Anyone here try Amazon Prime free trial? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

dem00n · 10-19-2013, 03:01 PM

Always get offered to try it via Amazon. If you try it do they always bug you about purchasing the membership afterwords? Whats the catch eh?

Thanks.

TestaRossa · 10-19-2013, 05:28 PM

No catch, just make sure you check "Do not continue" in the prime membership page after you start the free trial.

infinite012 · 10-19-2013, 06:52 PM

When you sign up, you give them your credit card number. At the end of the trial, they will charge you the full re-up price unless you specifically exclude your Prime trial.

Yruyur · 10-19-2013, 07:31 PM

Prime is free for expecting moms and discounted for students.

Sent from a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

OrbitalEllipses · 10-19-2013, 07:49 PM

Steep discount for students.

Rockstar Lifestyle · 10-19-2013, 08:54 PM

I'm on the 6 month student free trial. So far, it's been nothing but beneficial. Even non-school related items that qualify for Prime have been 2-day shipped for free.

Try it out, if you don't want to pay for the full service, just cancel the re-up.

infinite012 · 10-19-2013, 09:24 PM

I've signed up using 3 different school email addresses. I have a 4th that I could use, but I feel like I've benefited for long enough (2.5 years free Prime...). I re-upped with the student discount @ $39.99 I think.

Andrew025 · 10-19-2013, 09:50 PM

If you shop on Amazon a lot it is incredible and well worth the $80 a year.

kanundrum · 10-20-2013, 12:32 AM

I pay for prime, you can share it up to 5 accounts. Charge my buddies $15 each and it all works out.

Worth it

Dadhawk · 10-20-2013, 02:29 PM

I've had the paid Prime account for a couple of years, easily pays for itself in the shipping we save although you do have to comparison shop because sometimes price+shipping can be cheaper than Amazon Prime price since not every 3rd party on Amazon is covered by Amazon prime.

You also get 20G of cloud storage and you can upload all your music to the cloud that doesn't count against the quota. I have a houseful of musicians with varying tastes so we have about 100G of music from about every genre.

I use the Amazon Music Player on my phone in the car all the time, plus have all my family's photos (20 years worth of digital photos) backed up to the account, along with encrypted backups of other important documents.

Basically that function alone is worth the price of admission when compared to other online backup options.

jarviz · 10-20-2013, 07:59 PM

Amazon Prime is a hell of a deal even if you don't get a discount... assuming you do a lot of your shopping on amazon.

n2oinferno · 10-20-2013, 09:53 PM

I had the trial for Amazon Mom years ago when it first launched. Last year I finally bit the bullet and signed up for Prime. If you don't have Netflix, the streaming alone is worth it, since Netflix will get you for roughly $95/yr. If you do have Netflix, Amazon has some deals with other companies and a good amount of non-Netflix content.

Free shipping is awesome though. And 3.99 per item overnight. Can't beat it.

YourFearlessLeader · 10-20-2013, 10:43 PM

love having prime. I hate waiting for goods to ship so guaranteed two day shipping sold me

SigmaHyperion · 10-20-2013, 10:54 PM

Prime is probably the single best deal mankind has ever created.

I buy everything online. Literally. If it's not food (and even some of that) and it's in my house -- odds are damned good that it was bought online, and almost exclusively from Amazon. And all of it ships for free, and if I really need it, I can overnight it for $4.

When I bought my new house, right after closing I bought a bunch of furniture off Amazon. Rooms full of the stuff. Overnighted for $4. In about 16hrs I had it delivered. They Express Air overnighted furniture for $4. I probably filled up the belly of an entire plane. Plus a good size LTL truck on each end of the move. $4. Local stores were $100-$200 in delivery charges, cost more for the item of course (in some cases a LOT more), and there were wait times of days. And they were "LOCAL".

I had 136 Amazon orders last year (not counting the overnights), many of which contained multiple boxes. At $80/yr, that's about $0.60 per shipment, and probably about $0.30/box. And there's about a 50/50 chance that the standard "2-day" shipments will arrive in 1-day anyways; especially when I order on a Thursday, as they'll usually make sure the shipment arrives on Friday rather than waiting until Monday.

Best. Deal. Ever.

10-19-2013, 03:01 PM	#1
dem00n Member of the year - 2016 Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: New York Posts: 3,575 Thanks: 788 Thanked 2,427 Times in 1,111 Posts Mentioned: 23 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Anyone here try Amazon Prime free trial? Always get offered to try it via Amazon. If you try it do they always bug you about purchasing the membership afterwords? Whats the catch eh? Thanks. __________________ Friends don't let friends Plastidip

10-19-2013, 07:31 PM	#4
Yruyur Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Scion fr-s asphalt M/T Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,192 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 1,631 Times in 941 Posts Mentioned: 96 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Prime is free for expecting moms and discounted for students. Sent from a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X __________________

10-19-2013, 09:50 PM	#8
Andrew025 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Neptune GR86 Location: Portland Posts: 3,862 Thanks: 1,438 Thanked 3,505 Times in 1,806 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	If you shop on Amazon a lot it is incredible and well worth the $80 a year. __________________

10-20-2013, 12:32 AM	#9
kanundrum Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FR-S Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 5,364 Thanks: 2,704 Thanked 3,016 Times in 1,711 Posts Mentioned: 106 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	I pay for prime, you can share it up to 5 accounts. Charge my buddies $15 each and it all works out. Worth it __________________ Ive spent most of my life racing... The rest I just wasted

10-20-2013, 02:29 PM	#10
Dadhawk 1st86 Driver! Join Date: Feb 2012 Drives: '13 FR-S (#3 of 1st 86) Location: Powder Springs, GA Posts: 19,845 Thanks: 38,907 Thanked 25,001 Times in 11,401 Posts Mentioned: 182 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	I've had the paid Prime account for a couple of years, easily pays for itself in the shipping we save although you do have to comparison shop because sometimes price+shipping can be cheaper than Amazon Prime price since not every 3rd party on Amazon is covered by Amazon prime. You also get 20G of cloud storage and you can upload all your music to the cloud that doesn't count against the quota. I have a houseful of musicians with varying tastes so we have about 100G of music from about every genre. I use the Amazon Music Player on my phone in the car all the time, plus have all my family's photos (20 years worth of digital photos) backed up to the account, along with encrypted backups of other important documents. Basically that function alone is worth the price of admission when compared to other online backup options. __________________ Olivia 05/03/2012 - 01/06/2024. 231,146 glorious miles. Visit my Owner's Journal where I wax philosophic on all things FR-S Post your 86 or see others in front of a(n) (in)famous landmark. What fits in your 86? Show us the "Junk In Your Trunk".

10-19-2013, 06:52 PM	#3
infinite012 Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 13 DGM BRZ Ltd Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 974 Thanks: 294 Thanked 470 Times in 255 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	When you sign up, you give them your credit card number. At the end of the trial, they will charge you the full re-up price unless you specifically exclude your Prime trial.

10-19-2013, 07:49 PM	#5
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,889 Times in 2,902 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Steep discount for students.

10-19-2013, 08:54 PM	#6
Rockstar Lifestyle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Drives: 2013 Whiteout FR-S Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 119 Thanks: 133 Thanked 57 Times in 27 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I'm on the 6 month student free trial. So far, it's been nothing but beneficial. Even non-school related items that qualify for Prime have been 2-day shipped for free. Try it out, if you don't want to pay for the full service, just cancel the re-up.

10-19-2013, 09:24 PM	#7
infinite012 Banned Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: 13 DGM BRZ Ltd Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 974 Thanks: 294 Thanked 470 Times in 255 Posts Mentioned: 17 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	I've signed up using 3 different school email addresses. I have a 4th that I could use, but I feel like I've benefited for long enough (2.5 years free Prime...). I re-upped with the student discount @ $39.99 I think.

10-20-2013, 07:59 PM	#11
jarviz Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Raven FRS MT Location: Queens, NY Posts: 965 Thanks: 76 Thanked 249 Times in 125 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Amazon Prime is a hell of a deal even if you don't get a discount... assuming you do a lot of your shopping on amazon.

10-20-2013, 09:53 PM	#12
n2oinferno Praise Helix! Join Date: Jan 2011 Drives: Accord 2.0T, Silverado Location: Upstate SC Posts: 2,859 Thanks: 428 Thanked 2,208 Times in 1,072 Posts Mentioned: 11 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	I had the trial for Amazon Mom years ago when it first launched. Last year I finally bit the bullet and signed up for Prime. If you don't have Netflix, the streaming alone is worth it, since Netflix will get you for roughly $95/yr. If you do have Netflix, Amazon has some deals with other companies and a good amount of non-Netflix content. Free shipping is awesome though. And 3.99 per item overnight. Can't beat it.

10-20-2013, 10:54 PM	#14
SigmaHyperion Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 SWP BRZ Limited Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 207 Thanks: 9 Thanked 131 Times in 73 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Prime is probably the single best deal mankind has ever created. I buy everything online. Literally. If it's not food (and even some of that) and it's in my house -- odds are damned good that it was bought online, and almost exclusively from Amazon. And all of it ships for free, and if I really need it, I can overnight it for $4. When I bought my new house, right after closing I bought a bunch of furniture off Amazon. Rooms full of the stuff. Overnighted for $4. In about 16hrs I had it delivered. They Express Air overnighted furniture for $4. I probably filled up the belly of an entire plane. Plus a good size LTL truck on each end of the move. $4. Local stores were $100-$200 in delivery charges, cost more for the item of course (in some cases a LOT more), and there were wait times of days. And they were "LOCAL". I had 136 Amazon orders last year (not counting the overnights), many of which contained multiple boxes. At $80/yr, that's about $0.60 per shipment, and probably about $0.30/box. And there's about a 50/50 chance that the standard "2-day" shipments will arrive in 1-day anyways; especially when I order on a Thursday, as they'll usually make sure the shipment arrives on Friday rather than waiting until Monday. Best. Deal. Ever.

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