Amazon Prime $73 this weekend only - for new members

[Mook]

Amazon Prime Will Be $73, This Weekend Only For New Members

In celebration of Mozart In The Jungle’s Golden Globes victories, Amazon will be offering a year of Prime for $73, this weekend only for new members.

In the past, there have been loopholes for existing members to take advantage of this deal, but we don’t think that will be case this time around. That said, if you still haven’t signed up for Prime, this is a fantastic opportunity.

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[PJx5x]

Bullshit that loyal customers don't get deals like this. But that pertains to cable/internet/phone companies as well. Sorry, sore subject lol

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Bullshit that loyal customers don't get deals like this. But that pertains to cable/internet/phone companies as well. Sorry, sore subject lol

Gotta pile on to the cult of Amazon.

 

[blck10th]

I'm kinda pissed with prime lately. It's been 3-5 days when it's supposed to be two for almost a month and a half now on things I've ordered that say prime.

 

[nytebyte]

Still trying to decide whether Prime is worth even $73.

 

[Shawn1112]

What are the benefits of Prime besides the shipping perks?

 

[Blownbyyou]

Its mainly shipping, their videos are okay not comparable to netflix (until top gear comes out). The music is ehh.

outside of the shipping its not worth it imho. But once you have it you will buy everything there, diapers are cheaper, cleaning supplies etc.

 

[nytebyte]

From what I've heard, the shipping isn't actually "free".

What they do to compensate is to jack up the prices of everything for Prime members. So something that might cost a non-prime member $12 is now $15 if you're a Prime member.

Any truth to this?

 

[RICH17]

Not that I have seen

 

[Yaj Yak]

no truth to that at all.

 

[skeezer]

Thanks Mike

 

[Mook]

Does that still even work? Supposedly Amazon was doing away with that.

 

[skeezer]

Used it yesterday.

 

[Pressure Ratio]

From what I've heard, the shipping isn't actually "free".

What they do to compensate is to jack up the prices of everything for Prime members. So something that might cost a non-prime member $12 is now $15 if you're a Prime member.

Any truth to this?

I am a pretty good shopper. At a minimum I will check Ebay and "Google shopping" to check prices. Most of the time Amazon is at least the same price with free shipping. I have only seen a few times where Amazon was higher than somewhere else. Including a non Prime selling vendor on Amazon. But it seems it is rare Amazon Prime is way off price.

I also get a lot of small items that do not qualify for Prime but are "add on" items if I order something that is a Prime item. Usually this is small dollar items that would suck to pay shipping on. I am happy with Prime, but wish I could gift Prime to myself to take advantage of sales like this. It sucks they supposedly closed that loophole.

 

[b4black]

(old thread coming back to life)

I'm kinda pissed with prime lately. It's been 3-5 days when it's supposed to be two for almost a month and a half now on things I've ordered that say prime.

I signed up for the $73 deal. I finding the prices on Prime items aren't so great. I ordered a serpentine belt last Wednesday, it arrived today. It didn't even ship until yesterday (Sunday). I'm not sure how they count days, but if they are shipping on Sunday, than weekends should count too.



I paid $14 for the belt when there were two left. Now that's there one, it jumped to $22. Not happy with Prime so far, but maybe it will improve.

 

[Mook]

Did it come FROM Amazon or a third party?

 

[wombat]

Did it come FROM Amazon or a third party?

This. Pay attention to where it's shipping from.

 

[b4black]

From Amazon. It said prime and "Free Two-Day Shipping".

"Ships from and sold by Amazon.com."

Here's the item:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C34KPQ/?tag=tcg21-20

Gatorback belt 4060680 if the link doesn't work.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

they seem to hit around 92% of my orders, but if you call with those "oops" they usually just start adding free months of prime, I think one time they just refunded 1/2 my prime membership costs.

 

[Mook]

From Amazon. It said prime and "Free Two-Day Shipping".

"Ships from and sold by Amazon.com."

Here's the item:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000C34KPQ/?tag=tcg21-20

It doesnt show two day for me. Said it would arrive for free by Thursday.

Ordering Wednesday and arriving today does seem a bit long. I get shit delivered on Sat and Sun with no problem on the regular.

 

[blck10th]

Mine has gotten better. I rarely order something that's not prime.

 

[b4black]

It lets me choose " FREE Two-Day Shipping — get it Thursday, April 7" if I put it in my cart.

 

[Mook]

Pretty sure the DAY you order doesnt count as one of those two days. Unless its coming from a warehouse in IN or something.

 

[wombat]

Or early enough in the day. Like before 10-11am.

Very rarely have I not received a prime item that I've ordered in over their 2 business days. So order on Monday, have by Wednesday.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Also when it says "fulfilled by Amazon", that means it's being sold by a 3rd party, but that third party ships it's goods to amazon for holding. Once the order is placed, amazon handles shipping. In those cases, I've found that prices are a little higher.