Amazon offering free 1 year Prime subscription to college students

[OzzofAsura]

Glad to help. Hopefully everyone saves a lotta cash. I already used the free two-day shipping.

[Darus Grey]

I actually pay for prime, it's awesome to be able to order a $0.50 item with free two-day shipping, lol.

I buy most of my (non-perishable) groceries from amazon now

[ZarakiKujata]

Yeah I've had prime for like 2-3 years now? Shit pays for itself soon as I order textbooks for a semester

[Shalyn]

Stupid Canada...

[Ivaden]

Yeah I've had prime for like 2-3 years now? Shit pays for itself soon as I order textbooks for a semester

Amen. Hopefully this is still around when I switch schools, would love to take advantage of it for a free year. >_>

[Cream Soda]

There a limit to how much you could buy? Hell I could get at least a dollar at a pawn shop for all this 1 cent shit that follows w/ 5 dollar shipping that I wouldn't be paying lol, or if not a pawn shop could sell to someone. HDMI cables and shit

[Stee]

fun thing about prime is you can add up to 4 people to your account to share it with you.

It's suppose to be for family only but I doubt they enforce it.

[Cream Soda]

Meh, only the most expensive on the listing there is ever eligible.

Like let's say the highest priced one of something is 40 bucks, then you have a few 35 bucks, about 10 30 bucks, and 25 bucks all with shipping that make them equiv to the 40 bucks one. Only the 40 bucks one is eligible

[Zhais]

Damn, my school changed up how to login to e-mail :\

[EckoGecko]

My school also doesn't have .edu emails...anyone kind enough to add me to their family :] I'll be need to buy textbooks in a month and this would be awesome for it.

[Wizrow]

I actually pay for prime, it's awesome to be able to order a $0.50 item with free two-day shipping, lol.

I buy most of my (non-perishable) groceries from amazon now

Can you expand on this? Do you find better deals on Amazon? I was just thinking about this the other day.

[Darus Grey]

Amazon is kinda like sams/bjs/costco in this regard.

For example, 14oz box of cheerios at my local grocery store is $4.99 each.

Can buy a 4-pack from Amazon for $13.00

http://www.amazon.com/Cheerios-Cerea...9050933&sr=1-3

On top of that amazon has a "subscribe to food" feature.

If you subscribe to receive a particular food item on a periodic basis(that you set yourself), you get a 15% discount, so $13 is now $11~. Basically saved 50% on my example transaction.

My eating habits are pretty consistent, so I just subscribe to a lot of foods and get refills automatically every month without having to think about it.

Though you can subscribe to a item for the discount then unsubscribe before the next shipment, so it's basically just a flat 15% discount.


Amazon also just has a staggering variety compared to a normal grocery store, I can't even buy quinoa at my local store, but I can get 20 different types from Amazon.

The only downside is that the majority is name-brand stuff, not off-market/discount food.

Sometimes you don't want lucky charms, you want the 2 pound bag of fucking happy shapes(fortified with vitamin C!(the C is for Cadmium)).

[Caiti]

Amazon is kinda like sams/bjs/costco in this regard.

For example, 14oz box of cheerios at my local grocery store is $4.99 each.

Can buy a 4-pack from Amazon for $13.00

http://www.amazon.com/Cheerios-Cerea...9050933&sr=1-3

On top of that amazon has a "subscribe to food" feature.

If you subscribe to receive a particular food item on a periodic basis(that you set yourself), you get a 15% discount, so $13 is now $11~. Basically saved 50% on my example transaction.

My eating habits are pretty consistent, so I just subscribe to a lot of foods and get refills automatically every month without having to think about it.

Though you can subscribe to a item for the discount then unsubscribe before the next shipment, so it's basically just a flat 15% discount.


Amazon also just has a staggering variety compared to a normal grocery store, I can't even buy quinoa at my local store, but I can get 20 different types from Amazon.

The only downside is that the majority is name-brand stuff, not off-market/discount food.

Sometimes you don't want lucky charms, you want the 2 pound bag of fucking happy shapes(fortified with vitamin C!(the C is for Cadmium)).

This is great info, thank you very much!

[ClassicRed]

man ; ; My school doesnt offer email ~ Stupid online classes!

[OzzofAsura]

man ; ; My school doesnt offer email ~ Stupid online classes!

I'd rather be able to take classes at home than have the Prime membership. :D

[Kuya]

I'd rather interact with human beings face to face.

[kuronosan]

I'd rather be able to take classes at home than have the Prime membership. :D

Yea, fuck socializing!

[OzzofAsura]

You can go other places to socialize. I personally hate school with a passion, so I'm not in a social mood while I'm there anyway.

[Kerberoz]

Damn, never realized Amazon had so much bulk food. Thanks for the heads up.

[ikariiiii]

thanks OP, already saved me nearly $50 on my groceries for the next few months