Amazon Prime "No Rush Shipping" changes - Page 18

DreamWriter · 08-17-2015, 07:41 PM

Prime no-rush shipping credits are again $1 and can be used to purchase select e-books, digital music, and video rental.

The latest $1 credits expire November 14, 2015.

SolRaven · 08-21-2015, 05:41 AM

Today, I was offered nothing to choose "No Rush Shipping". Has it gone away? The pantry idea was terrible.

pdurrant · 08-21-2015, 06:42 AM

In the UK I'm still being offered a £1 credit for no rush shipping. I'm sure some incentive will be back at Amazon US very soon, otherwise why would anyone ever choose it?

CWatkinsNash · 08-21-2015, 11:09 AM

It was offered to me yesterday, but unfortunately, I don't remember what it was offering me in return because I just glanced over it.

issybird · 08-21-2015, 11:14 AM

I just checked on an item costing $1.79 and I was offered the $1 no-rush shipping credit. So I went ahead and got it.

Are you sure the item was Prime shipping eligible? Did it cost at least a buck?

skinmaan · 08-21-2015, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

I just checked on an item costing $1.79 and I was offered the $1 no-rush shipping credit. So I went ahead and got it.

Are you sure the item was Prime shipping eligible? Did it cost at least a buck?

Yay! Glad the Pantry thing is over.

SolRaven · 08-22-2015, 01:49 AM

issybird, I was even more surprised because it was several items and one was an "Add-on" item. I was still offered Prime Two Day, and the delivery date is on Sunday. Sunday deliveries are special enough, I suppose.

issybird · 08-22-2015, 08:11 AM

Wow, I'm sorry! I'd rather have the buck. In the past few days, I've ordered six or seven inexpensive items and was offered the credit for each one. I ordered them separately, of course.

I never thought Amazon would discriminate in regard to no-rush shipping. But I've got a discriminatory story of my own; I went into my account to reorder an item that cost me $10 the last time I got it and was not pleased to see that the price had jumped to $15. On a whim, I opened a new, cookie-less browser and searched for the item to learn that Amazon was willing to sell it to the anonymous me for only $9. I of course added it to a cart and then signed in.

Well, greed got Amazon that time. If the price had gone up by only a couple of dollars, I would have shrugged my shoulders and bought it. A 50% increase, however, was pretty rich. I tend to assume that Amazon knows what it's doing most of the time, but this kind of overt discrimination, and people do find out, has to create ill will.

Catlady · 08-22-2015, 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

I never thought Amazon would discriminate in regard to no-rush shipping. But I've got a discriminatory story of my own; I went into my account to reorder an item that cost me $10 the last time I got it and was not pleased to see that the price had jumped to $15. On a whim, I opened a new, cookie-less browser and searched for the item to learn that Amazon was willing to sell it to the anonymous me for only $9. I of course added it to a cart and then signed in.

Could it have been a different seller? If it's a reorder, Amazon will show the price from the previous seller, even if in the meantime another seller has a lower price. Whereas if you just search on the item, the result shows the lowest price then available.

issybird · 08-22-2015, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catlady

Could it have been a different seller? If it's a reorder, Amazon will show the price from the previous seller, even if in the meantime another seller has a lower price. Whereas if you just search on the item, the result shows the lowest price then available.

No, because I searched on the item once I saw they wanted $15, and the seller to the anonymous me was the same. Sheerest price discrimination because they figured me for a sure sale.

Catlady · 08-22-2015, 12:20 PM

That's really incredible. I am going to start checking with a different browser in the future.

DreamWriter · 08-22-2015, 12:23 PM

I placed several additional orders this morning and will receive a $ 1 no-rush shipping credit for each, to be used toward purchase of select e-books, digital music, and video rental.

Cinisajoy · 08-22-2015, 12:54 PM

I wasn't offered no rush shipping last night but the item was only $1 after the promo code.

Purple Lady · 08-26-2015, 10:57 AM

For the first time, I wasn't offered a credit for anything for slow shipping today. The item was $20, so it wasn't because it was cheap. I use the product regularly so I tried upping the quantity to two but still no credit.

shalym · 08-26-2015, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Purple Lady

For the first time, I wasn't offered a credit for anything for slow shipping today. The item was $20, so it wasn't because it was cheap. I use the product regularly so I tried upping the quantity to two but still no credit.

Weird...I just tried and was offered a $1 credit for slow shipping on an item that only cost $8.57.

Shari

08-17-2015, 07:41 PM	#256
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	Prime no-rush shipping credits are again $1 and can be used to purchase select e-books, digital music, and video rental. The latest $1 credits expire November 14, 2015. Last edited by DreamWriter; 08-17-2015 at 09:18 PM.

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08-21-2015, 05:41 AM	#257
SolRaven Wizard Posts: 2,214 Karma: 12796976 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Sunshine State Device: Clara, Voyage, Oasis, Paperwhite & PRS-650	Today, I was offered nothing to choose "No Rush Shipping". Has it gone away? The pantry idea was terrible.

08-21-2015, 06:42 AM	#258
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 74,593 Karma: 318126844 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	In the UK I'm still being offered a £1 credit for no rush shipping. I'm sure some incentive will be back at Amazon US very soon, otherwise why would anyone ever choose it?

08-21-2015, 11:09 AM	#259
CWatkinsNash IOC Chief Archivist Posts: 3,950 Karma: 53868218 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Fruitland Park, FL, USA Device: Meebook M7, Paperwhite, Lenovo Tab P12 & Tab One, TCL 50XL Nxtpaper 5G	It was offered to me yesterday, but unfortunately, I don't remember what it was offering me in return because I just glanced over it.

08-21-2015, 11:14 AM	#260
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,576 Karma: 236124635 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One	I just checked on an item costing $1.79 and I was offered the $1 no-rush shipping credit. So I went ahead and got it. Are you sure the item was Prime shipping eligible? Did it cost at least a buck?

08-22-2015, 01:49 AM	#262
SolRaven Wizard Posts: 2,214 Karma: 12796976 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: The Sunshine State Device: Clara, Voyage, Oasis, Paperwhite & PRS-650	issybird, I was even more surprised because it was several items and one was an "Add-on" item. I was still offered Prime Two Day, and the delivery date is on Sunday. Sunday deliveries are special enough, I suppose.

08-22-2015, 08:11 AM	#263
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,576 Karma: 236124635 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One	Wow, I'm sorry! I'd rather have the buck. In the past few days, I've ordered six or seven inexpensive items and was offered the credit for each one. I ordered them separately, of course. I never thought Amazon would discriminate in regard to no-rush shipping. But I've got a discriminatory story of my own; I went into my account to reorder an item that cost me $10 the last time I got it and was not pleased to see that the price had jumped to $15. On a whim, I opened a new, cookie-less browser and searched for the item to learn that Amazon was willing to sell it to the anonymous me for only $9. I of course added it to a cart and then signed in. Well, greed got Amazon that time. If the price had gone up by only a couple of dollars, I would have shrugged my shoulders and bought it. A 50% increase, however, was pretty rich. I tend to assume that Amazon knows what it's doing most of the time, but this kind of overt discrimination, and people do find out, has to create ill will.

08-22-2015, 12:20 PM	#266
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,424 Karma: 53915707 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	That's really incredible. I am going to start checking with a different browser in the future.

08-22-2015, 12:23 PM	#267
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	I placed several additional orders this morning and will receive a $ 1 no-rush shipping credit for each, to be used toward purchase of select e-books, digital music, and video rental.

08-22-2015, 12:54 PM	#268
Cinisajoy Just a Yellow Smiley. Posts: 19,161 Karma: 83862859 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Texas Device: K4, K5, fire, kobo, galaxy	I wasn't offered no rush shipping last night but the item was only $1 after the promo code.

08-26-2015, 10:57 AM	#269
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	For the first time, I wasn't offered a credit for anything for slow shipping today. The item was $20, so it wasn't because it was cheap. I use the product regularly so I tried upping the quantity to two but still no credit.