Any deals on Amazon Prime membership?

[TwoBees]

I've held out this long but I think it's time for me to finally get a membership. Any deals? DH is anti-sharing of a membership because he thinks (no matter how many times I tell him he's wrong) that the other people will have access to our credit card info. That is not a battle I want to fight, so we'll be doing the membership on our own. I'm hoping there is some sort of holiday/after holiday membership promotion.

[AngB]

If you can get a .edu email, you can get a student membership, which is half price and all the same benefits. When I was taking pre-reqs for ultrasound school at our community college I signed up using it.

[NCGrandma]

If you can get a .edu email, you can get a student membership, which is half price and all the same benefits. When I was taking pre-reqs for ultrasound school at our community college I signed up using it.

Do you know whether you have to say that you're actually a student? At my university (like many others), faculty and staff have .edu accounts too.


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[AngB]

I don't think they can tell the difference. I wasn't even enrolled at the time. They just send an email to click through from your edu email and that is it. So I bet it would work.

[ckso]

Do you know whether you have to say that you're actually a student? At my university (like many others), faculty and staff have .edu accounts too.


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I don't think they check beyond the edu address. I got prime a few years ago when I was taking non credit parent Ed free class (they were offering free prime to students ) and now I still get offers to purchase prime at the student rate

[123LuckyMom]

Will an alumni account that ends in edu work?

[TwoBees]

Will an alumni account that ends in edu work?

I'm wondering about that too. Also, if you sign up using a .edu account, is that the email address you have to use for all purchases? Would I have to create an entirely new Amazon account with my .edu email address?

[hellokitty]

Oooh, I have a edu work addy. I never thought about this route before.

[Snow mom]

You can have amazon student through your normal email as long as you have a .edu account. At one point I had to send amazon a copy of my enrollment to re-up my student account. That only happened once in the few years I've had it though.

[123LuckyMom]

I'm wondering about that too. Also, if you sign up using a .edu account, is that the email address you have to use for all purchases? Would I have to create an entirely new Amazon account with my .edu email address?

I'm guessing that you would, well, not s new account, but you'd probably have to update your email to the .edu email. If the .edu alone is all you need, that seems like a pretty big loophole. There'd be sooooo many people who could take advantage. I don't know that I would do that. It doesn't seem right.

[ckso]

I'm wondering about that too. Also, if you sign up using a .edu account, is that the email address you have to use for all purchases? Would I have to create an entirely new Amazon account with my .edu email address?

Nope. I used my edu account to be eligible for the student discount but was able to continue to use my existing Amazon account/email address for purchases.

[rollycolly2007]

It only lasts 4 years. I just had to pay full price because I just finished nursing school, but $49 a year was nice while it lasted.


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[MSWR0319]

Did anyone get it to work with just a .edu account? My sister had a student account (has only had 2 years) and this time it renewed as a regular account. They wanted proof she was still enrolled. If she could show an ID card, transcript, or something else then they would giver her student account back.

[Simon]

Re: Student Prices. I had trouble renewing after the first year because they wanted a copy of my course schedule to give me the discount for year 2 and I only had credits without specific classes. It was a PITA so I didn't pursue, but the first year was easy.

[AngB]

Re: Student Prices. I had trouble renewing after the first year because they wanted a copy of my course schedule to give me the discount for year 2 and I only had credits without specific classes. It was a PITA so I didn't pursue, but the first year was easy.

They just renewed mine for year 3 and didn't ask for anything, weird, they automatically did it, too.

[AngB]

It only lasts 4 years. I just had to pay full price because I just finished nursing school, but $49 a year was nice while it lasted.


I actually am going back to school in a couple years- I am on the waiting list to do ultrasound school (#50-something) through our community college. I wonder if they will let me do it for more than 4 yrs when I will be able to prove I am still a student?! ETA: Nope, looked it up. Oh well, so far 3 yrs at the student level has been worth it. I don't think we use it enough to be worth the full price, though. (We don't stream much, don't have kindles, and most things I order are over 35 and don't need 2 day shipping anyway, so for 39/49 it's an ok deal but not when it doubles.)

[Mommy_Mea]

You used to be able to sign up for Amazon Prime Student using just an .edu email account, with no other proof. I had it for a year and a half that way. But then they starting asking for additional information as mentioned above, and any new account is going to require that information.

I wish I knew how to save on Prime! We just automatically renewed at $99, and I try and tell myself it is worth it!

[truly scrumptious]

Since I can't save on my Prime membership I just use the Bejesus out of it. 65 orders placed in 2012, 98 in 2013 and (ready for it?) 112 in 2014! Whoa MAMA! And we watch a fair amount on Prime streaming too. I tell myself it works out to less than a buck shipping per package. Ahem...
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