dare do that when they have to deliver in 2 days!). Because of the free shipping, though, I am buying much more from Amazon than I did before, but that's okay because they are things that I would have bought somewhere anyway and Amazon's prices are usually competitive.

To me, the other benefits are almost useless. The only two that I feel are even worth mentioning are Prime music and Prime video, and neither one of them have a lot of the more recent and/or popular music/movies. I do like documentaries and, having looked over what they've got, I see some possibilities there, though.

[Manabi]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Note: this is for new members only. Not sure if current members can gift this offer to themselves as has been done with previous offers.

Really hoping they do let you buy and gift it again. I can't really afford it this month, but to save that much money I'll buy it anyway. That'd have my Prime paid for though July 2017.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Manabi

Really hoping they do let you buy and gift it again. I can't really afford it this month, but to save that much money I'll buy it anyway. That'd have my Prime paid for though July 2017.

I'd like to know if it is even possible for Amazon to police it? How would they know if you did do it? I went to the webpage for the Prime gifting. It looked straightforward enough--give date that you want it to start, name of person that you want to give it to, etc.

Then I looked over my Prime membership information under my "Account." Nothing there seems like it would be a problem. You can have them send you a message letting you know when it is about to expire, before it auto-renews. Okay, you can cancel it then. Later in the day, maybe the next day, you can use your gift to yourself to start a new Prime membership. Does anyone see a snag that could come up there?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Manabi

Really hoping they do let you buy and gift it again. I can't really afford it this month, but to save that much money I'll buy it anyway. That'd have my Prime paid for though July 2017.

Yeah, I'm hoping it works too. I'll be giving it a shot on Friday.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I'd like to know if it is even possible for Amazon to police it? How would they know if you did do it? I went to the webpage for the Prime gifting. It looked straightforward enough--give date that you want it to start, name of person that you want to give it to, etc.

Then I looked over my Prime membership information under my "Account." Nothing there seems like it would be a problem. You can have them send you a message letting you know when it is about to expire, before it auto-renews. Okay, you can cancel it then. Later in the day, maybe the next day, you can use your gift to yourself to start a new Prime membership. Does anyone see a snag that could come up there?

Just turn off auto-renewal and start the gift membership the day after your current membership ends. It's worked in the past for these offers. I've done it and so have many others here at MR.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

My opinion, for what it's worth . . . .

I signed up for Prime for the first time a few months ago. I wasn't sure that I would use it enough or save enough money with it to make it worth my while. I put pencil to paper (actually fingers to calculator buttons), however, and saw that the cost per month was only $8.25 (the downside--I had to pay for a year, in advance). The free 2-day (business day) shipping was the thing that sealed the deal.

Personally, I have liked and much used the 2-day free shipping. The $35 minimum for free shipping was not cost-effective, and was a hassle and aggravation, for me. I was buying stuff that I really didn't need in order to get the free shipping. It was aggravating to have to plan so far ahead to order certain items (mainly disposables/consumables)--Amazon's free shipping could be really slow (one reason was that sometimes they had the order for several days before shipping--they don't dare do that when they have to deliver in 2 days!). Because of the free shipping, though, I am buying much more from Amazon than I did before, but that's okay because they are things that I would have bought somewhere anyway and Amazon's prices are usually competitive.

To me, the other benefits are almost useless. The only two that I feel are even worth mentioning are Prime music and Prime video, and neither one of them have a lot of the more recent and/or popular music/movies. I do like documentaries and, having looked over what they've got, I see some possibilities there, though.

We got Prime for the movies.
We noticed it was cheaper than the premium movie channels.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

We got Prime for the movies.
We noticed it was cheaper than the premium movie channels.

How do you like the selection?

[mitford13]

Oh gawd, please don't laugh at me, but how do you cancel auto renewal?
The only options I see are to get the three day reminder notice before renewal, or to 'end membership'. What am I missing?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Oh gawd, please don't laugh at me, but how do you cancel auto renewal?
The only options I see are to get the three day reminder notice before renewal, or to 'end membership'. What am I missing?

Step-by-Step:

Manage Your Prime Membership --> End Membership --> End Membership --> When do you want to end your membership?

End Now -- You do not qualify for a refund and will not benefit from canceling your membership at this time.

End Later --Your benefits will continue until (date), after which your card will not be charged and your membership will end.

Choose End Later and hit the "End on date" button.

ps: send me a banana and I won't laugh

[mitford13]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

ps: send me a banana and I won't laugh

D'ohhh...I did click the first End Membership screen but I was scared if I hit the second i'd be cast into the wilderness with no more 2-day shipping, like, NOW!

Thank you, Monkey, I'm off to look at the Subscribe & Save options to find a weekly banana delivery for ya...

In the meantime, please accept some karma and my sincere thanks!

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by mitford13

D'ohhh...I did click the first End Membership screen but I was scared if I hit the second i'd be cast into the wilderness with no more 2-day shipping, like, NOW!

Thank you, Monkey, I'm off to look at the Subscribe & Save options to find a weekly banana delivery for ya...

In the meantime, please accept some karma and my sincere thanks!

YW

That freaked me out the first time I tried it. Then I read where others said to continue hitting End Membership and that it'll do it a couple of times. Amazon's doing their best to keep people signed up for auto renewal with such menacing language.