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Amazon Prime Reduced to $79 USD [~$105 AUD] on Friday 19th PST

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Amazon Prime Reduced to $79 USD [~$105 AUD] on Friday 19th PST
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easternculture on 17/11/2016 - 09:41 bgr.com (287 clicks)
Last edited 18/11/2016 - 18:49 by 3 other users

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it will offer a limited-time discount on Prime memberships this Friday. From 12:00AM PST on Friday morning all the way until 11:59PM PST on Friday night, the cost of a 1-year Amazon Prime subscription will drop from $99 annually, which is already a great price, to just $79. That $20 discount won’t come along with any restrictions at all — you’ll be able to enjoy all the same Amazon Prime benefits that everyone else enjoys.

Mod 18/11 650pm: Removed "(Combine with $25 TopCashBack Amazon GC)" from the title as that is incorrect, that deal expires when this one starts.

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  • Turd on 17/11/2016 - 09:42

    So $79-$25 ? = ?

    • easternculture on 17/11/2016 - 09:42
      +11

      $54

      • Turd on 17/11/2016 - 09:43
        +1

        Thank you!

    • dealspider on 17/11/2016 - 11:01
      +1

      Do you know how to get the Cashback $25?

  • Grok on 17/11/2016 - 09:47
    +9

    The best benefit is free delivery and we do not get that here.

    • spackbace on 17/11/2016 - 09:49

      And the Grand Tour guys announced that the show will be free in December (so won't need Prime to view it)

      • blackjacknz on 17/11/2016 - 09:54
        +2

        I thought the announcement was that Prime would be available in Aus from Dec…so will still need to subscribe to watch (legally)?

        • spackbace on 17/11/2016 - 10:04

          Hmm could be. I just know they said it would be available to a few hundred countries or something

        • Mobe1969 on 17/11/2016 - 10:54

          Yeah I can't figure out what is happening either. Maybe to get it here without mucking about with VPN you'll need to buy it from Amazon Au, like you can with kindle books. I'll have to wait and see.

      • ozbargainer2 on 17/11/2016 - 12:13

        Would you mind sharing the link to this?

  • spackbace on 17/11/2016 - 09:48

    Already down to £59 @ Amazon UK, has been for a couple of days

  • idjces on 17/11/2016 - 09:50
    +1

    Could someone outline the benefits for those of us not living in America? I'm in the 30 day free trial, and so far the only useful feature I have noticed is 20% off pre-order games (physical copies only)

    • easternculture on 17/11/2016 - 09:56
      +1

      You get access to Amazon video

      • Hypnotoad on 17/11/2016 - 10:19
        +2

        also unlimited photo storage, Amazon music streaming and access to Kindle Library where you can borrow books for free.

        • cmcv on 17/11/2016 - 12:28

          The books are they new releases? or ones Amazon chooses just.

        • Hypnotoad on 17/11/2016 - 13:31

          @cmcv: A mixture, you have to set your Kindle account to US to access

        • iimech on 17/11/2016 - 13:50

          How to set up Amazon music streaming please? It asked for a credit card detail and will not accept Oz credit card?

    • Obake on 17/11/2016 - 09:58
      +1

      I'm also wondering this. I guess one benefit would be the streaming services, but I don't stream so there's no benefit for me.

      We might be able to take advantage of the shopping benefits when amazon open up shop in Australia?

      • Hypnotoad on 17/11/2016 - 10:16
        +1

        Pretty sure that Prime membership is country specific, so even if you bought a Prime membership in the US you'd need to buy another one for Australia next year when they setup their business here.

  • yametekudasai on 17/11/2016 - 10:16
    +2

    Amazon Prime in China first year 188RMB(/5 = less than 40AUD),
    enjoy unlimited free shipping oversea

    would be good if we have the same thing in AU

    • Turd on 17/11/2016 - 10:24
      +1

      You think? Aussies are rich so the AU price for prime most likely will be $100-$150 a year. My speculation.

  • JuryWheel on 17/11/2016 - 10:58

    Slightly off topic, but which freight forwarder do people use these days from the US? Any deals?

    • Mobe1969 on 17/11/2016 - 11:06

      Aus Posts service has a 15% off I believe, from some email I got from them earlier this week.

      • JuryWheel on 17/11/2016 - 11:28

        Cool, link?

        • Mobe1969 on 17/11/2016 - 11:33
          +1

          Christmas is almost here, so it’s the best time to start shopping, and also take advantage of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday online sales which start on 25 November 2016. Just use your ShopMate USA postal address and Australia’s Little Helper will deliver your Christmas gifts from the USA.

          Plus, until 31 December 2016 enjoy 15% off shipping* by entering 15OFF at the ShopMate checkout.

          With your free ShopMate postal address you can buy your family the gifts you couldn’t before.

          http://shopmate.auspost.com.au/

    • coxymla on 17/11/2016 - 11:35

      Freight forwarding is pretty rubbish. Search for items that ship internationally (Amazon Global eligible) with the checkbox on the left hand side in the search results.

    • idjces on 17/11/2016 - 20:52

      I've used shipito recently. It seems expensive, but i guess that might be because amazon and ebay probably get better rates from the freight companies.

      On the plus side, they take automatic photos of the parcels as they arrive, you can pay easily with paypal. Everything works smoothly.

      On the negative side, it's expensive, I think i read they had new owners recently and people have commented on the service going downhill. It was fine for the 2-3 packages i used. $2 per package that arrives, a further $3 to consolidate each package. And then freight was typically in the $50+ range

  • bargainshooter on 17/11/2016 - 11:24
    +1

    That topcashback GC terms are that you spend $99 for prime membership. Will this discount still track for the GC?

    • spackbace on 18/11/2016 - 18:51

      Deal from Top Cashback expires before the discounted Prime starts (which seems understandable)

      • easternculture on 19/11/2016 - 01:20

        Not true . The Amazon prime deal was activated early at around 5pm. Was able to go through the top cashback link for $25 and Amazon checkout gave me $20 off prime

        • spackbace on 19/11/2016 - 01:58

          And yet you didn't update anyone on here, any members who commented who were interested.

          Well done.

        • easternculture on 19/11/2016 - 08:07

          @Spackbace:

          As if I knew topcashback would cease the offer

          I don't sit on ozbargain all day so YMMV

  • 0 0 0 on 17/11/2016 - 12:49

    Can you use the kindle library in Australia without VPN? My US kindle account has already been blocked with Amazon requesting proof of residency in the US.

    • Hypnotoad on 17/11/2016 - 13:32

      No, unfortunately you have to have your Kindle account set to the US to access the library. Hopefully they bring it to Australia next year.

  • dealspider on 17/11/2016 - 13:02

    If I use the referral link from the TopCashback, it shows me $99 at the checkout.

    • easternculture on 17/11/2016 - 13:27
      +2

      Deal not active yet

      • dealspider on 17/11/2016 - 13:47

        Thanks, my bad PST missed that "tiny" details :)

    • spackbace on 18/11/2016 - 18:51

      Deal from Top Cashback expires before the discounted Prime starts (which seems understandable)

  • Hypnotoad on 18/11/2016 - 09:55
    +1

    According to Lifehacker you can now watch Prime Video without a VPN from Australia

    http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2016/11/how-to-watch-amazon-pri…

    • aarick on 18/11/2016 - 17:34
      +1

      yup, but only for amazon original shows. Great for the Grand Tour.

    • ACTGBilly on 18/11/2016 - 21:32
      +2

      Just bought UK Prime. Grand Tour is streaming now! Thanks!

  • MightyAtom on 18/11/2016 - 16:16

    How in the hell are you supposed to get this stupid discount?

    I went to the prime website which said "join Amazon Prime for $79" only option was "start 30 day trial", did that and my account says renews for $99/year. Found the link to add $79 Prime to cart but won't let me purchase it because I'm a member even after cancelling trial?

    • spackbace on 18/11/2016 - 16:19

      Starts at 7pm AEDT…

  • mostlygordon on 18/11/2016 - 16:22

    Anyone worked out a way to use this for renewals? The discount does not apply to gift membership this year:(

  • iimech on 18/11/2016 - 23:57
    +1

    I am on free trial and it won't let me get this deal.

    • MightyAtom on 19/11/2016 - 09:53

      I had the same problem because of the trial. Just did a chat with Amazon customer support, they cancelled the prime trial on their back end so I could add it to cart at the discounted price.

  • Toons on 19/11/2016 - 17:15

    Yesterday there was a whole media frenzy with little information about Amazon prime

    Amazon were sparse with details even how to obtain discount for the membership and using a sketchy marketing and false advertisement in the process

    This deal was validated in an incorrect context by the companies making a glut of money from people subscribing

    This was all part of a marketing strategy by Amazon and Gawker using its australian bloggers to bend the truth on the below .com.au sites

    Anyway make of this what you will but if gawker needs to answer to FTC in the US then the .com.au sites should have to answer to the ACC or something appropriate

    "………………………………………………………………..

    All articles yesterday were misleading at best from the below just to raise revenue on mass for gawker and Amazon

    I could do nothing to warn people which disappointed me. Being new to the forum I didn't know how to speak to moderator

    Amazon plus all the companies below that were running articles about Amazon opening its doors were all just dodgy marketing

    "How Amazon.com Links are Handled on Gawker Media Websites"

    Gawker Media runs some of the most popular websites in the world. These include sites like Gizmodo, Kotaku, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Deadspin and the eponymous Gawker.com.

    Literally thousands of reviews, news articles, editorials and informational blog posts are hosted on Gawker Media's family of websites.

    Given the consumer and tech-driven nature of many of Gawler Media's websites, it should come as no surprise that many of their articles mention Amazon.com or products that can be purchased through Amazon.com. In addition, a careful search for Amazon.com links found in Gawker Media websites returns many hundreds of results and perhaps more.

    Yes the 2 parent companies have a marketing deal in place

    I'm just too new to add a negative to the deal or post this yesterday due to the shoddy nature of what went on

    • spackbace on 19/11/2016 - 18:51

      Wtf are you on about? They advertised US$20 off, they sold it for US$20 off…

      And still are, for another 8mins at the time of writing this

      • Toons on 19/11/2016 - 19:53

        They were indicating that the the full service would work media and all instead it didn't.

        All the websites above were indicating that you could now get full access to everything when they had a vested interest in you signing up under false pretences many webpages have been edited today

        Thousands of people joined yesterday believing they were getting the full prime service

        not sure what you want the service for, 20$ off for a naff service but if your happy with it great

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