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*Reminder* Free Amazon Prime Membership for Students (Value $79)

October 18, 2010 by 5 Comments

This deal has expired and may no longer be valid.

**Update: Just a reminder that this offer is still available to any student with a valid .edu email address.

Students that have a valid .edu email address and that create an account can sign up for a free one-year subscription to Amazon Prime. Amazon Prime normally costs $79 and entitles you to free 2-day shipping with no minimum purchase on most everything you can buy at Amazon.com. You are, in essence, creating a student account on Amazon and agreeing to receive emails from Amazon with special deals and promotions. If you opt out of the emails, then your free Prime membership cancels. If you won’t be able to resist buying stuff from their marketing emails, then skip this deal because it’ll cost you in the long run. (Note: You can always filter the emails to go directly to junk mail if you’re really concerned about temptation.)

The good news though, is that this is a totally free offer with no risk of an auto-renewal in a year. I just signed my husband up, as he is a graduate school student, and just to be on the safe side I will double check the Amazon Prime settings to be sure that auto-renew is disabled (you’ll find that under “Your Account” and “Manage Prime Membership.”)

I don’t sign up for many free trial-type offers, but every time I can get one with Amazon Prime I do it because, hey…free shipping…need this online shopper say more?

Your turn: How do you keep your shipping costs down when you buy things online?

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About Carrie Rocha

I am passionate about helping people live within their means so they can get out and stay out of debt. I live in Minneapolis, MN with my husband and two little girls.

  • Kate

    Normally, we "save up" the items we want to buy so we qualify for the free shipping, or check in with each other: is there something you've been wanting to get that would get us over the $25 minimum? Often there's a book that's been on our wish lists for a number of months that does it if we don't already have it. I'm looking in the future for ways to save $ and time on odds and ends you can get through Amazon–and 2 day, free! shipping is just really nice!

  • Brian

    I signed up for the membership but was unable to find information regarding the auto-renew. Any suggestions on where i can find out more information about this? Thanks!!

  • Lorie

    I also am looking for info on the auto renew. Can you help?

    • http://www.pocketyourdollars.com Carrie Rocha

      Log in to your account, then click "Your Account" in the upper right hand corner. Then under "Settings" click on "Amazon Student Membership." From there you can see the details. Does that help?

  • TGP

    As a disabled shopper, I do much of my shopping online. It would be nice if Amazon had a similar program for the disabled. As socially-conscious as they are, I'm surprised they don't. Anyway, that's my two-cents worth.