Overview
In this post I cover how to use Amazon Prime’s no-rush credits. This applies if you’re an Amazon Prime customer. I’ve gotten burned several times because the credit expired or when I tried to use it when it didn’t apply to the item that I was purchasing. I’m writing this post to remind myself how to do this and for anyone else that has wondered about this credit usage.
And to Amazon support: You’re welcome – feel free to extend my Prime Membership at your convenience 🙂
It begins at the checkout screen
What’s that you say Amazon? Get $1 if I don’t use my Amazon Prime two-day shipping? Sure – why not.
What’s that – get a $1 credit for a purchase of what item?
So what are those details?
The “Details”?
So what are “select eBooks…”? It seems simple but nothing tells you exactly what you can purchase 😦
So when you choose the no-rush shipping option…
Lets say that you love David McRaney’s podcast (the cookie eating segment is the BEST) but you don’t need the book right now. So you choose the no-rush shipping and initially nothing happens. You don’t get any information about the $1 credit until the book ships (which makes sense if you think about it – why give you the credit until your item is being shipped via the no-rush date).
When the book ships you get
Clicking on additional information once again
So here’s another explanation of the credit and what you can purchase.
But what can I purchase Amazon? I want to use that $1 wisely!
So what does this mean?
Q: It sure feels like I can use this on whatever Amazon sells – right?
A: Wrong!
I ended up contacting support regarding this and I got the scoop, skinny, and explanation.
The EXPLANATION with a delicious Hunger Games example
A very nice Amazon support associate called me back when I asked for help through the website. I told the lady (lets call her Jane) that I purchased an ebook and my dollar credit didn’t kick in. Jane empathized with my frugality based sadness. She told me that the “credit only applies to items sold by Amazon Digital Services”. I asked her for an example. She told me to look up the “Hunger Games” books. She said that the key is the “Sold by” area. If that has Amazon Digital Services then the credit applies, otherwise you’re out of luck.
She told me that I should start any search with “Amazon Digital Services” and narrow my query parameters from there.
I thanked Jane for her clear explanation and help (marking the feedback email with AWESOME).
Time to search for “Amazon Digital Services”
So first step is the general search query of “Amazon Digital Services”
Lets narrow it down based on department
Choosing “Books” for example from the department drop-down.
Narrowing the department choice further (Books in this case) using the left-side choices
The left-side menu is THE way to narrow the search criteria within a department.
For the Books department I typically use the:
- Type of book (1)
- Book format (2)
These choices are quite useful if you’re a Kindle book hoarder 🙂 .
It’s time for some sweet Space Opera Kindle Books
Here’s an example of search narrowing using the left-side choices.
Use the credit right away
To each his own of course but due to a fairly quick expiration date on the no-rush credits I suggest that you use the credit right away. Just bookmark your search query with your narrow criteria and you’re on your way.
Conclusion
So there you go. Maximum use of Amazon’s no-rush credit.
Enjoy!
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