{"id":20955,"date":"2015-09-24T14:21:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-24T21:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/?p=20955"},"modified":"2015-09-25T06:42:37","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:42:37","slug":"want-amazon-prime-67-heres-existing-subscribers-can-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/bens-bytes\/want-amazon-prime-67-heres-existing-subscribers-can-get\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Amazon Prime for $67? Existing subscribers are out of luck"},"content":{"rendered":"
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09\/25\/15 EDIT: Sadly, Amazon has blocked the gift subscription method as detailed below this year. It did work previously when Amazon raised the price of Prime last year. <\/strong><\/p>\n

However, gift subscriptions are now locked into a $99 price point while new subscriptions\u00a0are listed at the $67 price (when logged out of Amazon).\u00a0Hypothetically, a new email address could be used for a new account and an old account could be deactivated, but Amazon may\u00a0cancel accounts that attempt that workaround.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Did you hear Amazon is running a one day special<\/a> on Prime on Friday, Sept. 25th? While Amazon is trying to limit the promotion to new customers, there is a loophole that will allow existing customers to purchase the one-year subscription for 33% off the regular price. Directions are below:<\/p>\n

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  1. Go to the Amazon Prime gift subscription page<\/a> on\u00a0Friday, Sept. 25th.<\/li>\n
  2. Purchase a gift subscription<\/a> and email the gift\u00a0subscription to yourself. While you can send it immediately, you also have the option of sending it in the future; a few days before your\u00a0Prime membership expires, for instance.<\/li>\n
  3. Go to your Prime Central page<\/a> and click the ‘Set A Reminder’ link. Three days prior to your Prime renewal day, you will receive a reminder email. When you receive that, go back to the same page and cancel your Prime membership.<\/li>\n
  4. Once your membership is cancelled or expires, apply the gift subscription you purchased\u00a0on\u00a0Friday, Sept. 25th to re-activate your account for another year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If you happen to forget about cancelling your membership, don’t worry. You can open up a chat with Amazon to get a full refund, then apply the\u00a0gift subscription after your Prime account has been cancelled.<\/p>\n

    Of course, the one downside to this process is that you have to pay a renewal cost up front that you may not need\u00a0until next year. However, a 33% discount on Amazon Prime’s $99 yearly price\u00a0is\u00a0a much better return\u00a0than you could generate on $67 with any typical\u00a0interest bearing account over the next 12 months.<\/p>\n

    We are of the opinion that Amazon Prime is worth $99-a-year<\/a>, much less $67. Go here to read why<\/a>.<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    09\/25\/15 EDIT: Sadly, Amazon has blocked the gift subscription method as detailed below this year. It did work previously when Amazon raised the price of Prime last year. However, gift subscriptions are now locked into a $99 price point while new subscriptions\u00a0are listed at the $67 price (when logged out of Amazon).\u00a0Hypothetically, a new email […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[537,685],"class_list":["post-20955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bens-bytes","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-prime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20955"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20981,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20955\/revisions\/20981"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}