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Topic: Amazon Free Postage - Warning
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Maurice Leakey
Film God
Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted August 24, 2015 02:50 AM
My comments refer only to articles sold on Amazon UK by themselves, not other sellers who use Amazon as a sales contact.
I, like most people who use Amazon, have been aware that free postage is offered on items over £10 which are sold by them. Last Saturday I found a book on Amazon that I wanted which was priced at £12.59, I assumed it would have free postage as it was over £10. I clicked to buy and was offered a few options for delivery. I went for Free Delivery.
No sooner had the order gone through then I discovered I had been given a one month free offer of Amazon Prime. After the first month my credit card would be debited with their "membership" fee. However, I was able to go to my profile and remove my membership of Amazon Prime. I received notification that my membership will end on 21 September and my card will not be charged.
This morning on BBC News I learnt that many companies have revised their free postage deals, such as Supermarkets who have increased the minimum spend to achieve free delivery. Amazon was also mentioned. It appears that their £10 buy to include free delivery has been increased to £20.
Looking back at the same book offers I see that the word "Prime" is mentioned on this book listing. However, I must admit that I obviously overlooked this as I was buying an item over the £10 limit which had previously been in force.
Yes. I was my own mistake. But buyers should have more warning that they are about to become members of "Amazon Prime". What, exactly, is "Amazon Prime", and what do members get for their subscription?
-------------------- Maurice
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