Amazon..

jamief · 30 May 2012 at 09:32

Broken Hope said:
You can tell it not to automatically renew straight after you sign up for the trial, so there's no fault with Amazon here. Though I do actually use Prime myself since it's a bargain with how much stuff I order off Amazon throughout the year.

1) Person agrees to terms & conditions
2) Person is billed, as per agreement
3) Person goes mental, merchant cancels payment as gesture of goodwill

...

5) Person rages

You couldn't make it up.

krooton · 30 May 2012 at 09:40

Entitlement culture meets diminished responsibility culture.

Lycosa · 30 May 2012 at 09:43

This was a while back when I think prime was fairly new. I probably read the T+C but I just forgot I had signed up for it. I was just a bit annoyed that the first reminder I got was from the bank along was a fine

. It's great that they refund the membership fee, but a day one reminder would saved me the fine. I understand it was my fault though

.

stockhausen · 30 May 2012 at 09:48

Amazon = FleaBay

Amazon gets more and more like FleaBay every day. Still, they are absolutely huge and make lots of money . . . for someone . . . so we mustn't criticise their shady business practices

Marky · 30 May 2012 at 09:48

You sound like a guy in my office. Whenever he has a problem with his computer, I say "What did you do?" "I didn't do anything!" "Well it doesn't just do things on its own!"

Unfortunately, you must have agreed to register with it

Your own fault

panyan · 30 May 2012 at 09:49

[FnG]magnolia;22029315 said:
At least you got your money back.

+1

Merlin5 · 16 Dec 2012 at 23:46

I did the free trial in 2009, got my goods on one-day free delivery, then remembered to cancel before the paid upgrade. Just did it again and have made a note in my phone calendar to cancel it again. My phone vocally reads out all my calendar events, so I won't forget it

Mason- · 16 Dec 2012 at 23:51

Nice thread revival. You can cancel now and you still get the free trial.

Pawnless Endgame · 16 Dec 2012 at 23:53

Someone with Capodecina status likes to necro-post!

Cleeecooo · 16 Dec 2012 at 23:58

Seeing as its been revives, I'd just like to say that I too didn't realise amazon charged me £50 last year for prime (completely my fault), but when I realised about a year later, I'd ordered and benefitted so much from it that I just paid to renew it again

Tonester0011 · 16 Dec 2012 at 23:59

Is that with the free postage they always seem to offer?
I've never bothered with that if that's the case.

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:00

Cleeecooo said:
Seeing as its been revives, I'd just like to say that I too didn't realise amazon charged me £50 last year for prime (completely my fault), but when I realised about a year later, I'd ordered and benefitted so much from it that I just paid to renew it again

I have apparently placed 70 orders in 2012.

£49 is a bargain ! That is like £0.70p for next day delivery each time.

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:01

Tonester0011 said:
Is that with the free postage they always seem to offer?
I've never bothered with that if that's the case.

There is a difference between free postage and Amazon Prime.

Free postage they often don't post it next day, or the day after, often it takes a couple of days in "processing".

Amazon Prime is next day delivery, however the caveat is you can't choose what by.

Cleeecooo · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:02

Raymond Lin said:
I have apparently placed 70 orders in 2012.

£49 is a bargain ! That is like £0.70p for next day delivery each time.

Ooh, where do I find that info?

70p for DPD next day is amazing value

E: 41 orders for me - not bad at all

Tonester0011 · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:08

Raymond Lin said:
I have apparently placed 70 orders in 2012.

£49 is a bargain ! That is like £0.70p for next day delivery each time.

I've had 7 orders this year

Raymond Lin said:
There is a difference between free postage and Amazon Prime.

Free postage they often don't post it next day, or the day after, often it takes a couple of days in "processing".

Amazon Prime is next day delivery, however the caveat is you can't choose what by.

Ohh, so if you were to order on Amazon a lot its worth the money

Might look into that if i ever start using Amazon like i used to.

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:13

Yup, and it includes Saturday delivery too.

Merlin5 · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:15

Mason- said:
Nice thread revival. You can cancel now and you still get the free trial.

I know, but I'm paranoid that they might see I've cancelled, get lazy and not guarantee my tuesday delivery anymore (probably not), plus it's a bit mean if they see I've blatantly cancelled it before I've even received my goods while they still guarantee me delivery by tuesday.

King Damager · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:28

You only get it from Amazon sellers, and Amazon processed sellers I think? Not marketplace sellers?

That's the biggest catch as I see it...

kd

Raymond Lin · 17 Dec 2012 at 00:32

King Damager said:
You only get it from Amazon sellers, and Amazon processed sellers I think? Not marketplace sellers?

That's the biggest catch as I see it...

kd

You can filter the page by Amazon Prime eligibility. Normally if there is a fee on postage then it is 3rd Party and not guarantee next day.

Name · 17 Dec 2012 at 01:41

So many people have clicked the free trial and then not cancelled, amazon must be rolling.