Why does this keep expiring? It's an ongoing offer..
**Sign up for an online course affiliated with the NUS, (link to a lifetime one for £14), then apply for NUS card (£12), go on Amazon chat with a scan of your NUS card and get Prime for £39, any full price rime refunded, plus 6 months free.**
This can all be sorted on the same day, read on..
WHEN YOU HAVE PAID FOR YOUR NUS CARD, DOWNLOAD THE APP, AND SCREENSHOT YOUR CARD. TALK TO AMAZON CHAT TO GET A REFUND ON YOUR REMAINING FULL PRICE PRIME, THEN 6 MONTHS FREE, THEN A YEAR AT £39!!!
Also: You get lifetime student status with the writing course which allows lifetime access, i.e. you're a student for life.
You don't get lifetime NUS membership, all students have to pay for a new NUS card annually (of you can buy 3 years in a row).
Scan and email your NUS card to Amazon customer services and they apply your Student Prime status. (Exactly what they advised me to do, and exactly how it works.)
Buying an online course subscription is a perfectly legal, legitimate way to get student status, entitling you to buy an NUS card.
There may be cheaper courses, but this one offers lifetime access (and might just be of interest, too), so no need to keep buying one each year to get your NUS card.
I did this 2 years ago, it's still working a treat and gets me Amazon Student Prime for £39, Spotify half price, discounts all over the place including 10% off in most Co-Op supermarkets, as well as attractions, restaurants etc.
Buy the coupon, sign up for the children's story writing course, then follow their instructions for NUS sign-up, which are basically as follows:
2. Enter your email address and click the ‘Get your card now’ button.
3. Type ‘Digital Sea Ltd’ as your ‘place of study’ (Digital Sea Ltd is the parent company of WriteStoryBooksForChildren.com).
4. Follow the rest of the steps in the application process.
5. When prompted for your Student ID, enter your ID which is: xxxxxxx whatever student ID they give you, find it HERE: writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
Once your card arrives you can sign up for Amazon Student Prime, Spotify etc. If you can't find Digital Sea in their educational establishment list you can scan you're card and email it to their customer services dept (this works for Amazon, with no problems).
If you take out Amazon Prime & Spotify then it's already paid for itself, and then next year you'll just have to renew the NUS card, so it's just £12...
Post your completed children's stories here once completed. :wink:
Update from user Apogee00: Get 6 months Prime free then 12 months at £39
ALSO:
When adding your course details on to the NUS website, it will ask you for your student ID (as issued by Digital Sea). It's on the course website WHEN YOU LOG IN. It may take a day or so to appear, can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed above were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
When entering your course details, it doesn't really matter what you enter (I don't think), I'd put 'Literature", today's start date and a distant date in the future without taking the p***!
LAST UPDATE (for now): When you have bought your NUS card, download the NUS app. That displays your photo card and all the details you need for Amazon Prime. Take a screenshot and email that to Amazon. Many people have got it all sorted, a pro rata refund for their full price (or £59) prime, and got 6 months free staring from today.
Enrolling in Amazon Student Without a Recognised E-mail Address:
If you are 18 or over and able to provide proof of enrolment in at least one course at a university or college located in the UK, you may be eligible to enrol in Amazon Student through an alternative process.
To provide proof of age and enrolment, please send an e-mail to [email protected] from the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.co.uk account.
Please also ensure that your bank card (credit / debit) details are up-to-date before writing to us.
In the message, include a scan, photo or screenshot of one of the following:
A valid NUS Extra or NUS Apprentice Extra card (must show your name, institution, and date of expiry)
All comments (621)
magicjay1986
30 Jun 17#1
Thanks for this :smile: I find the best value in my card is 10% off at Co-Op. Shame Apple Music doesn't accept NUS.
annedawso to magicjay1986
30 Jun 17#25
Haven't got a Co-Op by us unfortunately. My favourite offer is 40% off Pizza Express food and DRINK on a Monday and Tuesday. Great saving
magicjay1986 to annedawso
30 Jun 17#49
Yep! Plus Tesco often do 20% off Pizza Express gift cards which you can use with the 40% off NUS. :party:
carrotming
30 Jun 17#2
how exactly is that a lifetime student status the title is a bit misleading cos right at the end you say ............ and next year you'll have to renew your card for £12 ????
ScroopEgerton to carrotming
30 Jun 17#4
Because you get lifetime student status with the writing course which allows lifetime access, i.e. you're a student for life.
You don't get lifetime NUS membership, all students have to pay for a new NUS card annually (of you can buy 3 years in a row).
fazlulkhair to carrotming
30 Jun 17#92
Lifetime if you got a year to live
greenwithenvy
30 Jun 17#3
is it because you dont have to enrol on a new course ever again? im confused!
ScroopEgerton to greenwithenvy
30 Jun 17#5
That's the theory!
bestbuy123
30 Jun 17#6
How would the amazon prime student account work it requires an ac.uk email address, which is only given to students at a university
ScroopEgerton to bestbuy123
30 Jun 17#7
You scan and email your NUS card to Amazon customer services.
AndyRoyd
30 Jun 17#8
Deal is for the course, not NUS.
ScroopEgerton to AndyRoyd
30 Jun 17#14
If you think they writing course is a good deal then that's awesome. Although I posted it as a good way to unlock the benefits of an NUS card.
ewen1605
30 Jun 17#9
Sounds like £14 for student status, then £12 a year for the NUS card.
ftbf444
30 Jun 17#10
Does this course give you an ac.uk email? Want one for unidays
ScroopEgerton to ftbf444
30 Jun 17#12
I'm still working on how to get around Unidays!
gazdoubleu to ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#63
Can use .sch.uk if you have a child at school with an email ( unidays)
stevenfeeney to ScroopEgerton
1 Jul 17#181
Go to Uni.
ScroopEgerton to stevenfeeney
1 Jul 17#189
Oh, come on... :wink:
robertr
30 Jun 17#11
No.
yiu
30 Jun 17#13
Will the course ever be cancelled/withdrawn meaning you won't have student status anymore?
ScroopEgerton to yiu
30 Jun 17#16
I suppose that's a possibility! I should put that in the small print. :wink: I bought mine a few years ago, I don't imagine the upkeep of an online course is that much, and I'm fairly sure they know most people only use it to get an NUS card, so it's probably a nice little earner for them...
robertr
30 Jun 17#15
Remember, Amazon Prime student members can't share Prime benefits through Amazon Household.
ParkourPaul to robertr
1 Jul 17#116
Actually you can. If you sign up to a regular one month Prime trial, set up your household and then activate your student status. You can no longer edit your household settings but the existing household stays intact.
JmeBud to robertr
1 Jul 17#209
They can still share Prime next day delivery however.
chapchap
30 Jun 17#17
Anyone with two brain cells to rub together will get what you mean.
lucas
30 Jun 17#18
Have they stopped doing the 6 months free?
pat-w
30 Jun 17#19
Thanks OP
Ted.Wales
30 Jun 17#20
What you really need though is a .edu email address to really benefit from discounts everywhere. Any ideas?
nexus76 to Ted.Wales
30 Jun 17#27
No what you need is a valid UK one, I have a edu email but only can get a USA one online so useless for unidays but works for nus extra and student beans.
JkF50
30 Jun 17#21
Awesome work dude. Hot.
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#22
Unfortunately not. I'm working on it. Get a job as a dinner lady?
leypb
30 Jun 17#23
Reddit slave labour
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#24
Haha! HUKD took 'lifetime student status' out of my title. I don't think it was yhat misleading, the point is you don't have to keep buying a new course like most of the others I've come across.
Drooler
30 Jun 17#26
Amazon 5% off stopped ages ago didn't it?
OneGloveOnTheFence
30 Jun 17#28
No it's still there. 6 month trial then 12 months for £39
OneGloveOnTheFence
30 Jun 17#29
Even better when tesco have the 20% off gift card deal!
mohsin0310 to OneGloveOnTheFence
1 Jul 17#206
how do I get this?
gibblesuk
30 Jun 17#30
I thought i would give this a try. However, there is nothing in either email or online once registered to show you a verifiable SYD (Student Number) required by NUS in order to secure the card. :thinking:
Baz8755
30 Jun 17#31
Does this mean I can vote as many times as I like in elections X)
ephadrine
30 Jun 17#32
i got student card with similar deal. just wish i could get the ac.uk email address. even though i have not got the ac.uk email address i have made my money at least 5 times over already. great deal.
OneGloveOnTheFence
30 Jun 17#33
Just putting your email address will usually do it
HappyShopper
30 Jun 17#34
So have purchased the course via Groupon and gone to writestorybooksforchildren.com/vou…er/ to redeem the voucher and it claims that the coupon code I have entered has expired!
ScroopEgerton to HappyShopper
30 Jun 17#42
It's on the course website when you log in. It may take a day or so to appear, can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed in the description were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
It's on the course website when you log in. It may take a day or so to appear, can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed in the description were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
Why do you need an ac.uk email? I have one and never used/needed it for any discounts
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#37
Weird. Groupon's T&Cs state "must be redeemed by 30th April 2018". Try again then get on to Groupon or email the course provider.
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#38
If you want to get Unidays discounts.
jameswalker457 to ScroopEgerton
8 Jul 17#496
Open university provide a student email address is there's any free / cheap ones going
windoz
30 Jun 17#39
If you have been to University and successfully completed a course, some of them offer a lifetime email address.
I left over 16 years ago, however I recently got the university to set me up with a .ac.uk account.
Can't complain!
:nerd:
daBluone to windoz
30 Jun 17#98
What did you say to them? I also left uni many years ago but wouldn't know who to ask. Alot more retailers insist on Unidays account so would like to sort this out,
llywmog to windoz
1 Jul 17#195
Didn't realise that. I have emailed my former universities to see if they offer the same
AppStar to windoz
1 Jul 17#244
How? And why would they?
digitalsakurauk
30 Jun 17#41
once I type ‘Digital Sea Ltd’ it asks for Education Details- Course level and Course discipline what should I put in?
ScroopEgerton to digitalsakurauk
30 Jun 17#46
Whatever you like, I don't think it matters much. Literature, I suppose? I put its a 7 year course when I did mine I think.
INDUSTRYHATER
30 Jun 17#43
I had no issues getting prime free for 6 months then £39 for a year and also for getting Spotify for a fiver a month :). Must admit I've not much studying though :wink:
sefgrt123
30 Jun 17#44
If anybody asks for codes for discount, don't give them as I got my unidays account suspended for it. Silly mistake on my part like, but nevermind.
ahenners
30 Jun 17#45
Pretty sure you can just get an NUS membership without being on a course. Search Shaw Academy on here and you should find the info :wink:
aizeewizzy to ahenners
30 Jun 17#47
But that says £45/ month.
dazza99
30 Jun 17#48
Yes you are right, there is no need to pay for a course...!
robertr
30 Jun 17#50
Yes.
OneGloveOnTheFence
30 Jun 17#51
Post #29 :wink:
eslick
30 Jun 17#52
sign up to a free course, if this no longer works just google shaw academy free course, then get the NUS membership, if you just want the amazon prime, then just get 1 years NUS and apply to amazon, you then get three years prime for £39 after a 6 month trial.
To be honest, with the exception of the amazon, now tv and possibly apple offers, havent used the NUS card but the wife says I should have got it in her name so she could have used it instore. shawacademy.com/pho…rue
ersen1
30 Jun 17#53
i paid £5 for a edu account fom Fiverr, and used it on unidays, worked great but the seller isnt on there at the mo, keep an eye out
jellytotz
30 Jun 17#54
I'm confused on step 4. it's asking for my education details e.g. start date and finish date. what do I put in??
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#55
Start date today, finish date as far in the future as you can.
jellytotz to ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#56
Thank you. course level and course discipline?
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#57
I'm not sure it matters. Literature? Pick a level.
jellytotz to ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#62
Thank you again. now sorry last question, where the hell is my student ID number. can't seem to find it to enter on the nus application??
[email protected]/*
30 Jun 17#58
No is doesn't. You can email Amazon a photo of any student card and they'll accept it. Have done for me in the past.
Regprentice
30 Jun 17#59
i did something similar as a someone studying ACCA. i registered with nus as an ACCA student (a part time home study course, i work full time) following the link on the ACCA website. emailed my nus card to amazon and they set up my account within a day. start to finish including ordering and waiting for the nus card was 7 days.
I had no problem having the 6 months free applied by amazon customer services.
may also be possible for CIMA , ICAS etc students.
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#60
Worth noting that if you're on an apprenticeship scheme you can apply for an NUS card via the NUS apprenticeship website for the same discounts.
RxTx
30 Jun 17#61
I signed up for this deal with writestorybooksforchildren 3 years ago and can confirm it works. I'm still an NUS member through the scheme.
chapchap
30 Jun 17#64
Thanks champ. Just signed up and waiting for a confirmation email. I guess it is staight forward after that to sign up for a NUS card e..g put In The Shaw Academy as the name and then do I get details emailed to me?
jellytotz
30 Jun 17#65
Likewise. No idea where the Student ID number is
ScroopEgerton to jellytotz
30 Jun 17#66
I've posted this a couple of times but I'll add it to the description as it's causing problems.. Try this:
It's on the course website when you log in. It may take a day or so to appear, (can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed in the description were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
My other half has unidays. Is it even worth me getting an NUS card if I never use Prime?
ScroopEgerton to TommyA
30 Jun 17#75
Half price Spotify, maybe. I use it every week on something, but that's because I'm a tight-ar5e.
cadmus
30 Jun 17#71
Just done same and waiting for email confirmation
dreamsofubuntu
30 Jun 17#72
Holy hell this could literally save me a fortune! our local bus company gives a 25% discount for NUS card holders oO
chapchap
30 Jun 17#73
And what did you do at this bit :wink: Please enter your Shaw Academy student number
h120272 to chapchap
9 Jul 17#502
Emailed Shaw ask them about your student number and they email it to you
mchu6am4
30 Jun 17#76
Can anyone confirm if university of Manchester issue a permanent email address being an ex student?
eslick
30 Jun 17#77
Think you just put in the email address you signed up with shaw. it doesn't matter anyway NUS don't even check and there have even in the papers for it and NUS admitted members don't even have to be students to get a card.
Have a google to check the email as the reference if you want probably find hotukdeals as the main articles there :smile:
So basically you're paying £26 for a year's worth of NUS offers? I'm sure there's got to be a cheaper way. I was a student for a year but saved less than what the card cost me.
ScroopEgerton
30 Jun 17#83
But then next year you need only renew the NUS card as the course holds lifetime membership, as has been said. With Prime & Spotify discounts it pays for itself.
OrribleHarry
30 Jun 17#84
Buy an. ac.uk domain? Voila! unlimited. ac.uk email addresses.
mickael28
30 Jun 17#85
Do you guys know of any good page where there's a list of available NUS discounts?
I guess if a couple wants to do activities, we both we'd have to apply, so thinking if it's worth it or not...
Pretty dull and rather expensive if the course is being used as a tool to acquire the NUS Extra card. Repeat of earlier post: unless somebody at NUSX has recently decreed that they shall activey strive to reduce their revenue from subs, we've been here many times before: there is zero requirement to buy any course nor be studying to apply and obtain an NUS card. The requirements appear to simply be the ability to upload a JPEG photo of anything and ability to throw £12 at a website. To prove a point: my cat has an NUSX card - complete with cute photo and uttlerly implausible but obviously acceptable-to-NUS name similar to Mee Yau. hotukdeals.com/dea…549
OneGloveOnTheFence
30 Jun 17#91
Just put Ecareers as place of study then pick anything subject/date wise = £0
BeRoHD
30 Jun 17#93
Amazon Student is limited to 3 years even if you're on a 4 year course
scottyjim
30 Jun 17#94
Done a online course 3 years ago for a NUS card emailed it to amazon and they just renew my prime for £39 every year no need to email a new NUS card
jh787
30 Jun 17#95
There are plenty of free courses Why not save the money and sign up to a different free course once a year?
sancho1983
30 Jun 17#96
Does this count for unidays too?
mickael28
30 Jun 17#97
Thank you mate
rts1234
30 Jun 17#99
Do you get Oyster discount?
kumar12234
30 Jun 17#100
can we use this to buy student rail card?
visolb
30 Jun 17#101
Does your uni have an alumni department/contact? I'd start there.
ScroopEgerton - thanks, this worked for us all signed up and now waiting for the card to arrive then have a bash at getting cheap Amazon prime etc
Cheers buddy :grin:
AndyRoyd
30 Jun 17#104
Don't need to wait for card to apply for Amazon Prime student discount. Complete registration for NUS Extra including payment. Download the NUS Extra app. Sign in. There it displays your photo and card number. Take screenshot. Email to Amazon. Job done. amazon.co.uk/gp/…813
Sidney1979 to AndyRoyd
1 Jul 17#163
Thanks for that, did you get a reply already? Or do you have to wait for a few days before they sign you up?
robodan918
1 Jul 17#105
is this technically fraud or exploiting a loophole in amazon's policy?
ScroopEgerton to robodan918
1 Jul 17#115
How could it be fraud?! It's neither. The NUS recognises the course provider as educational, and have an agreement with them.
"As a result of our affiliation with the National Union of Students (NUS) we’re delighted to announce that ALL students of writefictionbooks.com are eligible to apply for a valuable, money-saving NUS extra and International Student Identity Card (ISIC)!"
And NUS card holders get Amazon Prime half price. It's as simple as that.
b_sinatra
1 Jul 17#106
Can I use this NUS card for discounts in cinemas, shops etc??
robhansen91
1 Jul 17#108
How/where? I've searched before but come up with nothing
superfinno
1 Jul 17#110
I'm 47 years, had an NUS card for over a decade, and haven't studied for 10 years. All you need to use is a little guile folks.
slamukdeals
1 Jul 17#111
ok, can someone confirm. When I went to pay with card and click pay. It didn't give me a order acknowledgement or anything, it just went to the buy a nus card screen again.
Did anyone get confirmation?
ijwia
1 Jul 17#112
Nice
Avidfanofstuff
1 Jul 17#113
Ordered and heated, thanks OP.
Popplyprincess
1 Jul 17#114
I have an NUS card...ive never been an adult student nor signed up 4 any courses. I just say im student at local college & pay 4 NUS card every 3 years...i dont even know where my local college is!! Would love UNIDAYS tho,only downside
mariakat
1 Jul 17#117
Did this last night but can't see my student id - where exactly do you find it & how long did it take everyone else to show up?
Sid.Harper
1 Jul 17#118
Yup. Off the whole bill food for 10 people. Just that alone has paid for 3 years membership in about 3 months.
andrewfox84
1 Jul 17#119
Do you have to have the NUS card to get the apple discount, I'm after a MacBook Pro
ScroopEgerton to andrewfox84
1 Jul 17#131
No, you won't be able to use it for that unfortunately.
Using the course as a tool to fraudulently obtain discounts (look up the word fraud, because this deal is precisely a definition of what fraud is) if you have no intention of studying is extremely immoral.
So yes, I'd be embarrassed to show my face to a retailer in this instance.
As for my other comment about Unidays, by the fact that so many retailers now choose only to accept only Unidays cards over NUS cards is a clear signal that too many people have abused the NUS card system
ScroopEgerton to alexc100
1 Jul 17#127
I think you've got a bit over-emotional about NUS card discount. Have a sit down.
Wadey
1 Jul 17#124
Its been asked a couple of times already, but I'm already an amazon prime member, can I still get the discounted rate? Would I need to cancel and re-apply, mine auto renews around Feb.
ScroopEgerton to Wadey
1 Jul 17#157
I'm not sure if I've seen anyone answer though... I was a full price prime member before I did this. Go on to the online chat and email them your scanned NUS card, they should end your prime, refund the difference pro rata, and start you on 6 months free then £39 from then onwards.
JamJamz
1 Jul 17#125
How did you submit your NUS details to Amazon the night you signed up to the course? My card probably wont arrive for a few weeks but I want to get my Prime renewed.
ScroopEgerton to JamJamz
1 Jul 17#133
Get the NUS app, and screenshot the page with your details on.
2 months and mine was paid for at the local gym. I took this deal a few years ago and instead of paying 42quid a month I pay 26. Decent saving before you even get any other student discounts!
AndyRoyd
1 Jul 17#132
Doesn't matter. Make one up that is accepted by the datafield; I think it's minimum 6 characters, I can't remember. Any rubbish will be accepted for the entire NUS Extra application, except of course for a rubbish payment card.
stuntman9883
1 Jul 17#134
doesnt work for amazon student
slamukdeals
1 Jul 17#135
where are the free courses that you can sign up to get the nus card? I am going to look for something I am interested in. Like photography or programming. Is there a list of confirmed available education departments that nus allow because I assume you can't sign up to any course from unknown education site.
Thanks
kiora_nas
1 Jul 17#136
Alternatively you can do a free course at the shaw academy, get your registration number from them and then apply for the NUS card. Don't even need to spend the £14 on a crappy course.
dark_nugget
1 Jul 17#137
as someone who is graduating in a week, the NUS discount has been mostly useless except for at a local pub and the website Lovehoney!... Most sites linked through Unidays offer the same discount to regular customers through special offers, if anyone knows of a really good student discount please post it here!
ScroopEgerton to dark_nugget
1 Jul 17#166
Amazon Prime for £39? Spotify for £4.99?
:wink:
F5C
1 Jul 17#139
DLWUNS28 groupon discount code - not seen this mentioned in comments - course goes down to £11.20
katestewart9279
1 Jul 17#140
Can't believe anyone can get student status over this. I could understand an OU course or proving evidence of study at college etc. It seems a con or companies just as Amazon not really bothered to give out discounts.
AndyRoyd
1 Jul 17#141
Dude, you don't need to be studying any course. Select whatever institution you like from the dropdown list on the registration page. Make the rest up. NUSX doesn't seem to care. It just wants your £12.
cadmus
1 Jul 17#142
how did you get it done so quick .... i have to wait upto 7 days for my NUS card to arrive so i can then email a copy of it to amazon to meet their requirements
tinydog
1 Jul 17#143
on my Nus app it dosent show the expiry date anyone know why?
patch2rick
1 Jul 17#144
yall reckon i can use this to get a student rail card??? x
smicer07
1 Jul 17#145
What if you already have amazon prime and spotify? Can you contact them and get the cheaper offer?
cartwheelbob
1 Jul 17#146
sign up to groupon with new email address for 15% discount use code New15
themintyman
1 Jul 17#147
Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a deal......
GinaG3
1 Jul 17#149
NEW15 gives 15% off for new customers too making it £11.90 or topcashback for new customers is £5 or 7% for existing customers
Synkrox
1 Jul 17#150
With Unidays you can register with an sch.uk address. Chances are if you have kids at school they have one and you can use that to register.
uddatime
1 Jul 17#151
'Once upon a time there was a big evil monster, the handsome prince slew the beast and married the princess (not his sister), and everyone lived happily ever after.'
That's wot I wrote after doing the course - anything for Amazon 1 day delivery & 10% off co-op's overinflated prices
ScroopEgerton to uddatime
1 Jul 17#161
There! Not fraud. :wink:
OneGloveOnTheFence
1 Jul 17#152
Download the NUS app and take a screen shot of your details...email that to them
cazw1973 to OneGloveOnTheFence
1 Jul 17#174
That's how I did it,saves waiting for card to arrive.
5hp
1 Jul 17#153
free? do you mean through "Free 30 Day Trial" or other way? please share.
hotukdealls to 5hp
1 Jul 17#187
You don't even need to sign up to any courses, just go straight to the NUS website and apply for the card, choose the shaw academy as the institution, and use your own email as the student ID code then pay the £12 for the NUS card
xenophon to hotukdealls
1 Jul 17#215
It's asking for course dates and course level/discipline to check your status.
hotukdealls to xenophon
1 Jul 17#219
Yep, which you can just randomly choose. It takes your payment meaning it will go through.
robo989
1 Jul 17#154
Yes. This nus card is accepted proof of student status for getting Amazon student prime. If you got an AC address already and don't care about an nus card then don't get one as Amazon accept an AC email sign up as proof regardless
mib2reaper
1 Jul 17#155
So to clarify, you pay £14 for the course once, then £12 a year to the NUS Card?
ScroopEgerton to mib2reaper
1 Jul 17#107
Yup.
lidds
1 Jul 17#156
That's the whole point of it .....
wackyraces
1 Jul 17#158
All sorted on Amazon. Pro Rata refund on existing prime membership.
MaxLee
1 Jul 17#159
Does that student status allow u to discount for public transport in London??
alexc100
1 Jul 17#160
If you're the type of person to have the balls to walk into a shop and attempt to use an illegitimate student card with 'Children's Book Writing Course' written on the front of then, well, good on you. You deserve to get the discount.
Unfortunately I have more morals than that which means I'll be paying the full price for my goods.
One other point to note - it's been noted by many that most retailers now only accept Unidays as a valid form of student ID. I wonder why that could be!!?
ScroopEgerton to alexc100
1 Jul 17#109
Oh, this is hilarious!
How is it illegitimate if you've paid for a course and the NUS recognise the course provider and accept subscribers to their scheme? And if retailers choose to give discount to the massive customer base of NUS card holders?
For your information, it doesn't say "Children's Book writing Course" on the front, it says "Digital Sea Ltd", but if you're the type of person who's embarrassed by that, or thinks you have to have a massive student debt from university before you're entitled to NUS, then you deserve to pay full price.
Enjoy living with your expensive, unfortunate morality.
ibblackberry1
1 Jul 17#162
It doesn't require an AC.uk email address. Can send a copy of your student card through instead
d2cracker
1 Jul 17#164
Worked for me
slamukdeals
1 Jul 17#165
Can you just get the 3 year nus card even though you got 1 year course? Might as well right?
thomasleep
1 Jul 17#167
You do not need an nus card to get student prime!!!
ravsingh123
1 Jul 17#168
I've bought the course logged in and I can't find my student id, any help people ???
Elysium
1 Jul 17#169
Signed up to it thanks.
Thought I won't be using it in retailers, Student Discount on Amazon and Spotify alone is worth it for me as I currently pay full price.
ibblackberry1
1 Jul 17#170
Co-op 10% off, Spotify premium 50% off Amazon prime 6 months free trial then £39 a year. £3.99 for the gourmet society add on for a year. Lots of good stuff, the above are the most attractive to me.
daisychain12
1 Jul 17#171
Thanks so much for this. I've been able to purchase both the course, and my 3 year NUS card with no problems at all. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Amazon, as my daughter had Student Prime and they insisted on her Uni email address to qualify.
ScroopEgerton to daisychain12
1 Jul 17#179
Get the NUS app, screenshot your card, then go on to the web chat at Amazon. They'll sort it all for you.
d2cracker
1 Jul 17#172
I did this last year. Used it to buy my IMac, Mac mini, Sonos. Can also use at the cinema and when buying the kids trainers from Schu. Also get a free McFlury when buying a meal.
lidds
1 Jul 17#173
If Coca Cola had an offer where you buy a can of coke and get a free cuddly toy. If you don't actually what the drink, but bought it any way to get the toy would that (using your logic) also be fraud.?
It's basically like the same situation here,
yas212
1 Jul 17#175
When I graduated in 2010, at the time they were offering for us to keep the email address for a small fee. This was before unidays existed, I wish I took that opportunity!
ScroopEgerton to yas212
1 Jul 17#183
Oooh, unlucky!
ScroopEgerton
1 Jul 17#176
It's all in the description! :wink:
billwilliams
1 Jul 17#177
does this deal work if your already an existing member of amazon prime? then switch to student status? or is it for new prime members only?
ScroopEgerton to billwilliams
2 Jul 17#275
I'm not sure if this got a reply or not- but yes existing members will get a refund for any remaining months, then get 6 months free, then get a year at £39.
Siany1987
1 Jul 17#178
You can also claim student status if you participate in an e-learning course through your employment
andrewfox84
1 Jul 17#180
i went through the courses on wowcher, only some of the courses say 'eligible for NUS card' ..is it only SOME courses that are eligible?
seanmorris100
1 Jul 17#182
Kinda snide this
mokels
1 Jul 17#184
I cannot get past the first stage as the nusextra form asking for place of study will not accept DigitalSea. I keep getting a 'not recognised' message. Incidentally, it does want to accept Shaw Academy either. Anyone have any suggestions?
mufckingud7
1 Jul 17#185
I have 1 of these runs out sept 2018 it's saved me a fair bit also McDonald's buy a meal and get a free cheese burger, mcflurry etc or some things like that but most importantly get money off shops food bills just ask if student discount
ScroopEgerton to mufckingud7
1 Jul 17#233
That's true! I always get a free McFlurry to take home after I've had my meal.
wackyraces
1 Jul 17#186
Tried to get the Amazon Prime Student but got told an chat I need all this, On the email amazon-student-verification@amazon.co.uk you need send the below information * valid NUS Extra(must show your name, institution, and date of expiry) * A proof of student status letter * A tuition bill for the current term *Your student invoice for the current term *An official acceptance letter for the upcoming term
Did anyone have to do any of this?
ScroopEgerton to wackyraces
1 Jul 17#190
You need to show ONE of those things. A scan of your NUS card should suffice.
smicer07
1 Jul 17#188
Just start typing it in and Digital Sea will appear on the list to select- I had the same issue.
Just sorted student Amazon and Spotify!
daisychain12
1 Jul 17#191
Thank you, will try that now.
wes296
1 Jul 17#192
How are people emailing amazon and uploading photos of NUS details the website doesn't allow upload of photos and can't find an email address?
ScroopEgerton to wes296
2 Jul 17#273
They're using the chat function.
billiramsay to wes296
2 Jul 17#291
Download app take screenshot of your details email amazon-student-verification@amazon.co.uk
fireman1
1 Jul 17#193
How are you using the card illegitimately if you obtained it legitimately? Are you suggesting then that people who pay for the course must prove their effort in aiming to complete it? If i sign up to the course intending to complete it i am a legitimate student entitled to a card. But then if i dont does that make all my previous discounts fraudulent? Maybe retailers should give you a short exam on your subject at the checkout before hitting the discount button. You are the definition of somebody who cares too much about things that should not concern them. An opinion that must be heard and respected just because you have it.
wackyraces
1 Jul 17#194
Perfect, thanks ScroopEgerton.
The.Londoners
1 Jul 17#196
mrman007
1 Jul 17#197
Thanks OP :smile:
Mandroid578
1 Jul 17#198
Do you get a student photo card as that's useful for cineworld
ScroopEgerton to Mandroid578
1 Jul 17#260
You upload a photo to the NUS website and it appears on your card, yes.
red23
1 Jul 17#199
Some of you Hotukdealers really are utterly pathetic. What sort of sad person buys this card to get discount? get a grip of yourself.
Sidney1979 to red23
1 Jul 17#203
You're on the wrong site.
ScroopEgerton to red23
1 Jul 17#207
Someone who likes getting things cheaper than normal? Enjoy paying full price for stuff from your high horse!
The.Londoners
1 Jul 17#200
Thank you OP -heat added - all done thanks to your very clear and helpful guidance
Johny45
1 Jul 17#201
Thanks alexc100, someone has to pay full price so we can enjoy our discounts :-) Card ordered!
chris_61
1 Jul 17#202
Can you use the card in store at apple to get the apple education discount?
beetlebum
1 Jul 17#204
Awesome post Scroop. Managed to get a full refund for my Prime via chat (which started a couple of weeks ago). Took a screenshot of my NUS membership from their app, emailed it to Amazon and got it verified within 30 mins. Now enjoying Prime free for 6 months. Great stuff
ScroopEgerton to beetlebum
1 Jul 17#240
Result!
Sophiasky
1 Jul 17#205
I worked for 8 years as a Secretary at a University but left 20 years ago. I can't remember the email address I had then. Some of the comments on here say that if you have worked at a university, you can use that email address for life (to get the Unidays discounts as well). Would the university still have details of the email address that I used then?
cmrule
1 Jul 17#208
Why are people purchasing the course just to then purchase the NUS card? You can sign up to the NUS without the need to sign up to a course.
Scan the card, send to Amazon then you get prime.
As soon as you register/pay for the NUS you can access the NUS number in your account so you don't need to wait for the card to arrive to sign up to spotify or to use for online discounts (e.g Asos etc)
1n24n3
1 Jul 17#210
can anyone tell me if we can use this method to get a 16-25 railcard or use it as a mature student applying for railcard?
travisbickle
1 Jul 17#211
How long does Amazon usually take to respond to the verification email?
kearnico to travisbickle
1 Jul 17#227
They sorted mine in 2hours max
adriandocherty
1 Jul 17#212
These discounts are v similar to Quidco ie the retailer DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT they just want your custom even at a discount So anyone who thinks they're not a bona fide student, don't worry, it's just another discount scheme, you're not breaking the law Two other thoughts 1. We're all students and ex-students really 2. Given we have income tax etc, why should students, oaps etc get discounts? Discuss
paulr23
1 Jul 17#213
Is this perfectly legal? Seems a bit fraudulent to me if they clocked on
ScroopEgerton to paulr23
1 Jul 17#229
Of course it's legal. You are buying a course that's affiliated with the NUS. NUS recognise them and accept their students onto their scheme.
1n24n3
1 Jul 17#214
can anyone tell me if we can use this method to get a 16-25 railcard or use it as a mature student applying for railcard?
cmrule
1 Jul 17#216
Why are people purchasing the course just to then purchase the NUS card? You can sign up to the NUS without the need to sign up to a course.
Scan the card, send to Amazon then you get prime.
As soon as you register/pay for the NUS toy can access the NUS number in your account so you don't need to wait for the card to arrive to sign up to spotify or to use for online discounts (e.g Asos etc)
drewbles82
1 Jul 17#217
I got one last year but only used it for the cinema which was like a £1 off, mostly booked online anyway and they never once checked, its out of date and still claiming as a student online
zizzles
1 Jul 17#218
Is this a suitable place to ask a stupid question?
ScroopEgerton to zizzles
1 Jul 17#264
If you're looking for a sarcastic answer, yes! Alternatively I'll help as best I can...
Elysium
1 Jul 17#220
You have to enter the course details and student ID in order to buy the NUS card. Otherwise any average Joe can buy the NUS card without putting the course information.
DingoDirk
1 Jul 17#221
You don't anymore. I've yet to come across a company that won't, albeit sometimes manually, refuse an offer on an ac.uk address.
secretjedi
1 Jul 17#222
Cheers for the effort OP
tinydog
1 Jul 17#223
does the NUS app show expiry date?
kearnico to tinydog
1 Jul 17#231
Yes
NickTheBrik
1 Jul 17#224
Thanks OP, worked a treat, can't wait to get started.
cazw1973
1 Jul 17#225
All done,just had email from Amazon,now have Student Prime,thankyou op!!
Gixxerman001
1 Jul 17#226
Thanks!
cmrule
1 Jul 17#228
Ah yeah. They have changed it, i signed up a few months ago and didn't need to verify the training course.
Dolphinzz
1 Jul 17#230
Deals like this absolutely p*** me off. One day NUS will just stop the cards because people use them for their own benefit, and then the people who actually need them won't be able to use them!
College students are recommended to work no more than 8 hours (or at least my college says), let alone full time! The minimum wage for under 18's is £4.05. That's £32.40 a week. For arguments sake, let's say it's 4 weeks pay. That's £129.60 a month, and around £1600 a year. 20% of that gets taken for keep money (more or less percentage depending on how much your parents charge) and you're left with £103.68 a month.
You can argue "what will a college student use that for?" but the same could be said about what you have left, which in most cases will be more than that.
A little off topic now but I am just pointing out that most of these commenters are able to afford paying the full price, they are just using it for their own benefit!
dreamsofubuntu
1 Jul 17#232
No you don't... you can either get an Alumni card or you can sign up for a free shaw academy course (Google...) and then just select shaw academy as your place of study and use your registered email as the student ID.
also for the tit saying that some retailers now only accept unidays because it's more secure that is utter clap trap as I haven't been a student for nearly 8 years but it happily still accepts my old uni .ac.uk email address! it was brilliant when the Morrisons deals was going
Dolphinzz
1 Jul 17#234
And rightfully so!
clonereeco
1 Jul 17#235
I did something similar to this a few months ago but it wasn't for a lifetime course but I opted for a 3 year NUS and within the first hour of me having signed up I had already saved more money than the cost of everything because of Amazon prime , then I changed to student Spotify and now I use it for some shops but mainly cinema
For those complaining about this being unethical ... I paid to have classes on a 3 year course which makes me a student for that time , if I choose not to take them classes that's up to me , the whole purpose of this site is to save money and this is one of the best and easiest ways I've found since being on here
Elysium
1 Jul 17#236
How long will the Shaw Academy last? Is it just a year?
vikasjas
1 Jul 17#237
Card delivery charges of £1.50? Am i the only one to see that...
Wadey
1 Jul 17#238
Sorted, refund on my current prime, emailed NUS proof and 6 month trial started then £39 a year :smile:
Sidney1979
1 Jul 17#239
Thanks op. All done, now Amazon Prime Student and have had my current subscription refunded (pro rata). Will change over to Spotify student when my current deal ends.
wackyraces
1 Jul 17#241
Yeah, I had card delivery at £1.50 as well. Purchased the 3 year NUS deal.
MadonnaProject
1 Jul 17#242
Nice.
zizzles
1 Jul 17#243
I see, but is there anything that gets you really angry?
RxTx
1 Jul 17#245
I got my NUS card 3 years ago using writestorybooksforchildren and still have it. The reason I got it was to get a student discount on my Macbook. I've just logged on to my NUS account and you can still get 10% discount on Macbooks. You also get a big discount on Applecare, it was £50 instead of £200+ at the time, I imagine it's still the same. Definitely worth the cost of the course and NUS if you're getting a Macbook.
chrisvenn
1 Jul 17#246
Great deal, heat added. Must get this done
cadmus
1 Jul 17#247
Thanks for the tip... downloaded the app . screenshot , forwarded to amazon and just had reply back saying ive been accepted for student prime :smiley_cat:
JustExtreme
1 Jul 17#248
You don't even need to buy the course just buy the NUS card and select Shaw academy or another similar online course provider that doesn't have verification and save yourself £14
robertoegg
1 Jul 17#249
Value and Co-Op shouldn't be used in the same sentence :grin:
r4w80
1 Jul 17#250
Hot added! Thanks OP. Don't forget 7% with TCB for Groupon! (Expires today!)
Smuggling.Pnuts
1 Jul 17#251
Thanks
dreamsofubuntu
1 Jul 17#252
Pretty sure I've seen on other deals that people have purchased 3yr cards off of a shaw academy course, I get paid next week so will buy mine then.
MAIA
1 Jul 17#253
You clearly think firms are giving student discount to help struggling students. In my opinion, that's pretty gullible. This is not charity, this is all marketing. When companies give student discount it is their way of targeting their future customers. If you are going to worry about fraud you should probably try understanding our retail systems better. They target a certain group who they want to sell too......if you want to buy from them, join that group. Simple, everyone wins :wink:
hotukdealls
1 Jul 17#254
Why do we have to spend an extra £14 on a course when it's free if you choose 'The Shaw Academy'? You just put down your own email address where it states Student ID, and then it takes you to check out?????
hotukdealls
1 Jul 17#255
snowsgreen
1 Jul 17#256
It doesn’t. You just mail them your NUS ID
kearnico
1 Jul 17#257
Signed up last night, did NUS then Spotify and today Amazon. What really topped it off was Amazon giving me a £67 refund because my prime renewed in May. Nothing to pay for 6 months, then £39 moving forward. Already paid for itself :smile: I've been putting off doing this for ages as it was too complicated but I managed it after a few glasses of vino last night. Top deal!
marmaluke
1 Jul 17#258
Anyone else struggling to make the payment on the NUS Extra site? Keep getting:
There was a problem processing your credit card; please double check your payment information and try again
garlicmayo to marmaluke
1 Jul 17#265
It won't even let me enter my card details. So have just saved my progress for now and hopefully it'll sort itself soon
snowsgreen
1 Jul 17#259
There’s actually a cheaper way to do this. If you get in touch with the skills network, they offer courses funded by colleges. It’s all online and totally free. You do have to complete the course (easy) or you’ll have to pay £100 fee, but otherwise you get all the entitlement to student discount and only have to pay your £12 NUS card sub. Also you can add gourmet society onto your NUS card for £3 for the year.
smicer07
1 Jul 17#261
What do I fill in for "course level" and "course discipline" please?
5hp
1 Jul 17#262
Why buy nus extra card? when other competitors are free and better in my opinion, like unidays and student beans
FlexR
1 Jul 17#263
Does this work If I've previous had the card before and expired? I used this deal last time
If it's lifetime what did you put for "End Month / Year of study"?
Edit: First time? Code: NEW15 -15% (£11.90)
vkalia
1 Jul 17#266
My current discounted membership of £59 does not end until November 2017. So I have bought the groupon given the validity is till 2018 so will cancel my current subscription when it comes for renewal, get NUS card and get Prime membership again.
Do any of you suggest canceling the current membership and getting a partial refund and then get prime through NUS route?
ScroopEgerton to vkalia
1 Jul 17#138
I would, given that you'll get a £20 refund plus 6 months free Prime anyway....
smicer07
1 Jul 17#267
Amazon chat have said :
I see that you have Amazon prime full membership and as the NUS promotion is for the Amazon student family membership customers, I'm afraid to say that we don't have the option to apply the promotion.
hayleyd1985
1 Jul 17#268
I keep getting "Oh no! An error occurred while processing your request. Please return to the homepage, and try again." after i have uploaded the photo. Will try later
mchu6am4
1 Jul 17#269
Does having .ac.uk email account not sufficient for nus card or Amazon Prime? I've managed to get an email account through my university.
loop
2 Jul 17#270
Best thing about these was the general Amazon discount but that's long gone. Personally I don't need "Prime" or use Spotify and rarely shop at a Co-op. I'd be amazed if you could get a student gym membership with one of these alone, usually they would ask to see your course acceptance letter or some other proof of full time student status. With all the discounts available online now via a quick google search, cards like these aren't as useful as they once were.
OneGloveOnTheFence
2 Jul 17#271
3 years of prime for £33.50 if you think about it :wink:
weg43
2 Jul 17#272
When I think about this deal I can't figure out how you arrive at Prime for 3 years works out at £33.50 £14 for course + £32 for NUS card for 3 years then not counting if fees remain same,£39 per year for each of 3 years. I haven't added 6 months free trial in this so how do you get your figure of £33.50per year, Regards?
jimcat
2 Jul 17#274
NUS gives you 10% off co-op food, I thought it's good to remind it as it's probably one of the best offers (in the sense that you can use it all the time)
CardboardCutout
2 Jul 17#276
Does anyone know whether you get ISIC as well?
gachunyau
2 Jul 17#277
Because people never read all the instructions. Remember that you DO NOT need an .ac.uk account just email them with your NUS card... Read here for more info - amazon.co.uk/b?i…hyb
gr8t1
2 Jul 17#278
Can you buy student versions of software with this like mathcad?
billiramsay to gr8t1
2 Jul 17#289
Or Office 365 for Education,
lidds
2 Jul 17#279
It comes as an isic card as default now
smileamiledr
2 Jul 17#280
once you log into the course you can see the details just at the bottom of the page. use the link given by op after you have logged in.
kazenc
2 Jul 17#281
You have to have a .ac.uk email for those though, do you?
cheekster
2 Jul 17#282
If you visit Groupon via Topcashback and create a new account then purchase this Children's Writing Course (£14) you will earn £5 TCB cashback (offer ends today!) bringing the price down to only £9!
In my opinion it's not worth risking trying to also use the code: NEW15 (15% discount off one Groupon purchase) as TCB terms and conditions state you will not receive cashback if using a discount code not approved by them and that code is not listed on TCB site.
Hope of help to someone? Perhaps can be edited into OP in case someone misses this post?
ScroopEgerton to cheekster
2 Jul 17#285
Good spot!
dashforth
2 Jul 17#283
The NUS Extra card is also an ISIC card. Don't forget to take it with you on holiday. Most museums, galleries etc. on the Continent offer discounts for students - sometimes free entry.
ScroopEgerton
2 Jul 17#284
Unidays may be better. Student Beans definitely isn't. I've not used mine once.
F5C
2 Jul 17#286
I have an existing prime account which my mrs shares - can't do it with the student version which is a shame. Is anyone going to try and get a book published? Watch this space :grin:
Stooga
2 Jul 17#287
Thanks Scroop, my Prime was up for renewal, so this came at the perfect time!
Now, to some studying. Once upon a time...
jimbojones1989
2 Jul 17#288
You dont even have to sign up to any course to get the card, just pay the £12 or £36 fee. I put 'The Shaw Academy' as the instituion and it was valdiated without any checks. This was about a year ago though
cheekster
2 Jul 17#290
@ScroopEgerton
There seems to be a problem with the link you've included in the OP, each time I click on it I get the following error message:
Bad Request - Invalid Hostname
HTTP Error 400. The request hostname is invalid.
Doing a quick google search, I found this link which works.
Ooops, thanks for that. There was a full stop at the end of the link that it was picking up.
MLP1
2 Jul 17#292
Done. Fabulous deal, sent Amazon screenshot of the NUS card, got reply this morning, they're refunding me the whole year of Amazon Prime as it only renewed last Tuesday, I am a happy bunny!
I might even do the course in my own time, who knows, might discover a new talent there, lol. Hey, it worked for David Walliams! :-D
ScroopEgerton to MLP1
2 Jul 17#293
Nice one!
cheekster
2 Jul 17#295
Signed up. Quite possibly the most involved (number of steps) deal I've gone for from this site. Sign into TCB, create new Groupon account, purchase course voucher, sign up for course then apply for NUS Extra card.
All well worth it though and huge thanks to OP and everyone else who has posted all kinds of useful information in this thread. :wink: :smile:
GlennTheBaker
2 Jul 17#296
Thanks OP, just signed up using some Groupon credit I forgot I had. It is still showing as "Processing" in 'My Groupons' after more than an hour. I've not normally waited more than a few minutes before it has become available. Anyone else having the same issue?
cheekster
2 Jul 17#297
Anyone know approximately how long before I can log into the NUS Extra app? Tried a few times and keep getting the following error message:
An error has occurred while connecting to the NUS servers. Please try again.
leel246
2 Jul 17#298
I've signed up for the NUS card, do I just screenshot the account section on the app with the photo, NUS number, and ISIC number and email it to Amazon?
Evouk
2 Jul 17#299
cheekster.........mine only took about 10 mins. I tracked it via the nus website. Signed up for Amazon prime student last night and got a email this morning confirming enrolment.
cheekster
2 Jul 17#300
Just checked again and my NUS card with photo is now showing in the app. I take it that I need to sign up for a new Amazon Prime Student account then email a screenshot of my NUS card in order for the new account to be confirmed?
Thanks for replying.
Evouk to cheekster
2 Jul 17#301
Yep just screenshot and send it via your current amazon email address (if you have one) to the one they say and they will email back confirming enrolment. Once done it will be free for 6 months with £39 to pay after the trial ends.
hayleyd1985
2 Jul 17#302
Still getting the "oh no" error after i try to upload my photo, read all comments and im the only one. Tried 3 browsers, any other way i can get this? :thinking:
leel246
2 Jul 17#303
I applied for the NUS using the Shaw Academy, screenshot my account via the NUS app, emailed it to Amazon, and had it verified and accepted within an hour. I now have 6 months student prime trial with the option of £39 at the end. Great deal, thanks OP.
mike33
2 Jul 17#304
I got that but you have to reduce the size of the photo in paint so googled how to as the photo as to be no larger than 2 mb or 1 mb i think.
warnie
2 Jul 17#305
Cheers for this Op, I don't currently have Amazon Prime so once I go through Groupon and NUS, I download the NUS app, take a screenshot of NUS details and then email amazon-student-verification@ amazon.co.uk using my current Amazon email address? Do I have to go to Amazon Chat to let them know I've sent it or is it an automatic process and I get an email back confirming new status?
ScroopEgerton to warnie
2 Jul 17#306
I'm not sure. I did it via the chat to get it looked at straight away..
Jbdesignme
2 Jul 17#307
What did you put as the 'course level'? 'Other'? And does it matter what dates you put in for the course start/end dates?
Thanks in advance.
ScroopEgerton to Jbdesignme
2 Jul 17#308
I don't think it matters.
cheekster
2 Jul 17#309
Just tried to signup to Amazon Student Prime and obviously as I don't have an .ac.uk email address, I can't actually complete the rest of the details and submit the online form. I've added card details and emailed a screenshot of my NUS card to the mentioned Amazon email address.
As and when they've checked my NUS card, will they add/activate Student Prime to my account from their end?
ScroopEgerton to cheekster
2 Jul 17#311
Yep. I'd go on to the web chat to make sure, they'll issue a refund for any remaining full price Prime, and start you on 6 months free.
Jbdesignme
2 Jul 17#310
I paid £11.20 for my course on Groupon as I found a 20% off voucher. Not sure if it's a unique one-use code, but this is it if it helps anyone: KRJJNUQ2 Not sure if i'm allowed to say the website I got it from on here...
harrow.-ed
2 Jul 17#312
can i also use this to get 18+ student oyster card? thanks
ScroopEgerton to harrow.-ed
2 Jul 17#314
I think your school or college has to validate your Oyster application, so I doubt it.
"To get an 18+ Student Oyster photocard you must be:
A student aged 18 or over
Living at a London address during term time
Enrolled with a participating school, college or university that's registered on the TfL scheme
You must also be one of the following:
Enrolled on a full-time course including at least 15 tuition-led and/or structured learning hours a week (with attendance at scheduled classes being Monday to Friday only and not including evening classes) over a minimum of 14 weeks on the same course
Receiving NHS bursary money* as a full-time student
A full-time postgraduate student (for example, studying or writing up for 15 or more hours a week)
A full-time student registered and studying on a higher education course with an education establishment not registered on the scheme, but on mandatory work placement in London for at least 14 weeks. You must still be under the pastoral care of your education establishment
A sabbatical officer
Enrolled on a part-time course lasting a period of at least 14 weeks and either:
A part-time student receiving NHS bursary money* or
A part-time postgraduate student receiving financial help from your education establishment as part of their Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE) discretionary additional support (such as Student Opportunity allocation or Access to Learning Fund)^
*You must provide your school, college or university with satisfactory evidence of your sponsorship before they can validate your application.
^Talk to your education establishment before you apply if you are unsure whether you are eligible.
If your school, college or university is outside Greater London, but you live in Greater London during term time and travel regularly to and from there, you may still be eligible for this photocard.
You are not eligible if:
You're getting paid for on-the-job training
You live outside Greater London during term time"
cheekster
2 Jul 17#313
I'm not currently a Prime customer, I'm trying to signup to Student Prime (6 months free trial followed by £39 per year).
Think I read in one of the replies above that Amazon send a confirmation email once they've checked your NUS card screenshot and confirmed your Student Prime? Not had any emails from Amazon yet. Might wait until tomorrow and if nothing heard then contact them via live chat as you suggest.
Thanks for replying to all of mine and everyone else's questions. True hukdeals spirit! :wink:
Edit: No sooner did I post this and went back to check my inbox, there was now a reply from Amazon providing me the following info:
Please return to the sign-up page below within 14 days to sign up without an .ac.uk e-mail address: amazon.co.uk/joi…ent
Completed the details and...BINGO!
Success!
You have joined Amazon Student.
Happy days! :grin:
lilee
2 Jul 17#315
Hi, When on the NUS site what dates did people put please?
ScroopEgerton
2 Jul 17#316
I put that I was on a 7 year course.
hayleyd1985
2 Jul 17#317
Thanks for replying, i figured it out it was the opposite, my photo was too LQ (i scanned in a passport photo!) Just bought the card now through Shaw Academy, cant wait to go shopping on Amazon now!
warnie
2 Jul 17#318
worked a charm but the great thing is that I will have a look at the course as I have an idea for a children`s story! Thanks OP.
ScroopEgerton
2 Jul 17#319
No problem! I keep meaning to make a start on that course too.. on the plus side I can start in 15 years if I want to as it's lifetime access.
superdry
2 Jul 17#320
Best "deal" ever. Didn't follow the OP but with the "shaw" suggestion in comments worked a treat. It's amazing how this forum/website can develop a deal into a mega deal for the users. voted hot obviously... PS: can't wait to take the kid to the Aquarium for a reasonable price (finally!) :-)
ScroopEgerton
2 Jul 17#321
Nice one! If the Shaw academy thing works that's cool. For me I'd rather pay a little for a course, especially one that at some point I'll probably let use. I wonder how much money everyone's collectively saved from this? And how much money the NUS have made..
OneGloveOnTheFence
2 Jul 17#322
One more thing, get straight onto chat with any late deliveries from Amazon..they extended your prime by a month!
ScroopEgerton to OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#328
This is true, I've done this a few times. If they do a catalogue of cock-ups on the same order though they're reluctant to compound them and give you a month from each.. I've managed to get a few £5 account credits though. I like it when things go wrong!
cheekster
2 Jul 17#323
Has anyone successfully earned a free £6 Amazon credit when logging into the Amazon app for the first time with their Prime account? First 60,000 customers only.
I just logged into mine. You don't seem to get any instant notification and the free credit doesn't get added for a certain amount of time.
Every little helps, lol! :grin: Fingers-crossed though...
smileamiledr
2 Jul 17#324
Have some heat OP. I took prime membership yesterday due to £20 off offer. Is it possible to ask them to accomodate the student discount now? just sorted my NUS card .
ScroopEgerton to smileamiledr
3 Jul 17#326
Yes, they'll refund the additional £20 and give you 6 months free. Just go on to the web chat and be ready to email them a screenshot of your card from the NUS app.
relaxedasever
3 Jul 17#325
Thank you just completed - waiting for NUS card .. (7 days)
OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#327
Come on 2k!
The.Londoners
3 Jul 17#329
I was given 6 months free
The.Londoners
3 Jul 17#330
You don't need one, just the number allocates when you pay for the course
windoz
3 Jul 17#331
If you visit the alumni section for your University, it might be listed there. If not, it would be best to email their alumni section and seek advice.
I graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 2001, and stumbled upon the following recently; alumn.hud.ac.uk/ema…fe/
Not only do I get an email for life, I also get access to Office 365 on a permanent basis.
:sunglasses:
salaf
3 Jul 17#332
paid for the course, how do i get the student ID for the NUS? and how do i log in to the writer's website? cheers!
dark_nugget
3 Jul 17#333
I got very excited and checked my universities alumni information... it turns out we can have a discount on library membership, that is about it :disappointed:
cheekster
3 Jul 17#334
Yes, contact Amazon and they seem to have given pro rata refunds on standard (non-student) Prime accounts once Student Prime has been activated on the same account.
cheekster
3 Jul 17#335
Someone else posted earlier in this thread that if you have a Prime account that you are sharing with other members of your household then you convert to Student Prime, then the additional members will remain on your account.
You may wish to contact Amazon beforehand just in case that doesn't work for everyone.
JJ100
3 Jul 17#336
Is there a workaround for people in Ireland to get the NUS Card? I have an e-course accreditation in England but I can only get as far as payment stage on NUS website and then card declined. My card is a prepaid Revolut card with iriah address.
iKayZee
3 Jul 17#337
Quick question:
I have an ac.uk account (lifetime membership as part of my uni) but I graduated years ago so was wondering if there's a way I can get a NUS card. I tried through the website but it asks for course/years/etc. and was worried that they might contact my uni for verification and what not. Anyone ever apply for a NUS with their ac.uk without after graduating?
ScroopEgerton to iKayZee
3 Jul 17#338
They won't contact your uni, trust me. They just want your £12.
OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#339
LOL @ all the people paying £59 for 12 months
oO X)
pimmzy
3 Jul 17#340
THANKYOU
chris_61
3 Jul 17#341
Could i just buy any of these courses, works out cheaper
The only problem is the courses seem to say 1 month?
ScroopEgerton
3 Jul 17#342
And yet that deal is still getting sign-ups and almost 5k heat.. it'd be nice to reach 2k, I want the badge :wink:
ScroopEgerton
3 Jul 17#343
Not sure, depends if the provider is affiliated with the NUS or not. Look through the comments though, you can potentially do it without paying for a course.
Place of study : Ecareers Course: Any Course length: Put anything you want
Select if you want 1,2 or 3 year card
Pay for card. No need to pay for a course. NUS really don't care.
OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#346
Chanchi could post an iPhone from Very and it'd get over 1k heat. + that deal keeps getting rubbed in our faces with notifications etc as hukd will get a nice little earner from it. Is there a 2k badge?!
ScroopEgerton to OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#347
I don't know if there is, actually. I've posted a link to this deal on that one anyway, as I think this is a better one.... bit of good, honest hijacking.
mug2k
3 Jul 17#348
What did you guys put for :-
End Month / Year of study?
Course level?
Course discipline?
pimmzy
3 Jul 17#349
if you do it by signing up to writing books for children and it offers the NUS CARD It's perfectly legal. if you do via other methods without going onto a legitimate course it's becoming very dodgy and ILLEGAL!
ScroopEgerton to pimmzy
3 Jul 17#351
I know what you mean, I do feel *slightly* uncomfortable about using a free course to sign up... that's the reason I posted it with a paid course even though there are free courses that are apparently acceptable. I'm pretty sure it's not actually illegal though, it's up to the NUS surely to decide which courses they consider acceptable for membership. If they accept a free one then so be it.
pimmzy
3 Jul 17#350
CRIMINAL!
pimmzy
3 Jul 17#352
beautifully put. better to be safe than sorry! 14 pounds course for life is amazing.
OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#353
You don't want to know what I do with mine and Amazon then if you think that is criminal! X)
please do as you wish. I just don't want good people on this site to bend rules and then spoil it for everyone else. it won't be long before companies start flexing their muscles!
Dinje
3 Jul 17#357
I went on the NUS site. Do you even need to be on a course?, I got as far as asking to upload a photo, didn't go any further, it has not asked for Student ID yet, when do you have to put that in?
OneGloveOnTheFence
3 Jul 17#358
It'll ask you for your student number..just putting your email address is enough. Free or paid is up to you.
Gollywood
3 Jul 17#359
How did you go about this? Which Dept would you need to contact in the first instance?
jimb_england
3 Jul 17#360
Did this and had my card on the app all within about 15 minutes. fantastic deal, thanks OP!!!!
Dinje
3 Jul 17#361
Bought the offer anyway and completed. Thanks for the deal
HedgyHoggy
4 Jul 17#362
I saw your comment and voted it down to 1986.
OneGloveOnTheFence
4 Jul 17#363
billwilliams
4 Jul 17#364
hi, thanks for this scroop - i have just started my student trail and signed up for the max 4 yrs with amazon so thank you very much... just a couple of things i noticed on my journey...i had to state a university on the amazon page, or it wouldn't let me proceed, so i just picked a university that was close on the dropdown list..when i signed up for the amazon student prime account , i had to pay an additional £1.50 for delivery so i paid £13.50 for my NUS card. which is fine as you can use it for all manner of discounts on the highstreet and online. mine was very within 12 hours by amazon via email, by taking a screenshot as described then a link was sent to me, you do not require an ac email address and all is good. shame i missed out on the surface pro deal with a big chunk of discount with the nus card, but hey you cant have everything. one last thing, i was an existing prime member and it didnt matter, it just switch me to student prime member no problems
ScroopEgerton
4 Jul 17#365
What a loser.
AndyRoyd
4 Jul 17#366
NUS Extra is a commercial venture. You do not need to be or have been a student to apply for and obtain the card. NUSX just wants your £12+ subs. Nothing related to student credibility is checked.
HedgyHoggy
4 Jul 17#367
Says the guy promoting fraud, a criminal offence.
ScroopEgerton to HedgyHoggy
4 Jul 17#369
Oh dear lord, we've had this discussion on here several times.
Ignorant people are still suggesting that legally paying for a course affiliated with the NUS, who the NUS actually ACCEPT as a route to entry into the NUS scheme, which you pay to be a part of, and retailers are happy to accept custom from this massive customer base because it's good for their business (not because they somehow want to give students an easier ride, it's a commercial decision) is somehow fraudulent and illegal.
It doesn't matter if you intend to make use of the course or not, it's important that you've registered with a course accepted by the NUS. As someone else pointed out, if I buy a can of Coke purely to get a free towel, and have no intention of actually drinking the Coke, it's the same thing. Must be fraud, right?
Better report me to the police though, if you think it's a serious offence. Though I'm pretty sure that HUKD admin would have pick up on any deals that are actually illegal and delete, and banned me.
And voting something cold because someone hoped it would reach 2k? Honestly how sad.
ScroopEgerton to HedgyHoggy
4 Jul 17#382
Promoting fraud, a criminal offence?! How about a public apology from the troll for this slander.
For the screenshot of 'the card', do you goto the account section of the app?, I only ask as all the info is there, I just can't find a link to show the actual card to take a screenshot of.., does this take a while to appear?, or is the screenshow of that account page showing your picture and the student ID?
Graham35
4 Jul 17#370
30% discount at Handmade burger company between 3 and 6pm on Monday, that was dinner for 5 of us last night at Glasgow Braehead Centre saving us £18. Thanks to this card and ScroopEgerton for the deal quids in already. Cheers ScroopEgerton :raised_hand:
AceT
4 Jul 17#371
How long does it take once you switch from normal Prime to Student Prime for your pro rated refund and where does the refund go ?
ScroopEgerton
4 Jul 17#372
Should be pretty much immediately, via your original payment method. Get on to amazon chat though, they can talk you through it.
OneGloveOnTheFence
4 Jul 17#373
Congrats on your deal reaching 2k° ScroopEgerton!
Well worthy!
pimmzy
4 Jul 17#374
I will be doing the course, regardless. anyone else?
ScroopEgerton
4 Jul 17#375
Thank you, thank you! *Bows* Thanks to everyone for making it happen...
I'm nervous of every black van parked outside my house now that I'm a crime boss.
ScroopEgerton
4 Jul 17#376
Didn't get a badge though.
OneGloveOnTheFence
4 Jul 17#377
Check your PMs
pauby
4 Jul 17#378
Just popped by here to say I just did this with The Shaw Academy (free Photography course) and signed up for the NUS Extra card. £33.50 for 3 years. Contacted AMazon and within an hour I have been changed over to Amazon Prime Student, 6 months free trial and then £39 a year. Got a pro-rata refund of my normal Prime account which was due to renew on a few days. Also just signed up for Spotify student for £4.99.
So far I've saved 6 x £7.99 for Amazon Prime (£47.94) - Spotify Student for 6 months x £4.99 (if I keep it that long) - £29.94 = 18 and I've done very little. We go out to eat a lot so it will save me more and more as I use it. Awesome.
ScroopEgerton to pauby
4 Jul 17#381
Nice result!
toughCookie to pauby
5 Jul 17#392
Is that allowed?? As the free course is only valid for 1 month. Seems odd that it allows you to purchase a 3 year nus membership for a 'free' month course.
this is a legit old method still working great pretty much anyone can get an NUS card cheap and amazon dont put up a fuss about details, they will allow amazon student
mughalprince
4 Jul 17#384
Worked a treat, Nice one OP!
Erazor01
4 Jul 17#385
You don't even have to sign up for the course and pay the £14. It works by just filling in the details and following the instructions.
I graduated in 2008 and I'm still paying off my 14k student loan :disappointed: I believe if I am still paying off my student loan I should be entitled to get NUS without having to pay for another course.
Heat added!
ScroopEgerton
4 Jul 17#386
Can't argue with that logic! Yes it does seem to work without actually registering for a course, not that I'd advocate that, edging towards dodgy territory there :wink:
paulmck
4 Jul 17#387
Does anyone know what I should be selecting for Course Level and Discipline? Level = Vocational and Discipline = English seems to be the closest match but should I be selecting something else?
Erazor01
4 Jul 17#388
Other/other is fine.
Erazor01
4 Jul 17#389
I'm paying just over £100 a month to student loan, what more to they want lol!
Another 10 years to go oO
john2020md
5 Jul 17#390
Think I'll give this a go... :smile:
ScroopEgerton to john2020md
5 Jul 17#391
You won't regret it!
DaDutchie
5 Jul 17#393
Is there a difference between student prime and normal prime? Can you share it with family at the same address like normal prime?
gr1340
5 Jul 17#394
I appear to have lost my household settings now so my wife cannot get prime delivery on her account. That is rather annoying. I think I have probably learnt my lesson but hey, even if I revert back to standard prime, I can at least maybe earn my £27.50 when I publish my first book called Barry Plotter. To sum up the plot, it's a story that revolves around a student who goes to a special school, Hodwarts, with many other special students. They get involved in all sorts of hilarious scrapes and then eventually graduate but maintain their NUS cards and use it to purchase reduced alcohol at the local Co-Op. Its like a modern day take on a similar story released many years ago.
AndyRoyd
5 Jul 17#396
There should be a skicky on this thread, where the sticky states that NUS Extra is a commercial venture and has zero interest in checking any student credentials - it just wants your cash / subs. All student / study details can be ficticious and all checkboxes can be marked acceptable within signup, the only item that is checked for authenticity is the payment card. This was most bluntly explained via a post in an earlier similar thread at hotukdeals.com/dea…549
TheClusk
5 Jul 17#397
Took me an hour and half!
6 months free amazon prime + £39 a year after january 2018 £4.99 Spotify Premium 15% MyProtein 10% off at Co-Op for my lunches
Lovely!!!!
Morenenth
5 Jul 17#398
that's great. I h ave been to four, but unfortunately none gave alumni .ac.uk, rather .net and such :thinking:
HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 17#399
'So no one is 'pretending' to be a student by doing it this way - it fits the NUS's own definition. If they change the definition in future, making it harder or impossible to get an NUS card this way, then so be it - but until then there's nothing fraudulent about it.'
I don't think you know what 'fraud' means. It is NOT a matter of following the letter of the law, it is your INTENTION that matters. Do you think that everyone who is using this method of getting a card is actually studying an online children's writing course? I hate to tell you this, this wouldn't stand up in court, the judge would shake his head and say GUILTY, and a jury would laugh and mutter 'nice try'.
I will stand corrected if in a few years we see a stream of JK Rowlings churning out bestsellers.
reddragon105 to HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 17#403
No, I don't think you know what fraud is. You're saying it's not a matter of following the letter of the law then you're talking about what would and wouldn't hold up in court. Courts do care about the letter of the law - that's how they work. A judge will not - cannot - find you guilty if you didn't break the letter of the law. You're taking a moral standpoint - which you're entitled to - and saying that it's legally binding, which it isn't. And even if it was, it's very difficult to prove someone's intention - how would you prove someone signed up for an online course just to get an NUS card? What if they didn't have time to do it, got bored, changed their mind or are just a terrible student?
The NUS don't care about intention, they only care about student status. If you sign up to an online course, you're a student; if you are a student, you're entitled to an NUS card. You fit their definition of student, there's no deception involved, therefore no fraud. If we were talking about a way to get an NUS card without being a student, then that would be fraud, but that's not the case. They could make it so that you'd have to be a member of an affiliated student union (i.e. a student physically attending an actual university) but they haven't.
GlennTheBaker to HedgyHoggy
6 Jul 17#413
I was just putting my NUS Extra card in my wallet next to my Heritage New Zealand membership card when I read this. Are the rozzers coming for me?
ScroopEgerton to GlennTheBaker
6 Jul 17#415
Depends. You may have legitimately paid for a course and a student card, but is your INTENT to use the course??!
Brand.new
5 Jul 17#400
Is there any difference between a standard prime account and student prime account besides the price?
AndyRoyd
5 Jul 17#401
Dude, my cat has an NUS Extra card. If NUSSL wanna nuzzle me and my cat into court, the judge would be the one laughing at the audacity. The NUS Extra card is a commercial exercise run by NUS Services Limited designed to acquire subcription costs from any human (and animal) with £12+ burning a hole in their pocket or fur. Maybe RSPCA should take NUSSL to court for not showing a duty of care to its feline applicants, or inappropraitely coercing a feline to encourage its guardian to enter into false representation to obtain discounted cat treats from the local Coop? This observation does not require a response, it justs indicates the absurdity of the fraud argument related to an organisation that performs zero applicat authenticity checks except for the authenticity of the subcription payment card.
HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 17#402
'As someone else pointed out, if I buy a can of Coke purely to get a free towel, and have no intention of actually drinking the Coke, it's the same thing.'
LOL! Noooo...not the same thing in the slightest. What you are doing is gaining financial advantage/services by misrepresentation. i.e. you are pretending to be a student at a UK uni/college to get a discount on purchases. This is a fraudulent act, clear and simple. It's no different from pretending to be disabled and claiming a parking badge.
'Who does it harm though, really?' I hear you say.
'Everyone else who uses Amazon' is the answer. Your discount is paid for by the rest of us who shop on Amazon. Abuse of this system will also result in Amazon and others reducing the amount of student deals in the future. I really shouldn't have to explain this, it's basic economics.
So please, stop talking gibberish trying to justify your act of fraud. You know it's wrong, we all do, you just don't care.
reddragon105 to HedgyHoggy
5 Jul 17#395
Okay, let's break this down as simply as possible -
Amazon offer a 6 month free trial and discounted membership of their Prime service to students. Most, if not all, student discounts are handled through the NUS (National Union of Students), so to get them you need an active NUS membership. To have an active NUS membership you need to a) pay £12 per year and b) be a current student. Obviously anyone can pay the £12 but - shockingly - anyone can also be a student, because we live in a free country where education is available to anyone regardless of age or social status. Being a student doesn't mean being age 18-21 doing an undergraduate degree for the first time, living in halls and paying £10,000 a year tuition fees. Being a student can be someone aged 45 doing an evening photography course at their local college or even - because of the digital age we live in - doing an online children's writing course. If you are studying something, you are a student. What counts as a 'student' for the purpose of NUS membership is decided by the NUS. If the NUS have decided that doing an online course qualifies you for membership and entitles you to student discount, then you legitimately qualify for it.
So no one is 'pretending' to be a student by doing it this way - it fits the NUS's own definition. If they change the definition in future, making it harder or impossible to get an NUS card this way, then so be it - but until then there's nothing fraudulent about it.
gr1340
5 Jul 17#404
I'm not really sure how you can compare legitimately purchasing an educational course which entitles you to certain benefits to fraudulently stating you have a disability.
If I purchase Amazon prime and don't watch the instant video, which is one of the benefits, is that fraud?
If I join a gym and get 10% off drinks from the cafe but only ever use it for getting my coffee from and never use the gym equipment, is that fraud?
wakeywarrior
5 Jul 17#405
If someone decides to do this and get half price Prime, half price Spotify and 10% off shopping at Co op- Comes in handy when picking up a nice bottle of Scotch- good luck to them. I was telling someone about this, and they said it was 'outrageous'. I said why? They paid for the course, the NUS have done a deal so that they are for NUS purposes classified as a student if they sign up to that course. They legitimately signed up and can legitimately get the card. No one is being deceived, they are not doing anything legally or morally wrong. What is the problem?
ScroopEgerton to wakeywarrior
6 Jul 17#407
Exactly. There is no problem. Some HUKD members think that its a criminal offence, which it obviously isn't, but it's certainly provoked an interesting discussion. More interesting than that 50p Pollyfilla deal, anyway. Which I voted hot, by the way.
Drooler
5 Jul 17#406
Don't be a bell end. It's not fraud.
You're paying for the course, the nus card and the prime albeit at a slightly lower rate.
In return you get the course (your call if you do it), the card which gives some money off (remember you've paid for that card) and the giant called Amazon get your £39 in advance which is pure profit to them.
cadmus
6 Jul 17#408
Mine delivered today and comes with a £3 off £15 spend voucher for the Co op :smiley_cat:
KL3
6 Jul 17#409
who have been getting this error: There was a problem processing your credit card; Seriously I cant make payment on any browser on my laptop and on my phone. Paypal don't even work when you click on it. Any ideas anyone?
MadonnaProject
6 Jul 17#410
Nice.
AndyRoyd
6 Jul 17#411
Paypal has been busted on NUS Extra site since its PP account was revoked, and your card is busted.
squirrel86
6 Jul 17#412
I just purchased the voucher and completed the registration, but when i go to NUSextra and put Digital Sea Ltd as place of study, im getting an error message:
"It appears your place of study is not listed or recognised, please provide the name and address of your education provider to [email protected]"
is anyone else getting this issue and does anyone know how to overcome this issue?
ScroopEgerton
6 Jul 17#416
Oh, you cynic, you!
rickitmk12
6 Jul 17#417
I'm going through the checkout process on nus extra without even having to enter a course number or anything that remotely verifies my "status". It can't be THAT easy to get the card can it? You seemingly don't even need to purchase a course, unless I've missed something.
KL3
6 Jul 17#418
Call them this morning and they said they had a new payment system which may of caused the problem. I did try my credit card but same error.
OneGloveOnTheFence
6 Jul 17#419
Yep it's that easy
anewman
6 Jul 17#420
If you prefer photography groupon.co.uk/dea…-35 but I'd bet it's not even worth £49, never mind £500.
OneGloveOnTheFence
6 Jul 17#421
Just reminded me..it wouldn't let me reply to your pm "not enabled" ... Even though I've PMd you before...weird
VAMOS.DAN
6 Jul 17#422
I already signed up to a course a few months ago but it was only for a year.
Is it worth me doing the children's book one now? Then when it comes to next year I can apply for the card once my existing one has expired?
Or any other way to best go about this?
Thanks in advance
ScroopEgerton to VAMOS.DAN
7 Jul 17#449
Personally I'd try using the course you've already paid for first. You can probably just extend it next yea thenr- just amend the dates when you apply for the NUS card.
CAL23
6 Jul 17#423
If you have an Open University email, you can use that to get Amazon Student.
tygar2
6 Jul 17#424
Same here. All payment options seem to be not working.
EDIT: Just retried with my credit card instead of debit card and payment went through.
ricey24
6 Jul 17#425
If you go to vouchercloud, you can get a 20% coupon for groupon on this that will reduce the course down to £11.20
cheekster
6 Jul 17#426
NUS Extra card arrived this morning. Ordered Sunday, so within four working days. No too shabby! :grin:
paulmck
6 Jul 17#427
Probably over complicating this but what should you choose for period of study? July 17 - June 18? I want to use the card immediately for Amazon Prime.
rickitmk12
6 Jul 17#428
Just successfully checked out and awaiting the card within 7 working days.
Crazy.
cheekster
6 Jul 17#429
Opt for the longest period which will mean you won't then need to purchase another course for the forseeable future.
paulmck
6 Jul 17#430
If I am only buying a 1 year nus card I should choose July to June 18 or would I be safe choosing July 18?
ScroopEgerton to paulmck
6 Jul 17#431
Put a date 7 years in the future or something. It' doesn't matter all that much I don't think, but make it easy for next year...
ScroopEgerton to ScroopEgerton
6 Jul 17#432
It's still only going to give you a 1 year NUS card, but then you can just renew it next year without having to re-register.
MarzBarz
6 Jul 17#433
Couldn't check out with paypal but paid fine via normal checkout.
innerspeaker
6 Jul 17#434
I'm wondering if the amazon sign up page may come back to bite - I see here that people are suggesting you make some of the course info up or put the course date in as the latest date possible, but in Amazon's T&Cs it states you have to be able to provide proof of enrolment upon request
ScroopEgerton to innerspeaker
6 Jul 17#435
Another reason why I prefer to pay a small amount for a course, hence including it as part of the deal posting.. It's not a big outlay and more than pays for itself. In all honesty I can't imagine they'd go through all the thousands of students to verify, but it's quite likely that people who work at Amazon look at HUKD, and pretty certain that those people would see this deal.
It's not a huge leap then for them to decide to protect their revenue by investing a little time investigating the recent rush of sign-ups from the 'Shaw Academy'...
chapchap to ScroopEgerton
6 Jul 17#437
That would be interesting...they are very "customer service" lead so prolly won't do much though. As for me i just decided to do the old "[email protected]" trick and created a new account with a one months trial.
mrman007
6 Jul 17#436
Thank you very much OP. 6 months free ( I was already a prime member ) and half price prime after. Co-op is my local shop so bonus :smile: Very happy!!!
dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#438
Why is my nus card £32
ScroopEgerton to dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#439
Did you choose the 3 year card...?
dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#440
Yes 3 years
dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#441
Havent bought it yet just waiting for you to guide me lol
ScroopEgerton to dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#442
I'm sure you'll work it out, with all the info on the deal & the comments :wink:
dannyswfc89
6 Jul 17#443
Oh right £12 a year i thought it was for 3 years lol. Thanks ordered 1
nougat
6 Jul 17#444
Glad to see someone jumped to make a comment without reading the entire post.
StolenDiagram
6 Jul 17#445
Any photography courses offering this through groupon for similar money?
Also, am I right in thinking that all it takes is for me to sign up for the course, sign up for NUS and then show my scan to amazon and pay £39 for prime for the year?
ScroopEgerton to StolenDiagram
6 Jul 17#414
Not sure about photography courses, you could probably find one. And yes.
he6rt6gr6m
6 Jul 17#446
Is there a list of courses other than this that have NUS accreditation?
Thinking I may as well get some Social Media Marketing or CNC, programming etc under my belt as well.
mcormack
6 Jul 17#447
Does it hell.
mcormack
6 Jul 17#448
Do a degree course at University like the rest of us "poor" students.
jasoncopsey
7 Jul 17#450
Cannot recommend doing this enough! Amazon prime was refunded (£30 back) and switched to student with 10 minutes! So far I’ve made savings at the Apple store (£50), our local swimming pool (£5) and numerous restaurants. I've only had it a few months - Well worth the hassle.
den169
7 Jul 17#451
No you get 6 months free prime then have to pay the £39 next january.
StolenDiagram
7 Jul 17#452
The NUS app doesn't actually display the card, but the details I suspect that will be on it. Is that sufficient?
troubleshooter to StolenDiagram
7 Jul 17#454
I have spoke to customer services, they said it is. They have emailed me with details on where to send the screen shots
den169
7 Jul 17#453
No need to pay £14 for the course gogroopie have one at £4 gogroopie.com/dea…lf/ worked fine for me.
ministrymason
7 Jul 17#455
Cant use is on 16-25 Student railcard
Download the mature student application form or obtain a 16-25 Railcard application form from a station Get either your tutor, head tutor, head of department, or member of university administration staff to stamp the form and confirm that that you are on a course which requires you to attend your university or college for over 15 hours a week for at least 20 weeks of the year
revriley
7 Jul 17#456
All done. Thanks OP et al. Took about 3 hrs for an email back, doubt I will get much of a refund on my old Prime since it dies in August anyway.
StolenDiagram
7 Jul 17#457
Might give that a try. How long did it take to get your log in details? What did you enter for course location on NUS site?
dave_stuf67
7 Jul 17#458
I am sorry but I would never stoop this low to do this. Signing up for an affiliated course that you have no intention of completing to get an NUS card under false pretenses to get some discounts. Have you lot no moral compass. Student discounts are for a reason because students dont have a lot of spending power. It won't be long before all you saddo's ruin it for the students and they pull the student discounts because there are suddenly a few extra hundred thousand taking advantage. But your ok because you saved a few quid. I am sorry but this is whats wrong with society these days everyone in it for themselves!
den169
7 Jul 17#459
I followed exactly these instructions on this other post. hotukdeals.com/dea…e=6 Got the voucher code from gogroupie took about half hour before that worked in the Ecareers site.signed up for that then put the details in NUS site signed up to that,Then downloaded NUS app onto phone logged in to that which showed photo and account details for nus.Took a picture of the nus details on my phone sent that to Amazon,Within 10 minutes Amazon got back saying i was accepted as a student.
dave_stuf67
7 Jul 17#460
your the one with no morals - freeloading off students!
ScroopEgerton to dave_stuf67
9 Jul 17#500
"You're"
Wibbly
7 Jul 17#461
Discussion about the morality/legality of all this is interesting, but consider:
- If the retailers who support the NUS based discounts had a problem with what happens they'd put pressure on the NUS to tighten it all up. No sign of that at the moment. - It 'hurts' nobody except the retailers who are independent commercial companies who chose to support discounts for certain customer profiles (which in this case are folk with NUS cards, however folk obtained them) - You could consider that if the retailers can afford to offer the discounts at all, what's maybe a bit "discriminatory" is that don't offer the same discounts to just everyone! But there's nothing illegal today about offering different pricing to different folk based on some arbitrary criteria (new customer, loyal customer, voucher holder, NUS card holder, whatever)
I don't really understand why having a NUS card obtained by this method is somehow "unfair". It's totally up to the NUS how they choose to police or control how folk get their cards... And totally up to the retailer if they want to support NUS card holder discounts... I'm not even sure this is really a loophole either...
ScroopEgerton to Wibbly
7 Jul 17#477
That just about sums it up, I think..
ScroopEgerton
7 Jul 17#462
Oh god, here's another one. Someone else with no grasp at all of how these things work. "Ooh, let's give the students some nice discount! Let's hope not too many students come in to our shop to spend their money. That would ruin our charitable gesture." No. It's a commercial venture. All retailers would bite an arm off for a "few extra hundred thousand" customers. It's fine if you won't stoop this low. You keep on smugly paying more than the rest of us, and feel happy that you're doing the right thing, whilst we get our grubby discounts having followed the EXACT rules set up by the course provider, the NUS and the retailers.
If at some time they decide to change those rules then so be it. But in the mean time so long as the rules are followed, then there's no moral issue whatsoever. You've created a problem that isn't there.
kara1987
7 Jul 17#463
I haven't read the whole thread, but just wanted to add that you don't need to pay to be a student. I signed up to Open University's free courses on Open Learn and then bought my NUS card. It went through fine.
I don't see the problem with that, as I have signed up to study (and I may well do that on maternity leave).
ScroopEgerton
7 Jul 17#464
Hilarious. And how exactly do you suppose I am I freeloading off students?!
Shatwell
7 Jul 17#465
Is there any point in buying more than 1 year for the NUS card, if you're using it for Amazon Prime? Would the Student Prime renewal price continue forever (or at least a long time) or do you need to show you have an up to date NUS card when renewing?
Once you're on Amazon Chat, what exactly do you need to ask them to change from regular to student Prime? "I'd like to change from Amazon Prime to Student Prime please" and that's it? Then email them the apps screengrab?
Thank you.
ianjones32
7 Jul 17#466
Anyone else having the problem where it says the groupon code is no longer available?
rjdjones
7 Jul 17#467
Thanks. For the card and the course - looking forward to using both.
ScroopEgerton
7 Jul 17#468
Expired at 2499?! Whaaat?!
shaunp
7 Jul 17#469
I have a relative who is at uni. Is there a way for me to get this deal or does the student card need to be in my name?
ScroopEgerton to shaunp
7 Jul 17#475
That *really* is fraud :wink:
ScroopEgerton
7 Jul 17#470
That was a one-day code only.
ianjones32 to ScroopEgerton
8 Jul 17#498
I purchased the deal with groupon, but on the site where I use the code is the problem, as it says the code has been used all ready
ScroopEgerton to ianjones32
8 Jul 17#499
I'd say you'll need to get in touch with Groupon initially, then the course provider. For NUS card purposes you can just select Shaw Academy.
SykeS
7 Jul 17#471
Great deal did this a few weeks ago and already got my money back. I spent a little extra and got the 3 year membership
SykeS
7 Jul 17#472
You have to upload a photo which is printed on the Card. They also validate your name against the course so probably not worth the risk.
Hammondhammond
7 Jul 17#473
Can you get Unidays membership with this ?
ScroopEgerton to Hammondhammond
7 Jul 17#474
Nope. You will need an educational establishment email address for that.
dazza99
7 Jul 17#476
There's no validation - as mentioned earlier
mracerimmer
7 Jul 17#478
Know about this for a while now but finally decided to go for it with this group on offer. Went for the 3 year NUS card for £32 + £1.50 p&p. SO that's £44 for the first 3 years NUS membership.
Did the Amazon chat and emailed a screenshot of my NUS details from the app to their student email address, the guy said my trial would start in 24 - 48 hours once they have been checked.
This course is valid. I used it last year and paid £4 the same as this. Might be worth checking e-careers is still valid.
DomHebb
7 Jul 17#480
Code still valid does anyone know? It tells me it isn't?
shug119
7 Jul 17#481
Might go for this.
Mattmuzz
7 Jul 17#482
Great idea, will be a bonus if I sell a best selling novel! lol
PS: Please can the killjoys stop making up rubbish trying to ruin this deal, go about your lives quietly paying full prices for everything. :thumbsup:
DomHebb
7 Jul 17#483
Nevermind, spoke to Groupon Chat, the first time I tried ordering, it failed, so it classed the code as being used. They issued £3.50 to my account and I can proceed to order after 6 hours.
eiamhere69
7 Jul 17#484
A little while off, but :
"After you graduate, or at the end of your fourth year of Amazon Student membership, whichever comes first, your Amazon Student membership will end and your Amazon Prime membership will automatically renew on its anniversary date into a full paid membership for Amazon Prime at the regular rate."
fikung
7 Jul 17#485
amazing :grin: thanks alot
Lloytron
7 Jul 17#486
Ooh nice, I got an NUS Extra card as a benefit of my university alumni. Didn't realize I could use it on this! cheers!
pdm1971
7 Jul 17#487
Cheers OP
Shatwell
7 Jul 17#488
Thank you OP :grin: I've signed up for the NUS Card, contacted Amazon and sent off my screengrab from the app (still waiting for a reply). The Amazon Chat guy, has cancelled my prime and refunded £39.
Now, I need to sign up for Student Prime. But, when I do, I see this on the sign up page. What I am supposed to enter for the email and all the rest?
Thank you.
ScroopEgerton
7 Jul 17#489
It's all in the description. Screengrab your NUS card from the app, go back on to chat and they'll tell you where to email the screenshot.
Shatwell
7 Jul 17#490
Thank you :smile: In the last few minutes, Amazon replied with a confirmation email saying I'd been accepted and to use my regular email address to activate Prime. I'll wait until tomorrow to activate it, there's no point wasting today as day 1 :wink:
Then for NUS, type ecareers when you apply for your card.
AndyRoyd
8 Jul 17#492
Your two apologies are accepted, as is your lack of appreciation of marketing techniques.
den169
8 Jul 17#493
Don't yah just hate bloody do gooders i do.
champys
8 Jul 17#494
Signed up on the 4th, got the card in the mail 4 days later. Thanks OP!
SmashDealer
8 Jul 17#495
I just wanna mention I went through the shawshank academy or something like that. Picked a free photography course, used my email, and got the full three years membership.
I paid £0 for the photography course, bringing the price of this down by £10.50
Might, or might not work for you.
A2EEM
8 Jul 17#497
I got a NUS card for £12 but without being a student enrolled on a course. The application for an NUS asks for a student number but I left this blank. When asked for place if study I used Shaw Academy.
Teza511
9 Jul 17#501
What course level is best to put ?
tjc2005
10 Jul 17#503
Does Student Beans no longer recognise an NUS card as acceptance?
Cloudane
10 Jul 17#504
So does this work with the Apple online store? There's a link from the NUS site to pre-applied discounts, but everything on Apple's site says you need to verify with Unidays... which obviously I don't have as it's just a free online photography course...
Kicking myself if so as I already just bought a Macbook (via Argos, so can't return it) and could have saved £175!
Could still be useful for Applecare though.
usetheforceluke
10 Jul 17#505
Going against the grain here and saying its morally corrupt.
ScroopEgerton to usetheforceluke
10 Jul 17#507
You're not the only one to have expressed that thought... care to elaborate?
Jonno42
10 Jul 17#506
wear a disguise?
Cloudane
10 Jul 17#508
Technically it's valid but okay let's say that the vast majority here aren't really interested in a free photography course or a thing about writing childrens stories (both technically valid for the NUS card) then I'd call the spirit of it "a bit of an exploit" maybe (I think corrupt is pushing it a bit far). I'd then ask, would you expect the various companies involved to be of 100% squeaky clean morality and completely fair to you if the roles were reversed? Or would you expect them to milk you and everyone else for every penny they can get away with? (Hint: most of these big companies including Amazon and Apple practice tax evasion - because currently, they have perfectly legal loopholes with which to do so) (Unless the Tories have closed that loophole recently)
We live in capitalist society - when you get a chance to legally get your share of the money they're saving with their various "morally imperfect" ways with a few of your own, I say it makes sense to go for it. If it becomes a problem there'll be new laws and more stringent rules (such as requiring Unidays)
Of course, the moral imperfection makes me feel about 5% better about forgetting this NUS card idea when buying my Macbook!
34rh34r
10 Jul 17#509
I'm seemingly the only person denied any kind of refund on my current Prime (from March), due to "having used the delivery service more than 10 times". Does everyone here not use the service much or did I just get a very strict chat centre person? :disappointed:
mrB-boss
10 Jul 17#510
Thank you for the post and details. I just have did it as many people here with "The Shaw Academy" free photography course. Simply email the NUS extra card details to amazon-student-verification @ amazon. co . uk
cmrule
10 Jul 17#511
No, please don't. Scroop has bored us enough.
ScroopEgerton to cmrule
10 Jul 17#512
Haha! ok point taken.
*steps away from the keyboard*
toffeepennys
10 Jul 17#513
Without sounding like a complete moron; How old do you have to be to get a student card ? Is a 12 yr old allowed to apply
ScroopEgerton to toffeepennys
10 Jul 17#515
You could probably get them a card. Can't see any retailers accepting it though.
Jaws_78
10 Jul 17#514
Done and NUS card in the post. Amazon Prime all set-up. 6 months free and then half price. Thanks OP!
shazzamac
10 Jul 17#516
ok i just done all this and emailed amazon but how do i get the prime just now to order things? i cant seem to find amazon live chat?
sosen1327
10 Jul 17#517
time to be student again lol
KL3
10 Jul 17#518
Still not able to make payment. NUS said there is a new payment system but why is most people don't have problems. is anyone using E-Careers? They said only NUS Extra membership is only acceptable for courses that meet the criteria, to find out about the courses that meet the criteria please contact our sales or support teams. Just wondering if my course meet the requirement?
GGMI
11 Jul 17#519
Right, I purchased course via Shaw academy... I have purchased NUS extra card I have now sent proof to amazon via email of NUS extra card, when I asked how long this would take to be approved he said 3-5 days. Is this correct?
AashC
11 Jul 17#520
This worked a treat!
usetheforceluke
11 Jul 17#521
Long words and short sentences still does not make it justified. and still morally corrupt............
ScroopEgerton
11 Jul 17#522
Most people had it done within a few hours.They may be slightly busy today though.
Lloytron
11 Jul 17#523
I contacted Amazon about this and they told me to go do one?
Cloudane
11 Jul 17#524
Sorry if long words are a bit too hard to read from up there. It's a shame, as you could have addressed what was being said with counter-arguments. How's the view by the way?
34rh34r
11 Jul 17#525
Same
fuzzy_logic
11 Jul 17#526
Be wary if you you currently have Amazon Prime and share your benefits with other people - with Student Prime you can't do this.
maroon
12 Jul 17#527
Nus card is coming up at £32. Had the £12 deal ended or at I doing something wrong?
maroon
12 Jul 17#528
Worked it out. It was showing 3 years not one
greatcapp
12 Jul 17#529
I went down this route, but didn't actually sign up for the course yet. I just used ecareers at the NUS site & it all went through ok. Downloaded the app on my phone & logged in, which gave me my NUS number. Used it for Spotify & seems to have worked fine. Heat from me, but maybe not for everyone.
ganon
12 Jul 17#530
How long does it take to get the card posted?
ScroopEgerton
12 Jul 17#531
Under a week
spitfire51
13 Jul 17#532
Did you give your real mobile number???
a1
13 Jul 17#533
I signed up to the NUS with all the course details without booking the course i just invented an SYD number, do you know if this will get rejected down the line?
brendanb581
13 Jul 17#534
Cool story bro, that was a waste of time.
spitfire51
13 Jul 17#535
Understand your point, but I think in the end Amazon are benefiting from this. Reason: People who want to have prime but find £79/y bit too much (and would otherwise not subscribe) may go via the student route.Therefore Amazon get your business, albeit at £39/y and you also get prime at a "discounted" rate. I believe if this was a big deal, Amazon would be more diligent and be closing this "loophole". Just my 2p
Cloudane
13 Jul 17#536
Just a word of advice for those grabbing the Shaw Academy free courses - you do have to be at least somewhat interested in actually learning as they will call you and follow up and chase for attendance to the webinars etc. I've been called twice so far already. (I expect once the free ones are over they'll start cold calling about the paid courses)
spitfire51
13 Jul 17#537
Interesting....What could happen if you do not attend webinars? Might purchase a $2 course rather than the free one then Have not subscribed yet....
Cloudane
13 Jul 17#538
Who knows. They can't force you of course, and you can probably just tell them not to bug you. But I imagine they wouldn't look on it favourably if applying to any future courses with them
I'm going to try and make the effort to at least do something for the status of "student" in the spirit of the whole NUS thing and hey, learning something as well as getting discounts is a pretty good deal :wink:
AndyRoyd
13 Jul 17#539
My cat used same route to obtain a card and the card hasn't been revoked yet. TBH, it's highly unlikely that NUS Services Ltd will revoke a card once issued - that would involve somebody having to leave the pub early to do some investigation in the office. NUSSL even ignores its own ramblings cos it just wants your subscription money; one of its laughable statements is "Most NUS extra cards have to be sent to your place of study to verify your student status" but nobody at NUSSL has managed to tear themselves away from the pub to investigate if my moggy's home address is fronting an educational establishment. It's all a farce to relieve you of your £12+.
Click on submit proof... Don't have a .ac.uk email address? No problem. You can submit proof of your student status.
Babbler
14 Jul 17#542
Just buy a 4 year nus card and don't worry about doing it yearly.
Babbler
14 Jul 17#543
Oh and yes most times just select a course from the nus list and buy the card. They don't check.
jackbremer
15 Jul 17#544
Use discount code SMART on Groupon for 20% off, and Quidco to get 5% cashback
cooper182
15 Jul 17#545
just signed up to everything, really worth it just for Spotify :smile: thanks guys
AndyRoyd
15 Jul 17#546
amazon.co.uk/gp/…813 ...please send an e-mail to [email protected]amazon.co.uk from the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.co.uk account. In the message, include a scan, photo or screenshot of one of the following: • A valid NUS Extra or NUS Apprentice Extra card (must show your name, institution, and date of expiry)...
KL3
16 Jul 17#547
When you sign into NUS and click on discounts link and choose Zavvi what discount code do I need to enter on the Zavvi website? I notice this on a few shops on the NUS website it is unclear and don't even correspond in what they try to say. **TO REDEEM YOUR DISCOUNT, PLEASE LOG-IN TO OUR SITE AND USE ONE OF THE LINKS PROVIDED ON THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE. YOU MUST THEN ENTER THE CODE PROVIDED AT THE CHECKOUT.** What code are they talking about and what links on the right hand page? I am logged into NUS and the item i'm trying to purchase meets the T&C Thanks
dazza99
16 Jul 17#548
To the right of the zavvi banner on that page it asks for your NUS login & password; once you enter those it displays the code
KL3
16 Jul 17#549
Thanks mate! I swear I logged in and I couldn't see it on the right but it's definitely there now, Cheers!
GoonerGetYa
18 Jul 17#550
Damn is there any more codes I could use for this due to the smart code expiring on the 15th
jackbremer
20 Jul 17#551
On the Groupon site there's a new customer discount in the top banner
MitchellT
20 Jul 17#552
Hi, what did you put down for course level, course discipline, study to and from dates?
MitchellT
20 Jul 17#553
In the end I could not see photography listed in Course Discipline, so I chose other.
I could not see diploma listed in Course Level, so put other.
For the date range I put the length of the photography course which was a month, so July 2017 to August 2017.
Shaw academy did not present me with a Shaw Academy Student Number and I could not find it via the account page as well as a point of contact to query the student number, therefore I left it blank when asked by NUS.
I paid for a 3 year card and everything went through, just waiting for it via the post!.
ScroopEgerton
20 Jul 17#554
All good... It's easier than you'd think, isn't it?!
Shatwell
20 Jul 17#555
I recently went to Oxford on a city break. You can get a discounted entry rate (usually £1) to the Colleges, by showing your NUS Card, if you fancy looking around them.
Just got my first Shaw Academy Phone Call about my 30 day premium membership, they look forward to me taking part in the first lecture and that I will be receiving more phone calls to tailor my experience.
RIP.
ScroopEgerton
21 Jul 17#558
Ohhhhh, you gave them your real phone number... schoolboy error!
ScroopEgerton
21 Jul 17#559
Yep! That's an ongoing student discount from Amazon.
abulhasnat
21 Jul 17#560
Thanks. Eventually worked it out LOL. Went through Amazon student and have emailed my NUS proof. Thanks for this. took me all morning to sort but well worth it
ScroopEgerton
21 Jul 17#561
Don't forget you can get Spotify half price, I use it in Co-Op quite often too for 10% off..
zoso1313
22 Jul 17#562
Some HILARIOUS comments on here about fraud etc lmao great entertainment, get a life you utter losers. Especially the ones spouting 'morals' hahahaha give me a break.
ScroopEgerton
22 Jul 17#563
I totally agree. It was worth posting the deal just for the morality comments.
SM177
25 Jul 17#564
thanks
truffle6969
26 Jul 17#565
It's not misleading! The gobbins moaning on here need to learn to read the full posts & take a mo to let it sink in before unleashing gormlessness! (_;) H E A T !
bmouthboyo
26 Jul 17#566
On the NUS app I cannot find a place to screenshot showing all the details such as course end date. What area is that in?
ScroopEgerton
26 Jul 17#567
Just click on the account tab on the bottom right, it's the page with your photo, card number & expiry date etc. Amazon don't need course end dates etc.
abulhasnat
29 Jul 17#568
Have a local coop so will save loads
bigmick777
30 Jul 17#569
Tried to find the post which said if you set your family members up before moving to a student account you keep family members. I can confirm this didn't work for me. So I either have to pay twice or move back from student to normal account.
The.Londoners
31 Jul 17#570
That link took me to a page that said the offer is no longer available, unfortunately
Latterman
2 Aug 17#571
Damn they must've recently discontinued. :cry:
ivadeal
11 Aug 17#572
when I type in "digital sea Ltd" I get:
It appears your place of study is not listed or recognised, please
provide the name and address of your education provider to
[email protected]nusextra.co.uk.
so no longer working
ScroopEgerton
11 Aug 17#573
To be honest you can just pick anything off the list, it doesn't really matter.
simonmalpas
11 Aug 17#574
This doesn't work! The course isn't valid for an NUS card
shahzadh37
11 Aug 17#575
Does it not work?
shahzadh37
11 Aug 17#576
Have you had any problems with this method? thinking of doing it this way
greatcapp
14 Aug 17#577
No. I received the NUS card after a few days. Have just had the 2nd month subscription from Spotify taken from my bank account.
ScroopEgerton
18 Aug 17#578
I've been in contact with Digital Sea regarding this- they tell me it's now working again but their registration process with the NUS is ongoing, so recommend buying a student card as soon as possible.
cava83
21 Aug 17#579
Is this still valid ? Wondering if I could use this for student discount on a new Apple laptop. :smile:
ivadeal
21 Aug 17#580
Thank you ScroopEgerton
I am now signed up :-)
diggergraves
24 Aug 17#581
Went for this cheers OP. Online course cost £11.20 with a 20% Groupon discount code and 3 years NUS Extra card was £32 + £1.50 postage.
May I ask please what do we need to send to amazon attached to an email to prove student status?
Also may I ask with this NUS Extra membership are you entitled to Unidays membership also?
Many thanks in advance for any replies.
dazza99
24 Aug 17#582
Unfortunately not
ScroopEgerton
24 Aug 17#583
"WHEN YOU HAVE PAID FOR YOUR NUS CARD, DOWNLOAD THE APP, AND SCREENSHOT YOUR CARD. TALK TO AMAZON CHAT TO GET A REFUND ON YOUR REMAINING FULL PRICE PRIME, THEN 6 MONTHS FREE, THEN A YEAR AT £39!!!"
It's all in the post details :wink:
And no, a Unidays account is much harder to get hold of.
flexyfro
25 Aug 17#584
Unfortunately, NUS is currently unavailable as a discount option for Spotify as they require UNiDAYS account for verification and UNiDAYS do not accept Digital Sea Ltd as a valid institution.
ScroopEgerton
25 Aug 17#585
Are you sure? Spotify T&Cs: Student Discount Offer Terms and Conditions and Privacy PolicyThis student discount offer ("Offer") is made available by Spotify (as defined in the Spotify Terms and Conditions of Use) only to NUS Extra Card ("NUS Card") holders and registered Unidays users, in the UK.
flexyfro
25 Aug 17#586
Below is an email I've received from Spotify customer service rep after contacting them and asking to verify my student status because I wasn't able to do it via Unidays:
Thanks for getting back in touch. Unfortunately, NUS is currently unavailable as a discount option. We’d recommend using UNiDAYS here, as NUS isn’t available. Keep in mind that we can't apply the discount directly as it's processed by them. You can request a UNiDAYS account directly through the Spotify student discount page. We hope taht this helps!. If you have any other questions, just let us know.
solid
25 Aug 17#587
Funny, because my nus extra card did get me the student discount...
ScroopEgerton
26 Aug 17#588
Me too, though from Flexyfro's email it looks like they've changed it since... I'm on a free 6 month Apple Music with EE right now, and since it works with my Apple watch and seems to have more stuff, I'll probably keep it. I cancelled Spotify when the EE deal kicked in. You can get a half price subscription with them too.
iphonedan87
29 Aug 17#589
Is there a course still available
nebo
29 Aug 17#590
cant believe i just paid for the card to get the spotify discount and they stopped it on the 24/08/17 apparently :disappointed:
preecey
29 Aug 17#591
You can get six months of Amazon Music Unlimited (40 million tracks, compared to 2 million with Prime Music) for £1 a month, and £4.99 a month thereafter if you send your NUS card screenshot to Amazon customer service and get your account changed to Prime Student
toughCookie
29 Aug 17#592
Spotify T&C suggests that it's available with a nus card: spotify.com/uk/…an/
Where did you get the info from regarding that they'd stopped?
nebo
30 Aug 17#593
I quoted the same terms and conditions to Spotifys online chat who told me I was right and that it had only been updated on 24/08/17 that nus card was no longer a means of getting the student discount and gave me 1 month of premium umtil I got Unidays set up!
djfearny
30 Aug 17#594
having a right mare with this. after buying the course I cannot apply for a NUS card as digital sea is not accepted and same too with unidays.
great :poop:
ScroopEgerton
30 Aug 17#595
I spoke to Digital Sea recently, who confirmed it should be working again, and I've just been to the NUS website and Digital Sea is definitely listed. It came up as soon as I started typing. Try a different web browser, maybe? If you still have no joy I understand you can pretty much pick any of the educational establishments that come up... *ahem*
toughCookie
30 Aug 17#596
:astonished: Surely that's some kind of infringement breach of contract if the t&cs are saying otherwise :thinking:
djfearny
30 Aug 17#597
still doesnt show up for me. no digital sea ltd. what browser you using
ScroopEgerton
30 Aug 17#598
Safari. I took that screen shot just before I posted it. Weird.
djfearny
30 Aug 17#599
so weired. ive tried 2 browsers so far and no joy
ivadeal
5 Sep 17#600
I can still type in digital sea life OK
Rossn1
5 Sep 17#601
I tried this today, spoke to them and they replied with:
"Unfortunately, NUS has recently updated their eligibility criteria, which means that students are no longer able to register for NUS cards.
We are in the process of adjusting our SEO to reflect this change, but I am sorry I can't be of any more help."
How annoying
Twill
6 Sep 17#602
Digital Sea LTD is no longer an option on the NUS website. eCareers still is so you should be able to apply for an NUS card with this: wowcher.co.uk/dea…3aa
ScroopEgerton
6 Sep 17#603
I'll update the listing, thanks of the info guys... Digital Sea Life is a PS4 VR game though, isn't it?!
Twill
6 Sep 17#604
Digital Sea LTD, bloody auto correct!
MadonnaProject
9 Sep 17#605
Hey guys, doubt anyone will read this but does anyone know if the wowcher £9 student thing will get us a student discount at places such as English heritage?
ScroopEgerton
9 Sep 17#606
Yes. I used it at Whitby Abbey last week.
fil_2k
13 Sep 17#607
Is the wowcher for the book keeping course for a year or lifetime? Suggests a year but detail of post says there is a link for a lifetime course, but I cant find the link. I done this a few months back with Digital Sea LTD but seems it's not not applicable, so asking now to future proof my NUS card for when renewal comes back up
ScroopEgerton
13 Sep 17#608
Sorry, that's me. The original post was for a different course provider, more expensive but 'lifetime' membership (with Digital Sea)- it's now not accepted by the NUS so I've amended it to the Wowcher one. Don't think that's lifetime membership, but as we've sean with Digital Sea, that's hit & miss anyway.
fil_2k
13 Sep 17#609
Thanks for getting back quickly. Any luck on Unidays? Does it work with the current wowcher offer
ScroopEgerton
14 Sep 17#610
Nope, that's a hard nut to crack! You'll need an educational establishment email address (which I have, as it happens), however you come by that.
jjmmww1
14 Sep 17#611
All signed up now thank :P
djp2k8
17 Sep 17#612
I bought this offer a month or so ago, but I'm now looking to sign up to Spotify, but can't seem to get around the sign up for Unidays. Does anyone have any tips please?
preecey
17 Sep 17#613
As reported in the comments above, it's no longer possible to obtain a student subscription on Spotify with an NUS card.
You can however get six months of Amazon Music Unlimited with an Amazon Student account for £6 (£1 a month), and £4.99 thereafter.
Amazon Music Unlimited has more tracks in its database than Spotify too.
When my free trial for Google Play Music ends, I'll definitely be taking up the Amazon Music Unlimited offer. £6 for six months is a steal.
djp2k8
17 Sep 17#614
Thank you for the help, but can't seem to sign up for Music Unlimited now, asking for university details.
djp2k8
17 Sep 17#615
Already been done, but you have to verify your details with steerID, so it appears it's just like trying to sign up with unidays! So I don't think any music providers can be used for NUS student discount.
preecey
17 Sep 17#616
You can still email Amazon with either a screenshot of your digital NUS card from within the NUS Extra app or a photo of the physical card, and they'll activate Amazon Student on your account within a day.
djdope
17 Sep 17#617
What courses can I sign up for if digital sea is no longer recognised by nus?
Oneday77
17 Sep 17#618
It looks like many epic loop holes, this one has been closed. Let's be honest the big companies know that the NUS system has been getting milked. It was only time before they tightened up their processes. Good while it lasted.
1616french
3 Oct 17#619
Does this still work?
ScroopEgerton
3 Oct 17#620
Should work for the Wowcher deal I think. It's not the one I originally posted, but I altered it when the Digital Sea was no longer accepted. Test it by finding the course provider via wowcher, and doing a dummy run on the NUS card.
starrgirl
6 Oct 17#621
I'm giving this a go now! I've bought a Wowcher course (FIVE: An online financial management five course bundle from e-Courses4You (was £399) OR redeem towards another available deal) for £12 which is run by a provider that's approved by the NUS. Filled in my NUS details, now to download the app and try to use it... Wish me luck!
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Opening post
**Sign up for an online course affiliated with the NUS, (link to a lifetime one for £14), then apply for NUS card (£12), go on Amazon chat with a scan of your NUS card and get Prime for £39, any full price rime refunded, plus 6 months free.**
This can all be sorted on the same day, read on..
WHEN YOU HAVE PAID FOR YOUR NUS CARD, DOWNLOAD THE APP, AND SCREENSHOT YOUR CARD. TALK TO AMAZON CHAT TO GET A REFUND ON YOUR REMAINING FULL PRICE PRIME, THEN 6 MONTHS FREE, THEN A YEAR AT £39!!!
Also:
You get lifetime student status with the writing course which allows lifetime access, i.e. you're a student for life.
You don't get lifetime NUS membership, all students have to pay for a new NUS card annually (of you can buy 3 years in a row).
Scan and email your NUS card to Amazon customer services and they apply your Student Prime status. (Exactly what they advised me to do, and exactly how it works.)
Buying an online course subscription is a perfectly legal, legitimate way to get student status, entitling you to buy an NUS card.
There may be cheaper courses, but this one offers lifetime access (and might just be of interest, too), so no need to keep buying one each year to get your NUS card.
I did this 2 years ago, it's still working a treat and gets me Amazon Student Prime for £39, Spotify half price, discounts all over the place including 10% off in most Co-Op supermarkets, as well as attractions, restaurants etc.
Buy the coupon, sign up for the children's story writing course, then follow their instructions for NUS sign-up, which are basically as follows:
1. Visit: cards.nusextra.co.uk
2. Enter your email address and click the ‘Get your card now’ button.
3. Type ‘Digital Sea Ltd’ as your ‘place of study’ (Digital Sea Ltd is the parent company of WriteStoryBooksForChildren.com).
4. Follow the rest of the steps in the application process.
5. When prompted for your Student ID, enter your ID which is: xxxxxxx whatever student ID they give you, find it HERE: writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
Once your card arrives you can sign up for Amazon Student Prime, Spotify etc. If you can't find Digital Sea in their educational establishment list you can scan you're card and email it to their customer services dept (this works for Amazon, with no problems).
If you take out Amazon Prime & Spotify then it's already paid for itself, and then next year you'll just have to renew the NUS card, so it's just £12...
Post your completed children's stories here once completed. :wink:
Update from user Apogee00: Get 6 months Prime free then 12 months at £39
ALSO:
When adding your course details on to the NUS website, it will ask you for your student ID (as issued by Digital Sea).
It's on the course website WHEN YOU LOG IN. It may take a day or so to appear, can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed above were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
When entering your course details, it doesn't really matter what you enter (I don't think), I'd put 'Literature", today's start date and a distant date in the future without taking the p***!
LAST UPDATE (for now): When you have bought your NUS card, download the NUS app. That displays your photo card and all the details you need for Amazon Prime. Take a screenshot and email that to Amazon. Many people have got it all sorted, a pro rata refund for their full price (or £59) prime, and got 6 months free staring from today.
To provide proof of age and enrolment, please send an e-mail to [email protected] from the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.co.uk account.
In the message, include a scan, photo or screenshot of one of the following:
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You don't get lifetime NUS membership, all students have to pay for a new NUS card annually (of you can buy 3 years in a row).
Although I posted it as a good way to unlock the benefits of an NUS card.
I bought mine a few years ago, I don't imagine the upkeep of an online course is that much, and I'm fairly sure they know most people only use it to get an NUS card, so it's probably a nice little earner for them...
I don't think it was yhat misleading, the point is you don't have to keep buying a new course like most of the others I've come across.
Find it here when you log in: writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
Find it here when you log in: writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
Try again then get on to Groupon or email the course provider.
I left over 16 years ago, however I recently got the university to set me up with a .ac.uk account.
Can't complain!
:nerd:
what should I put in?
Whatever you like, I don't think it matters much. Literature, I suppose? I put its a 7 year course when I did mine I think.
To be honest, with the exception of the amazon, now tv and possibly apple offers, havent used the NUS card but the wife says I should have got it in her name so she could have used it instore.
shawacademy.com/pho…rue
I had no problem having the 6 months free applied by amazon customer services.
may also be possible for CIMA , ICAS etc students.
It's on the course website when you log in. It may take a day or so to appear, (can't remember) but those 1. 2. 3. steps I listed in the description were copy/pasted and showed my ID which I replaced with 'xxxxx'
Find it here when you log in: writestorybooksforchildren.com/nus/
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/write-adult-fiction-26?a=TTT_103834_61149007&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=5451&utm_campaign=UK_DT_DIS_INT_JPG_TTT_RN_CBP_CHA_NBR_n*5451_c*5690_p*5567_x*636_z*TTT_103834_61149007&nlp=1
& This
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/creative-colouring-course-8
Please enter your Shaw Academy student number
Have a google to check the email as the reference if you want probably find hotukdeals as the main articles there :smile:
Edit mentioned in the op here
hotukdeals.com/dea…=21
But it should give a voucher the same
groupon.com/dea…-10
Edit: Read dosent exept pay pal i will get other course. Thanks
writefictionbooks.com/nus/
With Prime & Spotify discounts it pays for itself.
I guess if a couple wants to do activities, we both we'd have to apply, so thinking if it's worth it or not...
hotukdeals.com/dea…549
Why not save the money and sign up to a different free course once a year?
You can get an NUS card as a post-grad (as I do every year) here: cards.nusextra.co.uk/aff…mni
Cheers buddy :grin:
or exploiting a loophole in amazon's policy?
It's neither. The NUS recognises the course provider as educational, and have an agreement with them.
"As a result of our affiliation with the National Union of Students (NUS) we’re delighted to announce that ALL students of writefictionbooks.com are eligible to apply for a valuable, money-saving NUS extra and International Student Identity Card (ISIC)!"
And NUS card holders get Amazon Prime half price.
It's as simple as that.
Did anyone get confirmation?
So yes, I'd be embarrassed to show my face to a retailer in this instance.
As for my other comment about Unidays, by the fact that so many retailers now choose only to accept only Unidays cards over NUS cards is a clear signal that too many people have abused the NUS card system
Time to get my creative writing brain in gear
Thanks OP
I am going to look for something I am interested in. Like photography or programming.
Is there a list of confirmed available education departments that nus allow because I assume you can't sign up to any course from unknown education site.
Thanks
Spotify for £4.99?
:wink:
I could understand an OU course or proving evidence of study at college etc. It seems a con or companies just as Amazon not really bothered to give out discounts.
That's wot I wrote after doing the course - anything for Amazon 1 day delivery & 10% off co-op's overinflated prices
It takes your payment meaning it will go through.
This nus card is accepted proof of student status for getting Amazon student prime.
If you got an AC address already and don't care about an nus card then don't get one as Amazon accept an AC email sign up as proof regardless
Unfortunately I have more morals than that which means I'll be paying the full price for my goods.
One other point to note - it's been noted by many that most retailers now only accept Unidays as a valid form of student ID. I wonder why that could be!!?
How is it illegitimate if you've paid for a course and the NUS recognise the course provider and accept subscribers to their scheme? And if retailers choose to give discount to the massive customer base of NUS card holders?
For your information, it doesn't say "Children's Book writing Course" on the front, it says "Digital Sea Ltd", but if you're the type of person who's embarrassed by that, or thinks you have to have a massive student debt from university before you're entitled to NUS, then you deserve to pay full price.
Enjoy living with your expensive, unfortunate morality.
Might as well right?
Thought I won't be using it in retailers, Student Discount on Amazon and Spotify alone is worth it for me as I currently pay full price.
Spotify premium 50% off
Amazon prime 6 months free trial then £39 a year.
£3.99 for the gourmet society add on for a year.
Lots of good stuff, the above are the most attractive to me.
It's basically like the same situation here,
On the email amazon-student-verification@amazon.co.uk you need send the below information
* valid NUS Extra(must show your name, institution, and date of expiry)
* A proof of student status letter
* A tuition bill for the current term
*Your student invoice for the current term
*An official acceptance letter for the upcoming term
Did anyone have to do any of this?
Just sorted student Amazon and Spotify!
Are you suggesting then that people who pay for the course must prove their effort in aiming to complete it?
If i sign up to the course intending to complete it i am a legitimate student entitled to a card. But then if i dont does that make all my previous discounts fraudulent?
Maybe retailers should give you a short exam on your subject at the checkout before hitting the discount button.
You are the definition of somebody who cares too much about things that should not concern them. An opinion that must be heard and respected just because you have it.
Enjoy paying full price for stuff from your high horse!
Scan the card, send to Amazon then you get prime.
As soon as you register/pay for the NUS you can access the NUS number in your account so you don't need to wait for the card to arrive to sign up to spotify or to use for online discounts (e.g Asos etc)
So anyone who thinks they're not a bona fide student, don't worry, it's just another discount scheme, you're not breaking the law
Two other thoughts
1. We're all students and ex-students really
2. Given we have income tax etc, why should students, oaps etc get discounts? Discuss
NUS recognise them and accept their students onto their scheme.
Scan the card, send to Amazon then you get prime.
As soon as you register/pay for the NUS toy can access the NUS number in your account so you don't need to wait for the card to arrive to sign up to spotify or to use for online discounts (e.g Asos etc)
College students are recommended to work no more than 8 hours (or at least my college says), let alone full time! The minimum wage for under 18's is £4.05. That's £32.40 a week. For arguments sake, let's say it's 4 weeks pay. That's £129.60 a month, and around £1600 a year. 20% of that gets taken for keep money (more or less percentage depending on how much your parents charge) and you're left with £103.68 a month.
You can argue "what will a college student use that for?" but the same could be said about what you have left, which in most cases will be more than that.
A little off topic now but I am just pointing out that most of these commenters are able to afford paying the full price, they are just using it for their own benefit!
also for the tit saying that some retailers now only accept unidays because it's more secure that is utter clap trap as I haven't been a student for nearly 8 years but it happily still accepts my old uni .ac.uk email address! it was brilliant when the Morrisons deals was going
For those complaining about this being unethical ... I paid to have classes on a 3 year course which makes me a student for that time , if I choose not to take them classes that's up to me , the whole purpose of this site is to save money and this is one of the best and easiest ways I've found since being on here
You just put down your own email address where it states Student ID, and then it takes you to check out?????
There was a problem processing your credit card; please double check your payment information and try again
If it's lifetime what did you put for "End Month / Year of study"?
Edit: First time? Code: NEW15 -15% (£11.90)
Do any of you suggest canceling the current membership and getting a partial refund and then get prime through NUS route?
I see that you have Amazon prime full membership and as the NUS promotion is for the Amazon student family membership customers, I'm afraid to say that we don't have the option to apply the promotion.
"Oh no!
An error occurred while processing your request.
Please return to the homepage, and try again."
after i have uploaded the photo. Will try later
With all the discounts available online now via a quick google search, cards like these aren't as useful as they once were.
£14 for course + £32 for NUS card for 3 years then not counting if fees remain same,£39 per year for each of 3 years. I haven't added 6 months free trial in this so how do you get your figure of £33.50per year,
Regards?
In my opinion it's not worth risking trying to also use the code: NEW15 (15% discount off one Groupon purchase) as TCB terms and conditions state you will not receive cashback if using a discount code not approved by them and that code is not listed on TCB site.
Hope of help to someone? Perhaps can be edited into OP in case someone misses this post?
Now, to some studying. Once upon a time...
There seems to be a problem with the link you've included in the OP, each time I click on it I get the following error message:
Bad Request - Invalid Hostname
HTTP Error 400. The request hostname is invalid.
Doing a quick google search, I found this link which works.
cards.nusextra.co.uk/?ut…age
Perhaps you could edit your link?
I might even do the course in my own time, who knows, might discover a new talent there, lol. Hey, it worked for David Walliams! :-D
All well worth it though and huge thanks to OP and everyone else who has posted all kinds of useful information in this thread. :wink: :smile:
An error has occurred while connecting to the NUS servers. Please try again.
Thanks for replying.
And does it matter what dates you put in for the course start/end dates?
Thanks in advance.
As and when they've checked my NUS card, will they add/activate Student Prime to my account from their end?
Not sure if i'm allowed to say the website I got it from on here...
"To get an 18+ Student Oyster photocard you must be:
- A student aged 18 or over
- Living at a London address during term time
- Enrolled with a participating school, college or university that's registered on the TfL scheme
You must also be one of the following:- Enrolled on a full-time course including at least 15 tuition-led and/or structured learning hours a week (with attendance at scheduled classes being Monday to Friday only and not including evening classes) over a minimum of 14 weeks on the same course
- Receiving NHS bursary money* as a full-time student
- A full-time postgraduate student (for example, studying or writing up for 15 or more hours a week)
- A full-time student registered and studying on a higher education course with an education establishment not registered on the scheme, but on mandatory work placement in London for at least 14 weeks. You must still be under the pastoral care of your education establishment
- A sabbatical officer
- Enrolled on a part-time course lasting a period of at least 14 weeks and either:
- A part-time student receiving NHS bursary money* or
- A part-time postgraduate student receiving financial help from your education establishment as part of their Higher Education Council for England (HEFCE) discretionary additional support (such as Student Opportunity allocation or Access to Learning Fund)^
*You must provide your school, college or university with satisfactory evidence of your sponsorship before they can validate your application.^Talk to your education establishment before you apply if you are unsure whether you are eligible.
If your school, college or university is outside Greater London, but you live in Greater London during term time and travel regularly to and from there, you may still be eligible for this photocard.
You are not eligible if:
Think I read in one of the replies above that Amazon send a confirmation email once they've checked your NUS card screenshot and confirmed your Student Prime? Not had any emails from Amazon yet. Might wait until tomorrow and if nothing heard then contact them via live chat as you suggest.
Thanks for replying to all of mine and everyone else's questions. True hukdeals spirit! :wink:
Edit: No sooner did I post this and went back to check my inbox, there was now a reply from Amazon providing me the following info:
Please return to the sign-up page below within 14 days to sign up without an .ac.uk e-mail address: amazon.co.uk/joi…ent
Completed the details and...BINGO!
Success!
You have joined Amazon Student.
Happy days! :grin:
PS: can't wait to take the kid to the Aquarium for a reasonable price (finally!) :-)
I wonder how much money everyone's collectively saved from this?
And how much money the NUS have made..
I just logged into mine. You don't seem to get any instant notification and the free credit doesn't get added for a certain amount of time.
Every little helps, lol! :grin: Fingers-crossed though...
I graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 2001, and stumbled upon the following recently; alumn.hud.ac.uk/ema…fe/
Not only do I get an email for life, I also get access to Office 365 on a permanent basis.
:sunglasses:
You may wish to contact Amazon beforehand just in case that doesn't work for everyone.
I have an ac.uk account (lifetime membership as part of my uni) but I graduated years ago so was wondering if there's a way I can get a NUS card. I tried through the website but it asks for course/years/etc. and was worried that they might contact my uni for verification and what not. Anyone ever apply for a NUS with their ac.uk without after graduating?
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E careers - gogroopie.com/dea…lf/ £4
Shaw Acdemy - gogroopie.com/dea…es_ £5
gogroopie.com/dea…ons £2
The only problem is the courses seem to say 1 month?
e-careers.co.uk/int…rds
Course: Any
Course length: Put anything you want
Select if you want 1,2 or 3 year card
Pay for card. No need to pay for a course. NUS really don't care.
End Month / Year of study?
if you do via other methods without going onto a legitimate course it's becoming very dodgy and ILLEGAL!
I'm pretty sure it's not actually illegal though, it's up to the NUS surely to decide which courses they consider acceptable for membership.
If they accept a free one then so be it.
better to be safe than sorry!
14 pounds course for life is amazing.
gogroopie.com/dea…ale
it won't be long before companies start flexing their muscles!
Ignorant people are still suggesting that legally paying for a course affiliated with the NUS, who the NUS actually ACCEPT as a route to entry into the NUS scheme, which you pay to be a part of, and retailers are happy to accept custom from this massive customer base because it's good for their business (not because they somehow want to give students an easier ride, it's a commercial decision) is somehow fraudulent and illegal.
It doesn't matter if you intend to make use of the course or not, it's important that you've registered with a course accepted by the NUS.
As someone else pointed out, if I buy a can of Coke purely to get a free towel, and have no intention of actually drinking the Coke, it's the same thing. Must be fraud, right?
Better report me to the police though, if you think it's a serious offence. Though I'm pretty sure that HUKD admin would have pick up on any deals that are actually illegal and delete, and banned me.
And voting something cold because someone hoped it would reach 2k? Honestly how sad.
mirror.co.uk/mon…705
Ha.
Well worthy!
anyone else?
Thanks to everyone for making it happen...
I'm nervous of every black van parked outside my house now that I'm a crime boss.
So far I've saved 6 x £7.99 for Amazon Prime (£47.94) - Spotify Student for 6 months x £4.99 (if I keep it that long) - £29.94 = 18 and I've done very little. We go out to eat a lot so it will save me more and more as I use it. Awesome.
completely legal
pretty much anyone can get an NUS card cheap and amazon dont put up a fuss about details, they will allow amazon student
I graduated in 2008 and I'm still paying off my 14k student loan :disappointed: I believe if I am still paying off my student loan I should be entitled to get NUS without having to pay for another course.
Heat added!
Yes it does seem to work without actually registering for a course, not that I'd advocate that, edging towards dodgy territory there :wink:
Another 10 years to go oO
That is rather annoying. I think I have probably learnt my lesson but hey, even if I revert back to standard prime, I can at least maybe earn my £27.50 when I publish my first book called Barry Plotter.
To sum up the plot, it's a story that revolves around a student who goes to a special school, Hodwarts, with many other special students. They get involved in all sorts of hilarious scrapes and then eventually graduate but maintain their NUS cards and use it to purchase reduced alcohol at the local Co-Op. Its like a modern day take on a similar story released many years ago.
6 months free amazon prime + £39 a year after january 2018
£4.99 Spotify Premium
15% MyProtein
10% off at Co-Op for my lunches
Lovely!!!!
that's great. I h ave been to four, but unfortunately none gave alumni .ac.uk, rather .net and such :thinking:
I don't think you know what 'fraud' means. It is NOT a matter of following the letter of the law, it is your INTENTION that matters. Do you think that everyone who is using this method of getting a card is actually studying an online children's writing course? I hate to tell you this, this wouldn't stand up in court, the judge would shake his head and say GUILTY, and a jury would laugh and mutter 'nice try'.
I will stand corrected if in a few years we see a stream of JK Rowlings churning out bestsellers.
The NUS don't care about intention, they only care about student status. If you sign up to an online course, you're a student; if you are a student, you're entitled to an NUS card. You fit their definition of student, there's no deception involved, therefore no fraud. If we were talking about a way to get an NUS card without being a student, then that would be fraud, but that's not the case. They could make it so that you'd have to be a member of an affiliated student union (i.e. a student physically attending an actual university) but they haven't.
LOL! Noooo...not the same thing in the slightest. What you are doing is gaining financial advantage/services by misrepresentation. i.e. you are pretending to be a student at a UK uni/college to get a discount on purchases. This is a fraudulent act, clear and simple. It's no different from pretending to be disabled and claiming a parking badge.
'Who does it harm though, really?' I hear you say.
'Everyone else who uses Amazon' is the answer. Your discount is paid for by the rest of us who shop on Amazon. Abuse of this system will also result in Amazon and others reducing the amount of student deals in the future. I really shouldn't have to explain this, it's basic economics.
So please, stop talking gibberish trying to justify your act of fraud. You know it's wrong, we all do, you just don't care.
Okay, let's break this down as simply as possible -
Amazon offer a 6 month free trial and discounted membership of their Prime service to students.
Most, if not all, student discounts are handled through the NUS (National Union of Students), so to get them you need an active NUS membership.
To have an active NUS membership you need to a) pay £12 per year and b) be a current student.
Obviously anyone can pay the £12 but - shockingly - anyone can also be a student, because we live in a free country where education is available to anyone regardless of age or social status. Being a student doesn't mean being age 18-21 doing an undergraduate degree for the first time, living in halls and paying £10,000 a year tuition fees. Being a student can be someone aged 45 doing an evening photography course at their local college or even - because of the digital age we live in - doing an online children's writing course. If you are studying something, you are a student.
What counts as a 'student' for the purpose of NUS membership is decided by the NUS. If the NUS have decided that doing an online course qualifies you for membership and entitles you to student discount, then you legitimately qualify for it.
So no one is 'pretending' to be a student by doing it this way - it fits the NUS's own definition. If they change the definition in future, making it harder or impossible to get an NUS card this way, then so be it - but until then there's nothing fraudulent about it.
If I purchase Amazon prime and don't watch the instant video, which is one of the benefits, is that fraud?
If I join a gym and get 10% off drinks from the cafe but only ever use it for getting my coffee from and never use the gym equipment, is that fraud?
Some HUKD members think that its a criminal offence, which it obviously isn't, but it's certainly provoked an interesting discussion.
More interesting than that 50p Pollyfilla deal, anyway. Which I voted hot, by the way.
You're paying for the course, the nus card and the prime albeit at a slightly lower rate.
In return you get the course (your call if you do it), the card which gives some money off (remember you've paid for that card) and the giant called Amazon get your £39 in advance which is pure profit to them.
There was a problem processing your credit card;
Seriously I cant make payment on any browser on my laptop and on my phone. Paypal don't even work when you click on it.
Any ideas anyone?
"It appears your place of study is not listed or recognised, please provide the name and address of your education provider to [email protected]"
is anyone else getting this issue and does anyone know how to overcome this issue?
Is it worth me doing the children's book one now? Then when it comes to next year I can apply for the card once my existing one has expired?
Or any other way to best go about this?
Thanks in advance
EDIT: Just retried with my credit card instead of debit card and payment went through.
Crazy.
It's not a big outlay and more than pays for itself.
In all honesty I can't imagine they'd go through all the thousands of students to verify, but it's quite likely that people who work at Amazon look at HUKD, and pretty certain that those people would see this deal.
It's not a huge leap then for them to decide to protect their revenue by investing a little time investigating the recent rush of sign-ups from the 'Shaw Academy'...
As for me i just decided to do the old "[email protected]" trick and created a new account with a one months trial.
Co-op is my local shop so bonus :smile:
Very happy!!!
Also, am I right in thinking that all it takes is for me to sign up for the course, sign up for NUS and then show my scan to amazon and pay £39 for prime for the year?
And yes.
Thinking I may as well get some Social Media Marketing or CNC, programming etc under my belt as well.
Download the mature student application form or obtain a 16-25 Railcard application form from a station
Get either your tutor, head tutor, head of department, or member of university administration staff to stamp the form and confirm that that you are on a course which requires you to attend your university or college for over 15 hours a week for at least 20 weeks of the year
Got the voucher code from gogroupie took about half hour before that worked in the Ecareers site.signed up for that then put the details in NUS site signed up to that,Then downloaded NUS app onto phone logged in to that which showed photo and account details for nus.Took a picture of the nus details on my phone sent that to Amazon,Within 10 minutes Amazon got back saying i was accepted as a student.
- If the retailers who support the NUS based discounts had a problem with what happens they'd put pressure on the NUS to tighten it all up. No sign of that at the moment.
- It 'hurts' nobody except the retailers who are independent commercial companies who chose to support discounts for certain customer profiles (which in this case are folk with NUS cards, however folk obtained them)
- You could consider that if the retailers can afford to offer the discounts at all, what's maybe a bit "discriminatory" is that don't offer the same discounts to just everyone! But there's nothing illegal today about offering different pricing to different folk based on some arbitrary criteria (new customer, loyal customer, voucher holder, NUS card holder, whatever)
I don't really understand why having a NUS card obtained by this method is somehow "unfair". It's totally up to the NUS how they choose to police or control how folk get their cards... And totally up to the retailer if they want to support NUS card holder discounts... I'm not even sure this is really a loophole either...
Someone else with no grasp at all of how these things work.
"Ooh, let's give the students some nice discount! Let's hope not too many students come in to our shop to spend their money. That would ruin our charitable gesture."
No. It's a commercial venture. All retailers would bite an arm off for a "few extra hundred thousand" customers.
It's fine if you won't stoop this low.
You keep on smugly paying more than the rest of us, and feel happy that you're doing the right thing, whilst we get our grubby discounts having followed the EXACT rules set up by the course provider, the NUS and the retailers.
If at some time they decide to change those rules then so be it. But in the mean time so long as the rules are followed, then there's no moral issue whatsoever. You've created a problem that isn't there.
I don't see the problem with that, as I have signed up to study (and I may well do that on maternity leave).
Would the Student Prime renewal price continue forever (or at least a long time) or do you need to show you have an up to date NUS card when renewing?
Once you're on Amazon Chat, what exactly do you need to ask them to change from regular to student Prime?
"I'd like to change from Amazon Prime to Student Prime please" and that's it?
Then email them the apps screengrab?
Thank you.
Did the Amazon chat and emailed a screenshot of my NUS details from the app to their student email address, the guy said my trial would start in 24 - 48 hours once they have been checked.
Thanks.
This course is valid. I used it last year and paid £4 the same as this. Might be worth checking e-careers is still valid.
PS: Please can the killjoys stop making up rubbish trying to ruin this deal, go about your lives quietly paying full prices for everything. :thumbsup:
"After you graduate, or at the end of your fourth year of Amazon Student membership, whichever comes first, your Amazon Student membership will end and your Amazon Prime membership will automatically renew on its anniversary date into a full paid membership for Amazon Prime at the regular rate."
I've signed up for the NUS Card, contacted Amazon and sent off my screengrab from the app (still waiting for a reply).
The Amazon Chat guy, has cancelled my prime and refunded £39.
Now, I need to sign up for Student Prime.
But, when I do, I see this on the sign up page.
What I am supposed to enter for the email and all the rest?
Thank you.
In the last few minutes, Amazon replied with a confirmation email saying I'd been accepted and to use my regular email address to activate Prime.
I'll wait until tomorrow to activate it, there's no point wasting today as day 1 :wink:
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Then for NUS, type ecareers when you apply for your card.
I paid £0 for the photography course, bringing the price of this down by £10.50
Might, or might not work for you.
Kicking myself if so as I already just bought a Macbook (via Argos, so can't return it) and could have saved £175!
Could still be useful for Applecare though.
We live in capitalist society - when you get a chance to legally get your share of the money they're saving with their various "morally imperfect" ways with a few of your own, I say it makes sense to go for it. If it becomes a problem there'll be new laws and more stringent rules (such as requiring Unidays)
Of course, the moral imperfection makes me feel about 5% better about forgetting this NUS card idea when buying my Macbook!
:disappointed:
Simply email the NUS extra card details to amazon-student-verification @ amazon. co . uk
*steps away from the keyboard*
NUS said there is a new payment system but why is most people don't have problems.
is anyone using E-Careers?
They said only NUS Extra membership is only acceptable for courses that meet the criteria, to find out about the courses that meet the criteria please contact our sales or support teams.
Just wondering if my course meet the requirement?
I have purchased NUS extra card
I have now sent proof to amazon via email of NUS extra card, when I asked how long this would take to be approved he said 3-5 days. Is this correct?
and still morally corrupt............
Reason:
People who want to have prime but find £79/y bit too much (and would otherwise not subscribe) may go via the student route.Therefore Amazon get your business, albeit at £39/y and you also get prime at a "discounted" rate.
I believe if this was a big deal, Amazon would be more diligent and be closing this "loophole".
Just my 2p
Have not subscribed yet....
I'm going to try and make the effort to at least do something for the status of "student" in the spirit of the whole NUS thing and hey, learning something as well as getting discounts is a pretty good deal :wink:
Don't have a .ac.uk email address? No problem. You can submit proof of your student status.
...please send an e-mail to [email protected]amazon.co.uk from the e-mail address associated with your Amazon.co.uk account. In the message, include a scan, photo or screenshot of one of the following:
• A valid NUS Extra or NUS Apprentice Extra card (must show your name, institution, and date of expiry)...
**TO REDEEM YOUR DISCOUNT, PLEASE LOG-IN TO OUR SITE AND USE ONE OF THE LINKS PROVIDED ON THE RIGHT OF THE PAGE. YOU MUST THEN ENTER THE CODE PROVIDED AT THE CHECKOUT.**
What code are they talking about and what links on the right hand page?
I am logged into NUS and the item i'm trying to purchase meets the T&C
Thanks
I could not see diploma listed in Course Level, so put other.
For the date range I put the length of the photography course which was a month, so July 2017 to August 2017.
Shaw academy did not present me with a Shaw Academy Student Number and I could not find it via the account page as well as a point of contact to query the student number, therefore I left it blank when asked by NUS.
I paid for a 3 year card and everything went through, just waiting for it via the post!.
You can get a discounted entry rate (usually £1) to the Colleges, by showing your NUS Card, if you fancy looking around them.
I guess the same will apply at Cambridge too.
RIP.
The gobbins moaning on here need to learn to read the full posts & take a mo to let it sink in before unleashing gormlessness!
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H E A T !
It appears your place of study is not listed or recognised, please provide the name and address of your education provider to [email protected]nusextra.co.uk.
so no longer working
I am now signed up :-)
May I ask please what do we need to send to amazon attached to an email to prove student status?
Also may I ask with this NUS Extra membership are you entitled to Unidays membership also?
Many thanks in advance for any replies.
It's all in the post details :wink:
And no, a Unidays account is much harder to get hold of.
Student Discount Offer Terms and Conditions and Privacy PolicyThis student discount offer ("Offer") is made available by Spotify (as defined in the Spotify Terms and Conditions of Use) only to NUS Extra Card ("NUS Card") holders and registered Unidays users, in the UK.
Thanks for getting back in touch.
Unfortunately, NUS is currently unavailable as a discount option.
We’d recommend using UNiDAYS here, as NUS isn’t available. Keep in mind that we can't apply the discount directly as it's processed by them. You can request a UNiDAYS account directly through the Spotify student discount page.
We hope taht this helps!. If you have any other questions, just let us know.
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Where did you get the info from regarding that they'd stopped?
great :poop:
I spoke to Digital Sea recently, who confirmed it should be working again, and I've just been to the NUS website and Digital Sea is definitely listed. It came up as soon as I started typing. Try a different web browser, maybe?
If you still have no joy I understand you can pretty much pick any of the educational establishments that come up... *ahem*
"Unfortunately, NUS has recently updated their eligibility criteria, which means that students are no longer able to register for NUS cards.
We are in the process of adjusting our SEO to reflect this change, but I am sorry I can't be of any more help."
How annoying
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You'll need an educational establishment email address (which I have, as it happens), however you come by that.
You can however get six months of Amazon Music Unlimited with an Amazon Student account for £6 (£1 a month), and £4.99 thereafter.
Amazon Music Unlimited has more tracks in its database than Spotify too.
When my free trial for Google Play Music ends, I'll definitely be taking up the Amazon Music Unlimited offer. £6 for six months is a steal.
Let's be honest the big companies know that the NUS system has been getting milked.
It was only time before they tightened up their processes. Good while it lasted.
Wish me luck!