Cheaper to get an NUS card and just pay £40 a year for student Prime, plus get 5% off orders.

grrrrr must stay strong.... must stay strong... they won't tempt me :confused:

DAMN YOU, BIGGUNS.

Now I'll be buying even more HUKD tat.

Gonna need the air con on in this thread soon.

They are a very shrewd business in more ways than one...

They're based in Luxembourg

ok now that i have prime i have a few questions as i am getting bogged down searching
1 = when i downloaded the kindle app on my phone it says one month trial i thought this was free with prime
2 = amazon music is it just streaming or can you download to your phone
3 = can you download any movies to watch offline
4 = what is the £1 credit for when you take slow delivery

im afraid you are wasting your breath asking such a Q. :sunglasses:

Yawn..

So what if they paid full taxes things would be dearer
If you shop like this then you would not buy milk as the farmers are getting ripped off by all the big supermarkets

Just out of interest, does Amazon pay their fair share of tax in this country? Or do they have off-shore headquarters to pay less tax on the money they make in the UK?

Woud love to know this as well.

thank for letting me know but fell asleep so lost out...ah well :smiley:

worth it for the delivery and the photo storage (unlimited).

The first Amazon CS told me I couldn't do it as I had to take offer now and won't be allow to use the free trial. After using the free trial for a few days I decided to take offer but ofc existing Prime members are not allowed so I contacted CS which sent me a email confirmation for the offer. =)

Prime is good for next day delivery as sometimes you really need something that next day. All the other stuff I don't use much, video's releases are behind.
The only bad thing I would say is Prime makes you spend even more. I hardly use eBay now as I prefer to read reviews before buying and generally most items are cheaper on Amazon. I get discount on the Gift Cards so I get stuff even cheaper =)

Then ask yourself if you would use the Amazon Prime Video or Music streaming services or the Kindle Owners' Lending Library - HOT

Ask yourself if you would spend £59 on delivery from Amazon in a year? Then ignore the lemmings - COLD

Totally agree. Worth it for some but I couldn't warrant even paying £59 for prime.

You are so jammy! Congrats. I wish I'd thought of that before skipping the free trial and signing up straight away.

Contact chat quick for £20 refund, I paid in Jan used it lots. First person said no chat to video and they said yes I've made an exception to our standard policies and refunded £20 to the payment method charged for the membership."

I have literally just done exactly what you describe. I suggest you try another CS rep.

I just activated my 1 month trial (first time ever).... I spoke to Amazon CS and they say they will give me £20 gift credit so I can take this offer after a months time when my trial is over so I only pay £59 =)

just got this mainly for the delivery
as for the movies not nearly as good a choice as netflix but some good stuff
music is fine but could be better laid out and as yet cant find a way of searching music (on a firestick and firetv)

also noticed that all seasons of banchee are charged while sky has them in boxsets for free

My membership expires next week. Spoken with Amazon CS and was told I cannot take up this offer. I explained that apparently others have been able to by way of cancelling their membership early and then being able to sign up again for the special offer price of £59, but I was told that was not possible - you have to sign up between 13 and 16 May AND be a NEW member - not an existing/old member.

Great - I felt like a right member!

It appears the family member I shared Prime delivery with cannot get Prime delivery anymore.

My membership was up for renewal later this month. A customer service adviser cancelled my membership so I could renewal at £59 this evening.

Has others lost the ability of sharing Prime delivery with 4 others since renewing with this £59 deal?

The only option now given to me within my account is to set up a household share thing with another adult.

I did ask the rep if there would be any changes to my membership before going ahead and he said no. It appears there is a big change!

Has anyone done a £59 renewal deal and still kept their delivery share?

with this offer - do you get the free trial period and then charged £59 after the trial or are you charged £59 straight away?:neutral_face:

Tempted by this but I already have Prime next day delivery via the 'sharing' that was on here last year, basically paid £10 for year. But wondering what is the music service compared to Google all access music? I pay £7.99pm so £59 for the year is a saving over Google.

Bought, thanks

Damn you HUKD. More money spent! (thanks op. I'm on holiday in Spain and would have missed this!)

Anyone who's recently renewed @ £79, it's well worth going on the live chat and asking for the £20 difference.

Took me less than 5 mins and Amazon Customer Service agent mad wit very easy as always.

HtH

I bought this when it was on around 6 months ago and has been fantastic value. I do use Amazon quite a lot so the one day delivery service has been superb!

Trollers gonna troll....

You're correct. I just phoned to try to use one. It's already discounted, you can use your gift card to buy something else and have it delivered on prime!

free student prime membership tip: ask your university to alter your ac.uk email address (eg change from initial to full name, etc or some universities have default several .ac.uk address for each student), then get another 6 month prime for free :smiley:

ffs, another 60 quid this site has cost me... heat!

Worked for me and all my mates

Very easy.

The people who complain are those who:
a) forget & blame amazon

Your Account > Manage Prime > End Membership you then have option to either cancel immediately (assume pro-rata refund) or stop automatic renewal

But you will need to cancel and sign up before midnight tonight to take advantage of the offer. Is that right? Just in case you were not already on it?

I signed up a month ago, and have just complained they have cancelled my current membership with a refund for the full price. They have then allowed me to sign back up at the promo price. They did try arguing that I had been a customer before, as I forgot to cancel a previous months trial within a day of it running out (But they were good there too and allowed me to cancel.) But I stood fast and got this positive outcome. plus a free month on top of the free trial to boot. RESULT!!!!

Nope, I tried too.... =(

Good of you to comment just to be unpleasant to someone. Your mum must be very proud.

Full list of Prime benefits can be found here https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201015970

I take it I can't use my gift card balance to pay for this? Doesn't seem to allow me on the mobile site

Cheers op.

Why would anyone bother to spoon feed you info that is readily and easily available to non-lazy types when you display this sort of attitude? Find out yourself (if you are actually interested, which I suspect you're not).

Through 20 pages of posts! Thanks but I'd rather save my time, and my money for that matter.

I still prefer Netflix for the tv shows.

It's mentioned several times if you have a read :disappointed:

The thing about me being happy about them holding it for 5 days was convenience. If miss the RM post because it can't be posted through the letter box, RM collection up until 12.30pm. I am at the collection point on most days but if I miss it unlike RM I can go up to 9pm.


Re the Prime members having the benefit of getting it delivers to collection point is still free even if the item is less than £20. I have ordered many items less than £20

Has anyone previously cancelled their Netflix / Apple Music / Spotify for this? If so how does it compare?

Argh this is frustrating. Just went over my 1 month free trial. 11th May, £79. Damn you Amazon

Anyone cancelled, then signed up for £59... were you able to add shared accounts as previously? on chat, they said same people/accounts cannot be added for 180 days??!!

finally found out problem with card they dont take prepaid cards for prime
do most of my shopping at ebay and would have swapped over to amazon with the free next day but it seems they dont want to accept prepaid cards

anyone know why this is

does yes then one day one of the items breaks and .....which account/email it might be? :smiley:

Not if you have time to do it. It saves him £160. Worth it,isnt it?

worst thing the bbc ever did was getting rid of Clarkson ... now I need amazon prime + license fee!

What's the secret to such freeness?

So far then £5 a month for yet more telly that I don't watch much of... Any other benefits????

A very tempting offer - a super program and shame it has moved away from the BBC

​Thanks for the heads up.

So what do you actually get that might make spending £59 for prime a good deal?

Too tempting to resist. Son was fed up with same cartoons on nowTV in his room so glad he has new stuff to watch. Also entertainment pass is £6.99 a month which is a rip off.

Gonna need the air con on in this thread soon.

From Amazon just now:

I understand that your prime membership will renew on 5 June 2016 and you want to know whether you can get it at offer price of GBP 59 or not.

This is to inform you that this offer is applicable for the new subscriptions done between 13 and 16 May 2016. So if you wait for it to renew on 5 June 2016 you will not get the offer.

In this case if you want to avail the offer you have to cancel the subscription and you have to subscribe again. Once you subscribe it please get back to us and we will manually refund you GBP 20.

Please note you have to do it before 16 May 2016.

Is there a limit on the amount of songs you can download for offline use.
Ie so many at a time? Or so many a month?

Wanting to full my phone with music for when I'm in Turkey for around the pool. Internet costs are massive out there. So could be a good offset for price of paying for Prime.
Saves buying albums or having to fill phone with dodgy albums. Be much more easier to download etc.

Also as a side note. Is there somewhere before I pay for Prime I can see what music is available? After some Now albums and prob some dance for around pool

There is a £5 of £20 and a £10 off £30 voucher for the prime now app, does anyone know if you can use both of them?

Great thanks, they deliver to me

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=pn_uk_surl_lp?node=6584642031

About half way down and pop your postcode in. Unfortunately only seems like the big cities.
Suppose as a work around I could order to my hotel room and take a city break...but offer runs out in June for the £10 off £30 spend

How do you find out if your area is included or not

Was excited until I saw it wasn't in my area
Shame same offer can't be for Prime users rather than be treated differently because of your postcode.
Don't mind next day....just would like the extra 10 doscount

Its BLAZING here

Excuse me? Why exactly?

Why would I be banned? I did exactly what Amazon told me to do. Your comment is stupid and unjustifiable.

can someone tell me the phone number or where to find it for amazon as i am having problems trying to order this
keeps saying my card is out of date but on checking it is fine

Not sure why, but trying to work out why I need this.
It's a shame I already just re subbed to Sky box sets. Don't have a kindle either.
Is the music service worth the fiver a month?
I probably order from Amazon once a month....hmmmmmm

Sorry! I thought you were referring to the £10 off £30 code

It's pretty easy and well worth it as the first 6 months are free

Incorrect, myself and others have them without uni email.

I was on the £7.99 monthly subscription, but just been on chat and they cancelled this for me and provided me with a link to the offer. I'm now signed up for £59.

I'd just had my monthly payment taken, but this has been refunded.



https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/prime/pipeline/promo

Cheaper to get an NUS card and just pay £40 a year for student Prime, plus get 5% off orders.

Code? I didnt use any code just went onto the website and emailed my proof within 5mins they had approved it and signed upto 6 months free trial.

Who knows then. I did it a couple of days ago and it worked.

Can you still Share Prime with Family members?

This is a good deal (full price at £79 is a bit steep I think), I've had no problem with the streaming service. All works fine for me.

I've still 6 months left on my existing prime. What happens if I buy this one now? Will it fire up when my current one runs out and add 12 months?

##edit. Oh only for NEW prime. Shame.

Could...not...resist...any...longer!! Ps the £10 off your 1st £30 order only works on orders placed through the the "prime now" app and only if your postcode is selected (seems to be most major cities)

Yeah I did all that they emailed and refused it.

got it. ive been waiting for another deal. suppose nus card is cheaper but then you cant share your prime.

So, this offer does not provide the household feature? I can't share the video & music with another adult? please clarify.

When signing up they is a link saying if you do not have a .ac email address, it gives you a list of criteria. one is to scan or take a photo of the NUS extra card and email it to amazon student. Must have your name, place of study and expiry date.

The video service is awful, i can't even get into it from Android after going through the numerous convoluted steps Amazon have inserted.Amazon aren't Apple, they need to accept that their service needs to work with Android.I'm gonna get some retail stuff i wanted, use the Prime Now £10 off Uncharted and then I'm getting a refund.

People talking about piracy but Amazon are showing almost Music Company level's of arrogance here when they thought they could control online music themselves.Make it open and I'd happily give them my money

How does this work then? I tried with an NUS extra card and they wouldn't take it.

With the NUS deal I think you need a .ac.co.uk email address don't you?

No problemo, it probably is. Student deal seems to be the best at moment, get an NUS card (enroll on a cheap online course before getting it if you're morally bothered) and then it'll still work out cheaper than this deal. (Which is still good)

That feels like fraud to me so will pass. Thanks though.

As it's been pointed out several times in this thread, you can sign up every month with a different email address for a free months trial, using the same card details.

Some people will say it's a faff, but this is a deals website, and people go crazy over a £5 saving, nevermind a £59/£79 saving :smiley:

Sorry if this has been answered before - had a look through the thread, but may have missed it. How do you turn off auto renewal? The options I find offer to put me back on the monthly £7.99 plan

Yes, let's here how please. Sounds like an incredible deal.

Why would anyone pay for prime. Had it 4 years now, never paid a penny.

Still not worth it- i buy lots from Amazon and all things usually arrive way before "3 to 5 working days" plus what ever tat they are showing online can be watched elsewhere.

Don't think so. I just did the same thing and messaged Amazon to say what I was doing and they agreed honorably. They loss lead to keep custom and for that I buy a lot more than I need to from them.

I got a letter from Amazon last week offering a £20 voucher if I signed up again as a returning primer. If only I could use this as well.
Don't suppose anyone knows if there's a way round it?!?

Can you still have a 1 month free trial ? Can't see that option!!!

Thanks, I've just done the same via Live Chat and I've been credited £20.

I have just contacted Amazon and complained about the £59.00 for new members and they gave me a £20.00 refund.......success

I've still got 4 other Prime Guest members listed, and active. Is the max 2, not another scheme, Amazon Family/Household - Maw, Paw and up to 4 kids? As they can share more benefits ie streaming Prime video and Kindle library. It's getting confusing. Could a new sign up check please? Under something like Prime >Share your Prime benefits on a drop down arrow menu at the bottom of a page, even on a big monitor, so imagine it'll be pretty hard to find on a mobile ....

I've recently joined my sister's prime account via Amazon household. I cannot play any of the film's or TV series, it keeps asking me to join prime but I've got it via sisters account. Should I be able to watch movies and videos? I appear to have delivery although not purchased anything recently.

And Prime delivery for four 'family' members too... but no music or video streaming though for them

No items aren't actually cheaper they just don't charge the extortion delivery charges which they charge now to pay for the little bit of tax they have to pay. At one time they used to give free delivery and delivered in 3-5 days now your lucky if it's dispatched in 4-5 days ,shop around most things you will find cheaper elsewhere and get it delivered quicker unless you go for Prime of course the, Prime you pay to get it delivered quicker but they offer you a free download if you waver your Prime and wait like a non Prime.

You could try to tell the authorities to divert 10% of their expenditure from anti-terror towards anti "disgraceful" business practice?

These companies should be reported to Trading Standards as there business practise is disgraceful.

Same as the £1 Taste card trial - an absolute nightmare to cancel after the free period and customer service is non-existent.

Thread is too big to read all of it, but reminder to everyone that the new sharing prime benefits are very different now. you can't just share to lots of different people anymore unless you want them to see your payment methods. but at least iirc you can now share streaming. I'm not going to cancel and restart at £59 as it will move me onto the new system, if I just continue with the auto renew I was told it should keep me on my current (old style) benefits.

I clicked the link and it shows as £39 to rejoin prime.

I believe it's because we are both marked as Students - it's offering the student price and saying it is "50% off". Would that be right? I also went to the student page and it offers me to join for £39 - the pages/offer looks identical.

Anyone know if you can pay for and 'activate' the membership at a later date? We use my partners membership at home at the moment, but this would be a great deal when it expires...

I have just paid my year fee 5days ago and I thought I called them.
I also got the promotion price and I DO LOVE amazon because of there best customer service! :wink: thanks for the post! :smile: happy

Not sure really. I used their month trail early last year and didn't continue with Prime so I'm guessing they've lowered the price to entice me back in.

Prime is so very useful, I have delivered to a collection with Doodle. At least 4 benefits of this
1) I don't miss home deliveries for most items
2) I can pick it up to 5 days after it has been delivered.
3) Collect until 9pm not like RM either order redelivery or missed parcel can only collect until midday or on Sat
4) All free

Combine it with the AMZReviews I am saving a fortune...

WOW...

Thought £59 wasn't a bad price, clicked the link and Amazon offered it me for £39 :smile:

Same here - quick email to CS complaining about the lack of loyalty to current customers and £20 refunded back to my payment card. Can't grumble at that.

Its worth it just for prime content on Fire TV stick. Its such good value for what you are getting

Also worth knowing
[email protected] is the same as
[email protected]

Each time I do that if looks like it's about to subscribe me.

Now I've followed the link it doesn't give me any details. Listen to music without ads (how?).

Just sign up, or no thanks.

Can I share my Prime with the family? Will they be able to use the music as well? How about Kindle lending library? It says 1 book per month - when sharing is it still one book or can my wife lend one and me one?

​is there a way of, err, very very part time students getting nus membership?

I hadn't noticed that legal speak, thanks for pointing that out.
Amazon being such a decent company I doubt whether that would ever happen as the knock on effect would have terrible unwanted negative PR for the company. My understanding is they have at least two copies of your precious data.

HOWEVER I always have at least three backups and recommend this to everyone, as 'good practice'.

1/ onsite backup (hard drive, SSD best if at all possible) I use a Time Capsule 2TB
2/ offsite backup at relatives house (hard drive, SSD best if at all possible) I use a SAMSUNG 1TB
3/ cloud backup (for photos amazon photo cloud storage) I use dropbox, iCloud and amazon cloud solutions. With STRONG passwords and ignore phishing e-mails.

So if the worst happened with amazon deleting photos you always have 1/ & 2/ to fall back on.

Also iPhone users should NOT rely on OTA iCloud backup & backup to iTunes, "encrypted" once a month (more often if possible) and Archive the backup every few months (more often if possible).
An encrypted backup to iTunes should always be done just prior to updating the iPhone.
Never 'beta test' apple iOS.

(I guess android similar- don't rely on OTA backups)

Cheers

Lol. I already posted this

"We may terminate the Agreement or restrict, suspend or terminate your use of the Service at our discretion at any time, including if we determine that your use violates the Agreement, is improper, substantially exceeds or differs from normal use by other users"

They can delete all your photos at any time without warning - not something I would call storage. One reason for deleting them all is you using the service substantially more than other uses which means it can hardly be described as unlimited. No privacy, no security and their liability is limited to what you paid for the service which they probably consider to be nothing.

The epitome of a 'mug' is someone who lines eBay's pockets imo. Awful awful company. Plus you seem quite angry. Why?

yep. thought so.....

from Amazon website...

"The following Prime benefits can be shared in an Amazon Household: delivery benefits, Prime Video (streaming only), Kindle Owners' Lending Library, and Prime Early Access."

Im pretty sure family members get delivery benefits AND Amazon video now.

With the use of Amazon Prime Music I have to say the £7.99 is worth it. I would have cancelled by now if it was just for the video streaming (which is far inferior to Netflix in quality I find) and next day delivery.

Prime music is good for their playlists and their player is user friendly enough on my mobile and pc.

Oh, and I often use the £1 credit back for non urgent stuff, mounts up pretty quickly for credit against something I need later, maybe a digital download etc.

I was intending to cancel after xmas where I used the delivery service loads. Now I am happy to keep it. Just wish their video streaming was better.

oh and I've had reason to contact customer services on 3 different occasions (including a nicked mobile phone from the box!!) everytime they have surpassed even my very high expectations of service.

I hate what their doing to some high street independents, I am iffy about supplying them (I do this for a client) but as a consumer, I have to tip my hat off to them.

I agree Royals ... I gave up in protest. Their shocking disregard for sellers is unfathomable. Sellers are like something smelly on their shoes. I had sold 20,000 transactions when I walked away in disgust.

I am thinking to join because of the unlimited photo storage, is this a good idea?

A good find OP but I will be staying with my prime at £7.99 a month, I know it works out more but it fits more comfortable with me, didn't realize its only offered to some, I think it may be if you abort signing up a few times to prime it may then flag you up as a maybe! and to me its well worth the monthly payment.:smile:

Agreed ,Not mug enough to pay £59 or whatever , but mug enough to buy stuff from them ( I didn't really want ) when it was free postage . They are a successful Global business so presumably they have found enough mugs willing to pay for being mugs to compensate for those like me who will not pay to be a mug :confused: Fair dos to them :smile:

ah thats not bad at all, at least you can backup the full originals :smiley:

Worth it to save queing in royal mail offices to collect parcels when you're never at home.

Oh I hate people :laughing:

Congratulations on knowing you are a mug ... as we all are at some point

Thanks for the tip about Amazon Student, I always thought I needed an .ac email account.
You do not I just took a photo of my NUS Extra card and sent it by email to the email on the student sign up page.
Within 30 mins got a reply and a link to sign up with Amazon Student, the good thing about it atm is that you also get 6 months free due to a freebee off Xbox. Then after 6 months it £39 a year for Student prime.
Member since: 13 May 2016
Membership: Amazon Student (Six-month Trial)
Upgrade your membership
On 13 November 2016, you will be charged £39 for another year of Student Prime.

Super Heat off me :smiley:

I'm sure it's been said before, too many comments to wade through, but the £79 is money really well spent, let alone £59. We don't use the delivery thing much, but save money over the year, but we LOVE Amazon video. Smart TV delivers it without faffing about, same as Netflix. Hot from me.

"Photos are stored to the Amazon Cloud Drive in their full, original version, meaning the images aren't compressed and no quality is lost."←

Any cooling of period?

How does the music stream on Amazon compare to spotify - any comments welcome as it appears much better value

thanks deany

I have finally given into Prime, but I am now thinking I should have signed up months ago, the amount of **** I buy from Amazon! At least now I only have to wait 1 day for "said ****" to arrive! Anyway still a good deal

​You should try selling on ebay. Gave up years ago as the treat sellers like doggy doo

​The only halfwit is you. Top gear is owned by the BBC and no longer part of owned by Clarkson. Clarkson etc are great and I'll watch their show

​try returning something bought on ebay. eBay isn't cheap and sell alot of dross and most sellers aren't corporate entities.

Can the one kindle rental be read on other devices like android or iOS devices or would I need a kindle? If I can still read books on my iPad as part of the sub I'll probably bite.

Jeremy Clarkson is the GRAND RACIST

Why would you ? most of the cheap stuff on Amazon is available on EBay with free postage anyway . OK Customer service on Amazon is great but if you are buying a more technical expensive item then the postage is free anyway .

A second rate music and video offering (particularly now they have the obnoxious Top Gear ) - So honestly -Why would you pay £1 or £59 or £79 (doubtless £99 next year when they have you hooked ) for what ? To become an Amazon Junkie :confused:

Only of any use to those who want stuff they don't really want -yesterday , or at the latest tomorrow - why ? Maybe for the half wits who like Top Gear - my sympathies :disappointed: .

If I joined I know I'd become part of the Amazon trap - probably buy stuff I didn't need because it was so easy and pay £59 for the privilege of spending money I wouldn't normally have spent . To be fair if they paid ME £59 to be a Prime member they would make money off me as I would then sign up and buy stuff regularly I didn't really want .

Sorry Amazon this is one mug you are not entrapping , but judging by the heat of this so called deal you will have conned many other mugs .

​Worth mentioning the sound quality is slightly lower also

[email protected] typical!
Just [email protected] renewed mine last month.
Does loyalty count for nought these days?
I'd tell them to shove it but they're sooo [email protected] cheap!!!
Lol

I find most things cheaper on eBay compared to Amazon.

Another vouch for this show, it's great.
Prime is totally worth the £6/7 I pay each month, purely for the delivery. The convenience of same day delivery, especially on Sundays, is unbeatable, for no extra cost. Must get.

WOW, didn't expect this deal to go soooo HOT,glad I've managed to save so many people so much money.

Agree on man in high castle. Tv genius

Not the case ... I buy from Amazon 5+ times a week including many single items for £3 or £4 delivered next day (often a Sunday) for free.
Granted some items have a min spend but not all. I bought a cable recently for £4 as an example.

Didnt know this, what a handy tip, cheers

very tempting as I was going to sign up to watch the grand tour

Also, with GMail you can use + to make infinitely more addresses, e.g.
[email protected]
[email protected]
etc.

It's just some website email address fields reject the + so it doesn't work with all sites.
Can be handy to trace where spam might come from. I tend to use it when signing up to more 'spammy' sites, so I can track when I get random stuff come into [email protected] who it came from...

Shame they don't offer that to everyone!

Great deal! Thanks for highlighting it OP. Have gone for this.

Perfect timing. Terminated Netflix contract this month as I was not happy with the price rise. Cheers for flag up OP.

Is the music on amazon like spotify? Do you download an app for the ipad?

It doesnt coz you need a uni email address to get nus cards and online courses dont give you them...

I paid for a month and it was due to finish on the 23rd, spoke to CS and they refunded my £7.99 and cancelled so i could do this offer, very happy

Mine doesnt run out until September, shame u cant pay upfront now for another 12months

I know that you can share the Prime membership with 1 adult, but it doesn't give full access to the second user, like Amazon music etc.

What will happen if my gf just use the same login info as me on her devices? Will she be able to access the full service like me?

Don't buy very often from Amazon but suppose it's a good deal for those that buy a lot from Amazon. Kind of defeats the purpose of "free delivery" when you're paying for it.. well, it's their business.

Technically incorrect

Nice, so tempted to join now. I wonder if I can pay with from my Amazon Gift Card balance. If can that means it's even cheaper for me =)

Wonder when they'll offer this for a monthly sub like Netflix.

Since they made the minimum order £20 I've stopped shopping at Amazon (I gave up when they wanted £7.99 to deliver a micro SD card - that's just a p take) but would give it a go for a few months if I could pay monthly.

But having to shell out £60-£80 for something I don't know If I'd make use of is not something I'm prepared to do. Wouldn't mind say £8 a month then if I found myself using it going for the year sub.

How does Prime Video compare to Netflix? Never had Prime before and currently on Netflix £5.99 per month so this would be cheaper and would get all the other benefits of Prime.

I've just signed up. I've been getting the free Prime membership for about six months now just by changing my gmail address slightly, but the only problem is that every time you change your sign in details, you lose all your saved apps and music and it's a bit of a pain every month. For £59 I definitely think it's worth it with all you get for it and the music side of Prime is brilliant - I use it every day in my lorry

​you need documents to send over. NUs card on its own worth nothing to them

Comments aren't numbered on the app and there's no way I'm reading through all these comments lol
Thanks though

grrrrr must stay strong.... must stay strong... they won't tempt me :confused:

​Are you talking in some Star Wars language?

Why don't people just register for the free 30 day trial and when it expires set up another free trial with one of your other email addresses?

Is there a list anywhere of what you get on Prime?
Might buy this and cancel Vmedia

ignoring the whole delivery thing , how does prime movies compare with Netflix

or just sign up agen with different email
address #standard ! #free

Hot, will deff sign up for this.

Meh.

Amazon member since 1999, and Prime member for a few years. Enquired if I can get my account renewed for £59 as it's due to expire on the 9th June, and told a flat-out no. This was after he confirmed I've made 139 Prime deliveries during my membership and I'm a very loyal customer.

Err, thanks. Most polite f-off I've heard from Amazon to date...!

Won't let me pay with my Amazon Gift Card balance

Great value for money

so this may have bees asked but i know the household thing dosent share music & tv with someone else but if i get pime and sign into it on psr4 and give my sister my account details can she sign into fire stick at different address at the same time?

Free online course doesn't count you need a valid uni email address...

Except when you buy Star Wars gold vinyl soundtrack, with AutoRip, which magically disappears.. and they refuse to reenable... even though also ordered TESB and ROTJ and they still have autorip fine, just not on ANH

We are talking about the full fat version, as per the deal. There is also Amazon Households now too

Because we want you to be able to share the very best of Prime, we are introducing the Amazon Households Programme. With Amazon Households, in addition to sharing your access to the Prime Unlimited One-Day Delivery that you love, you and one other adult family member and four children will be able to share Prime Video, Prime Early Access, and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. Create a family library to share books, apps, and games with your Household members across all of their Amazon devices and media apps. Both Household adults can manage parental controls with Amazon FreeTime for children in the Amazon Household. Create your Amazon Households to share your Prime benefits

Repeated trials with different email addresses e.g.
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
are all the same email address TO GMAIL but DIFFERENT to most other companies.

Sorted,

Took both a Front and Back copy of my NUS and sent it off to Amazon and within an hour or two, they emailed me a confirmation of my Amazon Prime Student Account.

Thanks for all the advice guys.

Sorted me out and without ANY hassle via the online chat, lost 6 days from my existing prime but no big deal for 5 minutes effort...

Absolutely spot on.

Early deals for prime members. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/gb/alldeals?gb_dst=AVAILABLE%2CUPCOMING&gb_dtp=LIGHTNING_DEAL&gb_ttl=Today%27s%20Prime%20Early%20Access%20Deals&gb_srt=BY_SCORE

So, what do you actually get for this? I mean in terms of next day deliveries, minimum spends, marketplace vs Amazon, cashback, books, music and streaming services?

Is everything next day delivery?
Is there a minimum order value?
Does this include marketplace orders?
What do I get in terms of books?
Do I need a Kindle, kindle app or what?
Do I own the books?
What music do I get?
What can I play it on?
Can I play it offline?
Do I own the music?
Does it include all to and films on my FireTV?

Sorry that's there's lots of questions, but most of the discussion here on the last 11 pages is about trying to get a student discount or how to cancel. I'm actually interested in what I get for my money.

I joined less than a month ago and got told i couldn't get the refund on live chat. Don't know why others got it, first time i've been unsucessful with amazon customer services. :disappointed:

can you stick this onto the end of your current membership to give you an extra year if you already have amazon prime or does it start from now if you have it

I signed up just two days ago for £79. Am not happy

Contacted them online chat and they cancelled my prime and refunded the £79 so I have now joined for £59.

heat just for the new top gear!

dear god, i have kodi, just got netflix free for 6 months after signing up with virgin tv and now amazon video with this deal. there is not enough time in the day for this much content!!!

Which is fine if you don't care about your order history, or you keep records of all your accounts.

I have Amazon order history going back to 2003. Useful when you have things go faulty and you retrace the order to find out it they had lifetime warranties etc..

I vote cold on this!! I cant see how all you money savers out there cant see why?........Since amazon introduced Prime delivery the prices for many products have risen & are not the the cheapest online retailer. They also introduced the £20 spend minimum which also, which also pushes loyal customers towards buying from them. Very clever marketing I feel, as they have captured many loyal sheep. Yes in some circumstances they will be cheaper, but I challenge you to compare before you buy on your next 5 purchases & see if they are as competitive as you think they are!!! Also use cashback site, Flubit.com or 123pricecheck.com . Please list any other sites

Thinking about it, she may have my card details on her account, but she also has hers. I had the old plan but they moved me to the new one.. annoying at the time as it wiped my daughters Kindle in the process.

I like prime although Im yet to watch anything on their video service. Netflix coupled with a chromecast is just too good.

I wish their service was compatible with chromecast!

Any from The Shaw Academy are eligible for NUS - just google them, there's plenty of free links via groupon or other similar offer sites.

I actually completed the course I signed up for (Diploma in Photography), so was beneficial as well :smiley:

Thanks for your help :smiley:

Which free course?? where?? thanks!

Have you set up the share recently or under the old rules? It's apparently quite different now.

Can you both use the music service?

Sign-up for a free online course .. buy an NUS card .. get Prime for 18-months (inc 6 months free) for £39.

I've done the first two, just waiting for existing Prime to finish and will be signing up as a "student" :smiley:

My wife and i share Prime and we don't share payment cards...

Meh, still too much for me, considering I barely order from it nowadays since they don't do as good deals as they used to. Still heat added for those that will get their money's worth.

Like you say it depends on taste, but I've watched about 8 series on Prime (Vikings / Black Sails / Outlander / Mr Robot / The Protectors ..) but didn't manage to stick with a single series on netflix.

Unless you need fast delivery or dont aquire your movies/tv shows else where flubit is better for goods.

The odd thing you need amazon great cs for can wait 3 days to come.

Cheers.....unsubscribed in 2014 but back at it again with Prime now

I keep reading in this thread people dating they currently pay monthly, but I can't see any way of doing this. Where do you get the option? I'd be interested in that because Prime isn't good value for me for purely delivery, but I used my trial up before the films and music were included. I'd like to have another look before giving them sixty/eighty quid.

Jumped in on this for the first time. Hope its worth it.

Heat.

Tried live chat again and got it refunded. Well worth trying if you signed up recently. Thanks OP.

Just be careful. You can't share this new membership like you may have shared old one with 4 people... This new one is only for household (1 adult, and 4 kids) quite different. And now the other adult, gets prime too! Unlike the 4 I shared with my old membership only got deliveries basically

"We may change, suspend or discontinue the Service, or any part of it, at any time without notice or terminate your use of the Service at our discretion without notice at any time, including if we determine that your use violates the Agreement, is improper, substantially exceeds or differs from normal use by other users, or otherwise involves fraud or misuse of the Service or harms our interests or those of another user of the Service."

So it isn't storage unless you call something that can disappear at any time without notice 'storage'. It is also not unlimited, substantially exceeding the level of use of others being a reason for it to disappear.

"free next day delivery on all items sold by Amazon" not true

rather they do a deal on their fire TV stick than this as already have this :disappointed:

I have a friend who paid for prime, and said it was really worth it using it mainly for the advance access to lightning deals. I just rang him to see what he thinks of this deal. He said, yeah, go for it BUT say like him in the last 10 months he's only bought a couple cheapish things totalling £21 so his outlay of 79 quid was an utter waste!

Think I got his message right. Anyway, on that basis... as I probably won't buy or spend much, and it's money up front before you spend, I'm OOOOT!

can you use amazon credit for further money off as payment?

Sorry if I gave incorrect information,wasn't trying to mislead anyone.

What is the correct information as you've just wrote not true and not said what is correct.

How do the email switchers get past the credit card requirements?

With an NUS Extra card you can sign up to get Prime for £40. Best to get the 6 month trial first then do the upgrade. My upgrade fee is £39 from Student Prime trial to Student Prime.

Nice they don't offer the same to those who have been loyal to them.

I pay monthly for prime. I upgraded online to an annual subscription at £79, then contacted Customer Services who initially offered to give me an Amazon credit for £20, then gave me a refund of £20 straight onto my debit card. Nice chap too.

Question that many others will have:

With Student Prime membership - are there any restrictions limitations when compared to a non student membership?

Do they limit any of the benefits at all? Is the subscription different in any way other than price?

L.

Definitely worth it - paid this for it during a special offer last year and have never regretted it. I never use next day delivery, so have had plenty of £1 and £3 digital credits, a free Kindle First book every month, Prime Music to listen to albums I'm not sure if I want to buy or not and excellent customer service.

For people worried about it being hard to cancel, as soon as you sign up you can actually set your preferences to not renew automatically, and your account will clearly show the end date of your membership.

Some people have mentioned here the special deals you get especially on black Friday and prime day and depending on your circumstances this really ups the value of prime. For me with young children its great as the deals on toys are superb over the high street stores. These are deals for stuff we would be buying anyway and can go as far as paying for prime.

Also Amazon are great at refunding you if you want to cancel prime or if you get charged for the second year unknowingly. For the people moaning about getting charged and being 'frauded' I dont understand (for the life of me) how you all didn't know this simple fact upon signing up and going through your first year!!! How is it possible not to hear about this somewhere along the line???

As well as benefits that could potentially pay the fee of prime in savings you also get the delivery, tv, music and books and whatever else there is now.

Spotted this last night (voted hot). As a method of self control said to myself, if this gets to 1500° I'll bite... Here I go

Prime Haters need to get a hobby. Really.

"prime members get free next day delivery on all items sold by Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon" not true.

Voted hot even though I'll be signing up for the £40 student deal in a couple of days. Prime has been good to me these last few months.

Cant pay monthly unfortunately

changing peoples perception and Amazon succeeds.

​Not just a time issue. I just like to have a bit of self respect :wink:

Does anyone know if there's a way to trigger a free prime trial? ive not had an offer of one for a few years (yes am of course very cheap) i only need it rarely so the yearly cost isn't worth it for me.

My Amazon Prime ends on the 18th may. I just contacted a friendly customer support guy and mentioned this offer, and he said if I continue Amazon Prime and pay the £79 when the time comes to renew, they would issue a £20 refund/voucher if I contact them again. An email has confirmed this.
So it is worth contacting them and asking, if you are in a similar situation.

Agreed. I guess it depends how much you value your time....

​48 email addresses
48 cancellation
48 lots of headaches

Argh this is frustrating. Just went over my 1 month free trial. 11th May, £79. Damn you Amazon

How to you contact to Amazon on live chat?

Tempted

I currently use Apple Music (for some reason) and Dropbox, how are the Amazon equivlents of these?

Could me and my wife both have the apps so we can backup to the same photo account?

If I subscribe and pay the full year but cancel the subscription on the fifth month, do you get a refund of the remaining 7 m? Thanks

You don't need an email, you can send proof of NUS Extra Card. It has been mentioned on this thread numerous times. Probably best to have a read of the whole thread, it will save me caring, or sharing.

Sorry, was a bit unclear,

Use a website such as
wowcher.co.uk or http://www.gogroopie.com
and search for E-careers, and they have very very cheap offers, which gives you a course with e-careers and then you can continue on to getting your NUS card

thanks op, heat added!

Explained on the link below: Enrolling in Amazon Student Without a Recognised E-mail Address
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html?docId=1000741813

I did this a few months ago and it was really simple.

Simply use a different email address

It's actually a no-brainer at 79 quid so this is a double no-brainer! I got it at this price the last time they offered it and have already had it back and more in digital credits. We are stuffed to the gills in MP3s and Kindle books. Plus Amazon's CS is literally the very best out there. Example? I got some of their own brand rechargeable batteries delivered and the courier left them outside our porch on a rainy day. Luckily I saw them early so brought them in and the package was not really affected (let alone the vacuum wrapped batteries). But i was annoyed so live chatted my annoyance. Agent INSISTED on sending the same package out for nowt and requested I also keep the original package (they work fine)! Fantastic CS.

HEAT ADDED.

4 years would equal a lot of email addresses! I also thought about - wouldn't Amazon recognise that the delivery/billing address is identical?

Update - I got it working. He said it was for new members only but then said he could cancel my membership and I could try it via a link that he then gave me. And it worked.

about to buy 2 fire kids tabletdsays it has 12 months prime kids pass what difference between this and that one anybody know?

Doh, already a member, love Amazon!

Voted cold because of their underhand way of tricking people into signing up for the 30 day trial, at the order completion page. It's unethical .... Someone I know got caught and it sent their account overdrawn with all the associated costs!

Any idea which courses are the cheapest at E-Careers.co.uk? The cheapest I found is £99?

This will most likely to going to pay for the new GRAND TOUR show

because he is sad enough to go through the faff of signing up with a new email address each month then cancelling and repeating each month....

I took prime twenty days ago paying full price. Complained and received a £12 refund. Worth complaining on the online chat.

Same for me.

On their student subscription now.

They do ask for an ac.uk email address - this is actually first field in the Prime Student web-page. They then send you an email to that ac.uk address to verify your credentials. If you know how to bypass this and get a membership purely with an NUS card, do care to share.

I signed up for this on Wednesday and paid full price! Doh! I just got off live chat with a lovely guy called Daman and he gave me a refund of £20. Nice one! :stuck_out_tongue:

I think for this price it's worth it for the video and music! Anything else is a bonus! Any other video service is at least £6 per month and music is usually a tenner! It's a no brainier really! Just do it!, :wink:

Thinking of setting up a family Amazon account to use prime with. Would this account be able to sent kindle books to both my wife's and my kindle even though these have been linked to our own personal Amazon accounts? Trying to work how to set things up so that both my wife and I can get maximum benefit of the prime account, we'd both like to use the kindle books, I'd probably use the streaming music, plus we have a fire stick. Any thoughts?

>>>>>
HEAT!

Great price and covers the WHOLE of this years, into next years black friday / cyber monday / christmas and new year sales periods at Amazon.. so well worth it, just for that alone ;-)

Bought at 9.30am and have already watched an Amazon movie and made a prime now order for some groceries! Great buy so far! Can sleep off my nightshift and cook tea for the family tonight without having to leave the house!

Probably signs up with a different email address every month. I'd rather pay a few quid a month and not have to bother faffing about, tbh.

Plus Amazon photo, gives you unlimited cloud photo storage :wink:

Amazon CS is first class. I won't mind paying even full price for Prime as Amazon Video by itself is worth the cost, the free delivery is really a bonus. They's also adding more postcodes to their Prime same-day delivery service. I was working from home the other day and realised I hadn't brought my laptop charger from office. I was going to order a spare charger anyway and ordered a universal one via their same-day service. Ordered around 12 noon and delivered by 6pm, just as my battery was about to die.
They have also accepted a 14-day cooling off return after that period had passed, I had forgotten to send it off in time and got in touch via their online chat. No problems at all, 18 days after delivery but they accepted the return.

Still not convinced - I have enough stuff to watch on TV and I don't mind waiting a few days for my stuff to be delivered. The cheaper prices for certain items is a pain - it actually puts me off Amazon!

signed up, jobs a good un apart from the library books only working on kindle devices and the unlimited photo storage asking me to sign up for $59.99 a year and won't let me bypass that screen!

I'm a prime member and very happy with it. The postage and next day is great. I don't use their services as I have Kodi but I will be watching Top Gear 2 on it or what ever they have named it

My price for this is £50, so I'm hoping I can resist £59......but it's oh so close!

No you don't

Anyone know how the download option for prime music works ? (to listen offline) Obviously there must be some restrictions. Does it only work for a day or a week or something ? Or you have to connect your device to the web every so often so it can verify you are still a prime member ?

Is there a limit on how many addresses I can send items to? i.e. can I regularly have items sent to two or three locations?

Thanks!

Don't students also get unlimited kindle too once their trial has expired?

I have just sent my proof of NUS card to Amazon and within minutes got a reply saying that I had been approved. Now signed up for 6 months free amazon student.

Find a discount to use at E-Careers.co.uk, and buy a course for a few pounds, then continue on and sign up for an NUS card, which is a totally legitimately way of geting an NUS card.

It has worked for me too, an exixting customer who hasn't had prime for a while

I signed up at £79 a month ago today. Having seen this I live chatted to a representative and got refunded around £72 (£79 minus one month) and signed up again at £59.

Thanks!

Having an ac.uk email address is not enough. All college/University staff also have these and they (or We!) don't qualify!

How annoying! I signed up a month ago at full price!

Just spoke to amazon online chat, they just told me offer is until 23rd may. My renewal date is 17th june. So they told me to contact them again on 23rd may and they will help me to cancel. And then i can rejoin via the link.

I love my Prime membership. i've made half the money back by using the no rush delivery on items.

Which does not mean quite what it says!

If you give up Prime the "new member" offers come back after some time - but it's about 12 months normally

If you go to sign up for amazon student and click the link that says you dont have a ac email address it then tells you what proof you need which you then email amazon with.

Ah I see, did think that could have been why! Thanks.

I am on prime student (I have a university email account) which works well for me, as I get a lot of free stuff in order to review it. I often forgo the quick delivery in exchange for the digital credit. This is a great deal though as with this full membership you can share it with 'family'. The video and music streaming is ok - but a bit limited. So I still have a share in Neflix and Spotify accounts where the selection is 30 times larger.

£13 for a Nus card then £40 for Amazon Prime = £53. Why not just chip in the extra £6 and get Amazon prime without NUS card. I know I would pay the extra £6 to cut out the faffing around.

Gonna buy this later today! £59. Hope it's worth it.

Thanks! Hopped on that train! :smiley:

I believe you can get 5% off until your total discount hits a value of £75. Once you've hit that £75 of discount. The 5% stops working.

Any idea how you get hte 5% off items? Mine used to come off automatically but I havent had 5% discount off anything Ive bought for around 4 months :-/ when I asked amazon about it they didnt really understand the student discount

A Nice guy just messaged me, basically I just need to send a copy of my NUS card. Thats cool :smiley:

​Amazon Prime Student definitely can be shared, I did it yesterday.

Do you still need to buy over £20 if you have prime membership?

Personally I can never justify paying £60 or £80 for Prime. 1 day delivery to an Amazon locker is only £1.99 & delivery for orders over £20 obviously free. Amazon Prime video certainly isn't worth paying for & is a poor relation to Netflix or NowTV.

Thanks OP. Been waiting for this deal since my free trial 6 months ago.

Buying an nus card now seems to want your course dates, presumably so it can check you're still a valid student. Personally I'm doing what other have been and just create a new email address every time my free month expires. Quite why amazon do not prevent this I don't know.

Cracking deal. Student, so no need for it for me - but would be interested just for The Grand Tour!

If current members email Amazon complaining about the cheaper price for new customers, they usually refund you the £20! :wink:

I'll be buying this tonight! Been waiting for it to come down slightly. Can't be bothered with the nus card etc. Thanks

Can you combine this offer with the "free trial month" - or is it either/or??

arrgh. I paid full price two weeks ago

Can I still share it with someone?

will it work if i cancel my prime and re-subscribe? mine ends in a week

I thought you could get this price if you just asked at anytime. Plus pay monthly.

Do it and then you can all stop moaning about Prime only deals and having to make orders up to £20 all the time!!!!

Don't you need a student email for Amazon student?

Hopefully.

Too bad amazon household can't be shared with 4 other people anymore, only 2.

Do Prime members get some items cheaper?

Most items that are prime are a few quid more than marketplace. So it's a bit pants. It was a waste for me. Doubt I'll be renewing

I didn't renew my Prime membership earlier this year, a month later they sent me an offer for £20 credit if I signed up again. Not sure if everyone would get it, but it might be worth bearing in mind if anyone is on the fence about renewing.

My renewal is up on 23rd so chatted with Amazon and told any renewal in the promotional period would get the reduced price, or as this only runs to 16th I can cancel on this date and then sign back up the same day for £59.
Lose a week of my subscription but I think it's worth it for £20.

Thanks OP
So tempted...... got used to using the prime now app.. very handy if you can't be bothered to go to the shops after a boozy night out!!!

I bought it when they had this deal on last year primarily for the shipping.
I have had so much moneys worth out of it on the music and tv alone that I thought I would never use due to subsequently buying a fire stick.
My year expires in July and I can see that I will be renewing at the full price almost certainly.

Damn you clever Amazon

A ban from Amazon coming soon

Never paid for prime

Used my normal account that i have had prime on before and it still showed £59 so another confirmation that it will work.

Thanks, I was kicking myself when I missed this deal last time. Good value for everything you get.

Is it easy enough to cancel in the first year ? I think I read of a fee horror stories of folk having issues trying to cancel before they lost another £79

Ah really? I didn't know that! I've always seen it at £3 must be lucky, I've never actually used it, too impatient! :laughing:

Great price and really is worth every penny, remember if you don't want something delivered as quick as possible you can opt for non prime free delivery and get £3 credit for Amazon digital

That is roughly £4.91 a month.

And you're getting access to prime delivery, prime now, prime video, photo storage, Kindle library and music.

Definitely worth it.

Shame they've haven't also discounted the student membership further!

I'm not sure whether you are trying to be funny or you have been asleep for the last 6 years (being a student) but here is the link

All the streaming services on prime are good too. its worth getting a fire stick or fire tvbox to take advantage of these.

No, just register your card

If a subscription is due to expire in July, can you take advantage of this deal price and still use the rest of your existing subscription?

Use a new email address every time, then cancel.. :wink:

Nice thanks OP :smiley:

I accidentally signed up to Prime last year and cancelled straight away as I didn't want it then, would I still be classed as a "new" member and eligible for the discount now?

That's why Amazon do well, no hidden tricks or anything. The total opposite of "Gourmet Society" who push trials and A) Hope you forget to cancel OR B) Have a ridiculous amount of time that you have to cancel a trial by. They take money about 2 weeks before the end of your trial. Joke. Won't refund you even though your trial ain't up! A pathetic company who have no morales or good business practise! I was a victim to B)! Sorry to compare two totally different services but this just highlights Amazon CS all over.

DAMN YOU, BIGGUNS.

Now I'll be buying even more HUKD tat.

Yes I believe it is £20 min spend for non prime member to get free 3-5 day delivery,prime members get one day delivery on most items sold by Amazon or fulfilled by Amazon.

Many items cheaper of usually stuff we don't need? Do you still need to spend min £20 for next day delivery?