Amazon lowers free delivery cut-off to £5, but its price promise disappears too.

Helix

blindjack wrote: »

So far its proved to be great, particularly with Christmas approaching. Just look in the very top right corner of the homepage and click where it says 'Get Unlimited Free One-Day Delivery Now!'
NOTE: Just be sure to cancel your membership before the months trial is up, or you'll probably be stung the £49 a year charge.

You can cancel as soon as you sign up and still get the rest of the month for free. That way you won't forget to cancel.

digitig

jct wrote: »

Usually find book depository cheaper and free postage. http://www.bookdepository.co.uk

Bookrabbit (http://www.bookrabbit.com) is also often cheaper than Amazon, although free delivery is only on orders over £10 so Amazon might work out better on small orders. My book orders are rarely less than £10, though!

EthanM

Helix wrote: »

You can cancel as soon as you sign up and still get the rest of the month for free. That way you won't forget to cancel.

Wish I'd known that, I forgot and got caught with the £49 and now it's easier to get free delivery it makes the prime service much less attractive. Think I got stung

eilidhcatriona

Thanks for all the book websites, I'll start trying them.

When I'm buying CDs/games/DVDs etc I always have Amazon and Play open and check both, but if only ordering 1 small item I always go with Play as it is free delivery on everything - although now unlikely not to qualify for free delivery on Amazon.

internetfred

Nice advice

pinkfluffybabe

It's a bit disappointing that they are doing away with the price promise - I've found that to be really great, particularly around the Christmas period. I would rather they kept that than lowered the threshold for free delivery.

I always check prices on a comparison site before buying with amazon, many places do free delivery these days, so I take the overall cost into consideration. I've found SuperSaver Delivery to be fairly slow in the past.

Terry_D

eilidhcatriona wrote: »

Thanks for all the book websites, I'll start trying them.

When I'm buying CDs/games/DVDs etc I always have Amazon and Play open and check both, but if only ordering 1 small item I always go with Play as it is free delivery on everything - although now unlikely not to qualify for free delivery on Amazon.

For CDs and DVDs I always get the cheapest delivered price from this site:
http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/
They compare books and games too but not tried them.
Terry D

ShimSham

It's very irritating. I ordered a dvd drive this morning, and just checked my order now and have found that the price has gone down by £7. And I can't cancel my order anymore. :mad:

melroccan

ShimSham wrote: »

It's very irritating. I ordered a dvd drive this morning, and just checked my order now and have found that the price has gone down by £7. And I can't cancel my order anymore. :mad:

But returning is really easy with Amzon and you can re-order at the reduced price. Or email Customer Services and see if they can just reduce the price/refund £7 to save themselves postage.

welkom1

Yesterday I had order http://www.amazon.co.uk/Braun-Thermoscan-4520-Thermometer-Penguin/dp/B001LDJH2W/ref=pd_sim_d_2, they guaranteed delivery by March 5 Express delivery, but today no delivery :mad:

Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery :mad: :mad: