auto-renew: turning off + more info
Thanks for the post. When I signed up, the normal option to turn
OFF automatic renewal of Prime did not appear. So I had to phone Amazon and they turned it off and sent the problem to tech support. I don't know if it is because I was on a Mac. If it does not show up for you either, you can phone them at
1-866-216-1072.
The lack of auto-renewal makes me nervous, as I don't want a $79 charge sneaking up on me.
UPDATE: I saw this on another web site called S L I C K D E A L S dot N E T:
"The automatic renewal provisions in the Amazon Prime Terms & Conditions (which would require you to pay for Amazon Prime) do not apply to this membership, even if we decide to extend the free Amazon Prime offer beyond one year. "
What does invite others to use prime mean (under the account tab) does this mean to authorize others to use my prime account for free, or does it mean to invite others that have a edu. e-mail to sign up???
You can invite anyone (up to 4 others), with any email address to share your Prime account. You won't see any of their purchase and they won't see any of yours.
Family invites may say that they are only for one month (at least it was for my wife) but
they also get a full year and 4 invites!!!
If you sign up for an Amazon Student membership, for the first year of that membership, you will receive one free year of Amazon Prime.
We may choose to extend this free offer for more than one year. With Amazon Prime, you will be entitled to FREE Two-Day shipping and $3.99 per unit One-Day shipping on all eligible purchases for one year. The automatic renewal provisions in the Amazon Prime Terms & Conditions (which would require you to pay for Amazon Prime) do not apply to this membership, even if we decide to extend the free Amazon Prime offer beyond one year. There is no minimum purchase requirement. Amazon Student members will also be entitled to discounts and promotions, which we will communicate to you via e-mail or make available on the Amazon Student membership page at
www.amazon.com/student.
Please use a current .edu e-mail address. Alumni addresses are not eligible.
This applies to graduate students as well as there is a choice for "graduate student" when signing up.
For those who are thinking about frauding the system, think again. Enrollment can easily be verified by using this website [National Student Clearinghouse - EnrollmentVerify School Participants]: EnrollmentVerify School Participants HOWEVER, for Amazon to use this to verify enrollment would cost $$ - usually something like $2-5 per enrollment check request. Rather, they can just ask YOU to provide "proof" of your enrollment - no idea what would be considered proof - and do it that way. The best advice is to at least be prepared to give them SOMETHING if you have to.
Inviting household members
Invitation works like normal!
Each Student Prime account may share the Prime benefits with 4 other people like a normal paid Prime account.
Current Prime Members
You should recieve an email automatically from Amazon showing that your old Prime membership was cancelled and they are issuing a pro-rated refund. This has been confirmed by multiple members.
Deal Expires
Currently unknown – The agent I spoke to says they want to make it permanent, but who knows?
School-Specific Information
Any Northwestern Univ (Evanston, IL) undergrads should use the @northwestern.edu that is hidden in the system....ie
[email protected]. your @u.northwestern.edu account will NOT be accepted for this promo. Might work for grad students too, YMMV
Amazon Prime is very convenient and super responsive. You start not wanting to order from other places because you get so used to the fast processing and value added from 2-day shipping... Which is pretty much how Amazon Prime tries to hook people to Amazon. It’s almost as I’m spoiled by same day processing and 2-day shipping now…