Get A Free Month of Amazon Prime Membership
Amazon Prime, in case you don’t know, is a premium service where you get free 2nd-day shipping on most items with no minimum, even if you’re just spending $5. Very convenient. The normal cost for turning Amazon into your impulse-buying superstore is $79 per year (not available to Alaska, Hawaii, P.O. boxes, APO/FPO and U.S. territories).
This might be old, but it appears that if you are signing up for a new account with a new e-mail address, you will be offered a 1 month free trial right now. You’ll need to supply a credit card number, but you can set it so you don’t have to remember to cancel if you take the following steps:
- Click on Your Account.
- If you’re not there yet, scroll down and click on Subscriptions Management > Manage Your Amazon Prime Membership.
- Look for green text. Click on the Do Not Upgrade button and you won’t automatically be charged $79 anymore. You’ll still get the entire 1st month of free Amazon Prime shipping.
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January 13th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I used my free trial when I had to purchase several items and books for back to school last fall, it was great! My brother also shares a membership with several of his friends, essentially bringing the cost down to under $20 per year. The UPS driver told him that Amazon Prime is the reason he has a job!
January 17th, 2008 at 7:59 am
To be honest, I think that this whole program is a little wasteful.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:21 am
The most I ever spent on Amazon was during my free trial with Prime. I forgot the time length, but I think it was about 3 months. I spent more in those 3 months than all the other times combined.
Amazon would make more money from me giving away Prime for free. In many cases, I was willing to pay a bit more for Amazon to get the 2-day shipping.