Yeah, I almost exclusively do audible due to my dyslexia but I'm grateful for what I have. Not much of a gamer anymore. That might change if I can start supporting myself with a passive income but not likely as a passive income still has to be managed. I'll consider prime reading though.
I have been going thru Cancer for about 15 months now, and had bone marrow transplant in March. Amazon Prime has saved me!!! I have picc line and can not lift much, but being home now and using your company have been a God send!! Everything {food} is the freshest...and always delivered cold! IF I CAN CATCH THE DELIVERY, the man will put box inside my front door...and I just take out one item at a time.LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
I really don't know how Amazon treats their employees because I have never worked for Amazon. But, as a prime customer, i personally want to thank every Amazon employee. Every warehouse worker, every driver, and even every corporate employee. Thanks for getting my orders to me.
Disclaimer: Skipping the Prime Shipping for the Extra $ does NOT stack. You can only use $5 at a time. Over a month I was skipping quick shipping to use on Prime Pantry only to realize I couldn't use all like $40 I had saved up. Not too worth it in my opinion since you need X amount for free shipping anyway.
one can live cradle to grave with Amazon. With video/music streaming and food delivery...one can live entire life without leaving the house. If Amazon goes into mortuary services...plan will be complete ;)
also prime family, you can add other family member to the account to take advantage of the free next day delivery service. (in uk anyway not sure if it's same in usa)
Yes. this works great for us-my mother is the primary on the account, 🌱 and we added me so I get Prime shipping, video, and a bunch of other things mentioned in the vid. There's a lot of apps for the Fire stick 🔥 and i was able to add Kodi to it (i had to unlock it myself which voids warranty)👻 AND... I'm so glad I can access 🔓 Prime channels subscriptions, which are streaming video add-ons like Starz, Comic-Con, HBO NOW etc.. Each add-on offers a free trial for a week or a month sometimes, then they charge a monthly fee for each a la carte service❕ It's still so much less than paying for cable! Amazon lets us CUT the CABLE 🔑 🌎
I love my digital credits and I use the Prime music all the time on my phone. I support local small businesses, but I prefer Amazon over chain stores - I hate shopping, especially during the holidays. It's nice to have everything delivered to me. Thanks for the video, there's a few things listed I didn't know about!
In my area for a few months at the end of 2016 my 2-day orders were taking about 4 days. They seemed to have fixed their issues here. The last several orders have actually arrived on time. I think it depends on the area whether your orders gets to you on time. Hopefully they fix it for you. 65% is not good enough. :)
Yeah, me too. I hate when they use UPS. They say they don't ship on weekends, (but they do), and will sit on your package if early. Also seems like the 2 day shipping only counts after they get around to shipping it - that might take a few days. This could mean 4 or 5 days, unless I order on a Monday. Like, I order Monday and it takes a day or two to ship, say so late Tuesday that it Wednesday morning. It might be in town on Friday, but misses the truck. I'd love to drive the couple miles and pick it up, but they don't let me, so I have to wait until Monday night for UPS to show up - over 7 days for two day shipping.
I hear ya. I've been using Amazon going on 11 years now. When I first started some stuff would come next day if I ordered in the morning. I noticed the change last year, too. They don't tend to pull the order the same day. I suspect something fishy with the time from printing the shipping label to the time the item gets to the shipper. Wish I could call them direct and tell them not to print the shipping label until they actually pull the item. (Sometimes the computer is wrong and they don't have the item.)
It is also very easy to add tax exempt status to your Amazon account if you are a reseller on non profit which will apply to all future purchases automatically. You can also selectively exclude certain purchases from this if for example you are a non-profit but want to order stuff for yourself.
Thanks Matt & team! I can really use the tips for navigating Prime day! I'm in need of household project items like a power paint sprayer & exterior window shades etc.! Hoping for better luck this year!
In the UK, it's free next day delivery no matter the cost of the item purchased. I've also had things delivered in under 12 hours, bearing in mind I don't live in a city, just a town, I would say the delivery thing is by far the best perk.
I spread the word on the 5% store card account credit every time I have an Amazon Prime conversation with someone. It's surprising how many users aren't aware of this amazing perk! By the way, Amazon now includes their Visa card for the 5% credit. Through May of this year we have received $210 in credits! Gotta love Amazon Prime.
When you are buying multiple prime items, you can select all but one of them as no-rush, often all items will be packaged together and delivered with prime shipping and you will get the reward for the no-rush items anyway.
I used Amazon Locker when I purchased a computer book. I picked it up at my local Safeway. They have a row of lockers and once your order is confirmed, one of the lockers opens with your purchase. Pretty cool!!
No joke about the amazon prime credit card. We place all our food, gas, and our daycare expenses on it and everything on amazon to include the pantry. We account for those expenses any way and pay off the card every month. We have to pay for those things any way, mines as well get some cash back with it. In the three months since getting the card we have with our cash back have been able to buy a echo dot and a hue lighting system. It has payed off very well. 5% on amazon orders, 2% on gas and food. It adds up quick.
Same here. Since they raised their prices. I started using the credit card a little more to offset the cost. I get cash back from gas, food and every day things.
The one-day delivery is crap. My area qualifies and I select items with the free one-day delivery and it either arrives in two days or I get excuses in my shopping cart that x item no longer qualifies or stock is low or charge $5.99 even if the cost is over $35. I'm okay with the two-day delivery, but I hate when they advertise something and specifically shove in my face that HEY THIS ITEM QUALIFIES FOR ONE-DAY DELIVERY ACT NOW!!! and it really doesn't. The thing I hate is it will say "Guaranteed Delivery of 03/27/2017" for example, but when I submit the order and go to orders it says "Estimated Delivery: No later than 03/28/2017 at 8:00 PM".
I've also had some odd delivery issues. I've had items marked delivered but arrived the next day. And I ordered a dozen storage containers with lids. They were 5 days late (7 total) and missing one container. Also, I don't understand why they had to put that box in a much larger box, when it all it needed was a shipping label. My review wouldn't post and I'm having trouble figuring out how to contact anyone.
There own delivery service, AMZL_US, is the worst! I would only get my items about 50% of the time when that service was used. When they did come, they'd sometime leave the package in the lobby of my very large apartment building, and not leave me any kind of notice that it was there, so it was often gone once I found out it had been delivered. I finally complained to executive customer service at their corporate headquarters, and they noted on my account not to use AMZL_US. That means I can't get anything that's offered for next day delivery, but I never need that anyway. By the way, their delivery is one or two business-day delivery AFTER the item is ready to ship. Not everything is shipped the same day you order it.
Thank you for the Prime reading thing. I knew about all the others but never knew I can read magazine for free with Prime. It really makes you wonder how much money or power Amazon has to make all these things free for a measly £79 a year.
there's also the Prime Now app for people in major cities. free 2 hour delivery for select items. they don't always have what you need, but when they do it's nice to get stuff in a couple hours. they suggest a tip for the delivery driver, but that's "optional" lol.
Amazon Maps - your maps and GPS Amazon Tech - advice from a real person on technology Amazon Bakery - fresh baked bread sent to your house each week Amazon Vacations - book your dream vacation to over 500 destinations around the world Amazon Child care - get babysitters on demand. Amazon Health - speak with a nurse about any health problems Amazon Lawn - get your lawn mowed and bushes trimmed
One thing about the Prime Credit Card, even though it is Visa Signature, it does not offer price protection. So yes, you get 5% back off any purchase, but you lose the ability to price match as Price Matching is no longer Amazon's policy. Game changer for me and why I stopped using the Amazon Prime CC.
I recently discovered Prime Reading, I love it! There is also Amazon Restaurants (likes Grub Hub or UberEats) and like I like that a few of my favorite restaurants are on there.
If you do another video you should mention the Underground app from Amazon. They offer free versions of apps and app games and even pay for anything you buy in game (eg. Extra Lives, or Hints in puzzle games that you normally have to pay for with micro transactions.)
Last Christmas, I chose the no rush option for most of my gifts. I order 7 gifts early in December. 3 out of the 7 gifts I ordered, NEVER got delivered.
Don't forget that the Amazon Store Card offers special financing for card holders. They have 6, 12, and 24 month financing on alot items - that's how I got my 4K TV. (24 month financing)
godly pursuit if you were to get two $5 dollar rewards you can't use $10 off on one purchase. you have to make two purchases using 1 $5 reward each. no more than just $5 off each cart purchase, even if you have $100 in rewards or points or whatever you want to call the $5 coupon. only 1 can be redeemed at a time.
Thanks Mr. Gumbo, I was not aware of the Kindle Owners Lending Library. I am going to look on there for some books to help me build my RUclips Channel up.
TechGumbo: I only recently discovered this channel and have been binge watching most of your video's. Some fantastic tutorials. Now Subscribed and thumbs up on every video I've watched. Keep up the excellent work.
About Amazon Music, if you are a Prime member you can also get the paid version for $7.99 a month. I switched from Spotify to save $2 a month and Im very happy with the service/app. The free version did not appeal to me as it is missing a lot of content I specifically listen to, I can deal with 8 bucks a month.
4:33 Yeah I'm skeptical about that. You know with audible it gives you a "free audio book", but if you actually do choose your "free audio book" they'll charge you a subscription fee for that "free" audio book.
I don't know how I got to become an Amazon Prime member but I have been since they introduced it. Now, at least I have a clue what benefits are available.
Prime Video was just released to Prime Canada in Dec 2016. But it's very limited like NetFlix Canada compared to the US version. It's funny because The Man in the High Castle has been filmed in Vancouver for the past two years. And we could not see it in Canada until Dec. We also get same day shipping in Vancouver and Toronto. But not so much elsewhere in Canada.
Thank you SO much for this. I almost gave up my membership b/c I currently live in Alaska & the shipping is not stellar. I'm moving soon and will be able to enjoy the faster shipping & now, all these other features that you've brought to my attention. Kudos!
Got this e-mail yesterday morning. Amazon Music is retiring the Music Storage service, which allows customers to upload and store up to 250 songs in a personal cloud library. Our records indicate you have uploaded one or more songs through your Amazon account in the past. To keep, download, and play your uploaded songs at no extra cost, simply open a web browser, go to your Music Settings, and click the "Keep my songs" button to direct us to save them to the cloud. Otherwise, your uploaded songs will be removed from your library on April 30, 2018. Your Amazon Music digital purchases will continue to remain securely stored for playback and download -- no further action is required to retain those. These changes will not impact your ability to stream Prime Music or Amazon Music Unlimited. It's becoming an every day change of some kind. Very dissatisfied with the changes, Amazon is making. Sorry if I don't reply to any comments, Kindle Fire HD Tablet 10.1" 5th Generation sucks. Will buy a Android or iPad, when this piece of crap dies.
Can't even edit my comment. >.< Their Silk browser sucks & Opera Mini browser is the only alternative. Their Google app's, are a joke. 98% of the time I never get notifications. Best Regards if you have a Kindle Tablet. Only good thing is if you're a senior citizen or have low income assistance, you can get Prime for $5.00 a month.
You can also get free apps with prime. you just have to download the "amazon underground" app off of their website. It also has better shopping deals that the original shopping app
You stated that Kindle First allows you to rent 1 book per month from a selected list (there are usually six KF books offered each month). KF books are not rented, they are purchased (for $0.00) and you are allowed to keep them as with any free book you "buy" from Amazon. Only one KF book per month is free -- if you want one of the other books offered by KF, you do have to pay for it.
This video was very useful, I use prime for deliveries and have the firestick so I get all the prime movies and shows. I read 4-5 kindle stories per month, so the kindle read feature mentioned in the vid is going to save me 20/25% per month on books. Incidentally, I pay £7.99 per month for movies, deliveries, music and kindle read. Well done techgumbo you are saving me money! thanks.
Thanks for the video and list. But to be honest, I wouldn't use most of that stuff. I joined Prime during the free trial to get free two day shipping always. Things were good for a while there but no longer. In the past 2 months Amazon has botched five of my orders and almost always delays my package beyond the two day shipping window. Since this is the only reason why I use it I am now seriously considering cancelling.
i first got it when amazon bought out lovefilm which i was a member of it was a postal DVD rental service as i had an account with amazon when they took over lovefilm they just upgraded me to to amazon prime. which is great as i can also still rent blu rays and DVD by post as well as streaming which is good as i can never get good quality when streaming as my internet connection not that good, so discs are still the better option when it comes to HD. i do like the shipping options as well
I'm not sure if I'm going to keep amazon prime. A lot of their movies that sound that they are good movies, are not in HD. That's a big disappointment since I don't watch non HD movies or movies in the old 4 x 3 TV format. Movies was the main reason I wanted Amazon prime. I will admit that I have gotten a couple of good deals and I do like the two day free shipping. Comes in handy when buying cables, DVD's, accessories for my iphone and so forth. Another downside is if there is a price drop in an item, Amazon will not give credit. You have to cancel the purchase ship it back, and buy it again. Sounds like a waste because that adds to their open box items which they sell at a lower price. With Best buy, who matches prices, you take it to the store, and they'll cancel the purchase and you buy the same item again without having to take it to the store.
yeah, now if you complain about it to amazon they say "well it is only two days once it ships ! it might take a month before it ships" and then i say then do not fucking tell me i will get it in two days. fraud is fraud, and amazon loves to tell lies.
According to an email I received from Amazon, the free unlimited photo storage on Amazon Drive is going away. After July 27 (my subscription date), I'd have to pay $60/yr to keep it.
Here's a 30-day free trial for you to try out Amazon Prime amzn.to/2L29TN6
Yeah, I almost exclusively do audible due to my dyslexia but I'm grateful for what I have. Not much of a gamer anymore. That might change if I can start supporting myself with a passive income but not likely as a passive income still has to be managed. I'll consider prime reading though.
is that true they give 6 month free trail for student ?
I have been going thru Cancer for about 15 months now, and had bone marrow transplant in March. Amazon Prime has saved me!!! I have picc line and can not lift much, but being home now and using your company have been a God send!! Everything {food} is the freshest...and always delivered cold! IF I CAN CATCH THE DELIVERY, the man will put box inside my front door...and I just take out one item at a time.LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
I really don't know how Amazon treats their employees because I have never worked for Amazon. But, as a prime customer, i personally want to thank every Amazon employee. Every warehouse worker, every driver, and even every corporate employee. Thanks for getting my orders to me.
At head office, at least, it isn't well.
Disclaimer: Skipping the Prime Shipping for the Extra $ does NOT stack. You can only use $5 at a time. Over a month I was skipping quick shipping to use on Prime Pantry only to realize I couldn't use all like $40 I had saved up. Not too worth it in my opinion since you need X amount for free shipping anyway.
That would be nice if they stacked. At least you get to save around $5 on future orders. :)
Oh bummer, thanks for the heads up.
Sometimes the slow shipping gives $1 off digital purchases like Prime Video, and those do stack!
I feel bad for you having to wait so much for only 5 dollars
I wish they'd go back to offering Audible credits for taking the slow shipping. That was awesome.
one can live cradle to grave with Amazon. With video/music streaming and food delivery...one can live entire life without leaving the house. If Amazon goes into mortuary services...plan will be complete ;)
lol!
they are close :-)
www.amazon.com/Titan-Casket-Orion-20-Silver/dp/B01N19LBWY/ref=sr_1_3_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1494445979&sr=8-3&keywords=casket&th=1
Drone cadaver pick up?
Don't forget about Amazon student prime and Amazon smile.
Students can get 1/2 off Prime. Smile is great for giving to charity and you don't have to be a Prime member. :)
paul sg no you have to pay $49 a year
Venkata Y no, if you are a student you get 6 months free
ScaricMan yes, after that. You have to pay $49 per year.
I wish I could order through smile over the app, I always forget to use it.
Sneaky Pete is my jam. LOVE Giovanni Ribisi. Most underrated actor ever.
Liked that dude every since the Wonder Years!
also prime family, you can add other family member to the account to take advantage of the free next day delivery service. (in uk anyway not sure if it's same in usa)
It's the same here in the USA too that you can add household members. www.amazon.com/myh/households
Yes. this works great for us-my mother is the primary on the account, 🌱 and we added me so I get Prime shipping, video, and a bunch of other things mentioned in the vid.
There's a lot of apps for the Fire stick 🔥 and i was able to add Kodi to it (i had to unlock it myself which voids warranty)👻 AND... I'm so glad I can access 🔓 Prime channels subscriptions, which are streaming video add-ons like Starz, Comic-Con, HBO NOW etc.. Each add-on offers a free trial for a week or a month sometimes, then they charge a monthly fee for each a la carte service❕ It's still so much less than paying for cable! Amazon lets us CUT the CABLE 🔑 🌎
Billy Bass It must be the same address. Not much of an advantage.
I love my digital credits and I use the Prime music all the time on my phone. I support local small businesses, but I prefer Amazon over chain stores - I hate shopping, especially during the holidays. It's nice to have everything delivered to me.
Thanks for the video, there's a few things listed I didn't know about!
Thanks Vickie! Shopping during the holidays is the worst.
My 2-day prime orders only make it on time 65% of the time.
In my area for a few months at the end of 2016 my 2-day orders were taking about 4 days. They seemed to have fixed their issues here. The last several orders have actually arrived on time. I think it depends on the area whether your orders gets to you on time. Hopefully they fix it for you. 65% is not good enough. :)
Yeah, me too. I hate when they use UPS. They say they don't ship on weekends, (but they do), and will sit on your package if early. Also seems like the 2 day shipping only counts after they get around to shipping it - that might take a few days. This could mean 4 or 5 days, unless I order on a Monday. Like, I order Monday and it takes a day or two to ship, say so late Tuesday that it Wednesday morning. It might be in town on Friday, but misses the truck. I'd love to drive the couple miles and pick it up, but they don't let me, so I have to wait until Monday night for UPS to show up - over 7 days for two day shipping.
0% to Alaska
I used to get them perfectly, but last year they started coming in 5 business days. It was as if I was using normal shipping.
I hear ya. I've been using Amazon going on 11 years now. When I first started some stuff would come next day if I ordered in the morning. I noticed the change last year, too. They don't tend to pull the order the same day. I suspect something fishy with the time from printing the shipping label to the time the item gets to the shipper. Wish I could call them direct and tell them not to print the shipping label until they actually pull the item. (Sometimes the computer is wrong and they don't have the item.)
Kindle first owns the book. It's not a rental and is always avail in your library, it's actually one free book per month. Thanks for the info.
Correct. Amazon owns the book and gives members the opportunity to download selected books before the official publication date.
I think she means you get the book for free to keep. I've never had them take it back.
Comics too?
It is also very easy to add tax exempt status to your Amazon account if you are a reseller on non profit which will apply to all future purchases automatically. You can also selectively exclude certain purchases from this if for example you are a non-profit but want to order stuff for yourself.
Also you get 20% of all new Video games or pre orders
Twitch Prime
You can also sub to one channel on Twitch each month. The broadcaster gets their split just like a paid sub.
Jackson Lewison that's the main perk for me!
Thanks Matt & team! I can really use the tips for navigating Prime day! I'm in need of household project items like a power paint sprayer & exterior window shades etc.! Hoping for better luck this year!
+Darla Boyer Thanks! I'll pass the message onto Matt.
In the UK, it's free next day delivery no matter the cost of the item purchased. I've also had things delivered in under 12 hours, bearing in mind I don't live in a city, just a town, I would say the delivery thing is by far the best perk.
I spread the word on the 5% store card account credit every time I have an Amazon Prime conversation with someone. It's surprising how many users aren't aware of this amazing perk! By the way, Amazon now includes their Visa card for the 5% credit. Through May of this year we have received $210 in credits! Gotta love Amazon Prime.
When you are buying multiple prime items, you can select all but one of them as no-rush, often all items will be packaged together and delivered with prime shipping and you will get the reward for the no-rush items anyway.
I used Amazon Locker when I purchased a computer book. I picked it up at my local Safeway. They have a row of lockers and once your order is confirmed, one of the lockers opens with your purchase. Pretty cool!!
That does sound cool! Used to live near Safeway grocery stores when I lived on the west coast. Sadly, no Safeway stores in Louisiana. :(
Amazon also offers a 20% discount on new video game releases for Prime members.
....and other benefits for gamers with Twitch Prime.
No joke about the amazon prime credit card. We place all our food, gas, and our daycare expenses on it and everything on amazon to include the pantry. We account for those expenses any way and pay off the card every month. We have to pay for those things any way, mines as well get some cash back with it. In the three months since getting the card we have with our cash back have been able to buy a echo dot and a hue lighting system. It has payed off very well. 5% on amazon orders, 2% on gas and food. It adds up quick.
Sounds like you are using the card correctly so it benefits you. Not really a benefit for those that carry balances.
Same here. Since they raised their prices. I started using the credit card a little more to offset the cost. I get cash back from gas, food and every day things.
The one-day delivery is crap. My area qualifies and I select items with the free one-day delivery and it either arrives in two days or I get excuses in my shopping cart that x item no longer qualifies or stock is low or charge $5.99 even if the cost is over $35. I'm okay with the two-day delivery, but I hate when they advertise something and specifically shove in my face that HEY THIS ITEM QUALIFIES FOR ONE-DAY DELIVERY ACT NOW!!! and it really doesn't. The thing I hate is it will say "Guaranteed Delivery of 03/27/2017" for example, but when I submit the order and go to orders it says "Estimated Delivery: No later than 03/28/2017 at 8:00 PM".
I've had issues with Amazon too. They sometimes have delivery issues which can be very frustrating.
I've also had some odd delivery issues. I've had items marked delivered but arrived the next day. And I ordered a dozen storage containers with lids. They were 5 days late (7 total) and missing one container. Also, I don't understand why they had to put that box in a much larger box, when it all it needed was a shipping label. My review wouldn't post and I'm having trouble figuring out how to contact anyone.
There own delivery service, AMZL_US, is the worst! I would only get my items about 50% of the time when that service was used. When they did come, they'd sometime leave the package in the lobby of my very large apartment building, and not leave me any kind of notice that it was there, so it was often gone once I found out it had been delivered. I finally complained to executive customer service at their corporate headquarters, and they noted on my account not to use AMZL_US. That means I can't get anything that's offered for next day delivery, but I never need that anyway.
By the way, their delivery is one or two business-day delivery AFTER the item is ready to ship. Not everything is shipped the same day you order it.
Thank you for the Prime reading thing. I knew about all the others but never knew I can read magazine for free with Prime. It really makes you wonder how much money or power Amazon has to make all these things free for a measly £79 a year.
there's also the Prime Now app for people in major cities. free 2 hour delivery for select items. they don't always have what you need, but when they do it's nice to get stuff in a couple hours. they suggest a tip for the delivery driver, but that's "optional" lol.
+Sir Charles Prime Now is a nice feature. Still don't have this service in New Orleans yet. ☹
You can add 'family' members (with basic Amazon accounts) to your Kindle library. They can access designated books at will.
Many of the features are sharable, which many people don't know. Prime Reading, Music, and Kindle First are not sharable.
Amazon Maps - your maps and GPS
Amazon Tech - advice from a real person on technology
Amazon Bakery - fresh baked bread sent to your house each week
Amazon Vacations - book your dream vacation to over 500 destinations around the world
Amazon Child care - get babysitters on demand.
Amazon Health - speak with a nurse about any health problems
Amazon Lawn - get your lawn mowed and bushes trimmed
the one thing I didn't know was the credits you can accumulate from no rush shipping. I'm gonna start paying attention to that now!
Shop around.. Amazon Prime Deals are not that great..
JFPriest agreed
Your prime rewards savings allow you to apply the savings to an order and reduce the price with the savings applied. That can be substantial.
Prime Music and digi credits are two of my favs.
Prime Music is good for being included with Prime. If you upgrade to Prime Music Unlimited you will get a lot more music.
This is great info! I totally forgot about the photo storage. We are going to take advantage of it! Thanks so much for this info!
Thanks for sharing. I love Amazon photo storage. We use it all the time for sharing photographs.
Amazon Prime is one of the most helpful things I have ever used
Agreed Michael. Just the free 2-day shipping on most items pays for the membership for my family.
Dont forget about Amazon Underground and Amazon App store
Wow! Been a prime member a few months Didn’t know about the great benefits.
One thing about the Prime Credit Card, even though it is Visa Signature, it does not offer price protection. So yes, you get 5% back off any purchase, but you lose the ability to price match as Price Matching is no longer Amazon's policy.
Game changer for me and why I stopped using the Amazon Prime CC.
Thanks! Didn't know about Prime Reading.
Cool! Haven't used it yet. Sounds good.
I recently discovered Prime Reading, I love it! There is also Amazon Restaurants (likes Grub Hub or UberEats) and like I like that a few of my favorite restaurants are on there.
Amazon Restaurants is not in the New Orleans area yet. :( Prime Reading is very good!
i seriously didn't know Amazon is this big. Twitch, Audible, Videos, Music, Kindle,Pantry. It runs so many services wow.
In a few years Amazon & Google will have complete control over our lives. :)
Amazon is great. However, not shipping everywhere, is a huge minus !
When you have the choice of the $1.00 reward towards digital media etc it will stack, have done it many times.
So is it worth choosing 3 separate orders each with "no rush shipping" for $1 each then?
prime music is probably my favorite Amazon feature
It is a nice feature even though it is limited. :)
Erik Turner they tried charging me an EXTRA 7.99 above the prime cost
If you do another video you should mention the Underground app from Amazon. They offer free versions of apps and app games and even pay for anything you buy in game (eg. Extra Lives, or Hints in puzzle games that you normally have to pay for with micro transactions.)
I've heard very good things about the Amazon Underground app. It is also free for all and Prime is not required to use it.
Last Christmas, I chose the no rush option for most of my gifts. I order 7 gifts early in December. 3 out of the 7 gifts I ordered, NEVER got delivered.
I didn't know about Amazon prints. Great video :)
Also, with prime music, you can upload music you own from other sources such as a CD, and stream songs anywhere you have internet access.
Don't forget that the Amazon Store Card offers special financing for card holders. They have 6, 12, and 24 month financing on alot items - that's how I got my 4K TV. (24 month financing)
No rush shipping, didn't know about that. Awesome, thanks ! That could make a difference.
No rush shipping is a nice little reward. Unfortunately they can't be stacked, but can be used individually on multiple orders.
What do you mean by 'stacked'?
godly pursuit if you were to get two $5 dollar rewards you can't use $10 off on one purchase. you have to make two purchases using 1 $5 reward each. no more than just $5 off each cart purchase, even if you have $100 in rewards or points or whatever you want to call the $5 coupon. only 1 can be redeemed at a time.
ok, thanks
Thanks Mr. Gumbo, I was not aware of the Kindle Owners Lending Library. I am going to look on there for some books to help me build my RUclips Channel up.
Glad I found your channel. Thanks for this info! I was unaware of 90% of what I have access to as a prime member!!
TechGumbo: I only recently discovered this channel and have been binge watching most of your video's. Some fantastic tutorials. Now Subscribed and thumbs up on every video I've watched. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks DJ Pete.
The pantry items are way overpriced. Even with five dollars off. You're getting ripped off
+Will Ellis 1979 I totally agree. The pantry items are way overpriced!!! 😵
Big reason I am now with prime, 20% off video game preorders and up to 2 weeks after release!
The game prices are a lot better now than before they purchased Twitch. :)
same day shipping= your item arriving around 9-11pm
latest they do is 8:00
Here in the UK we have always had next shipping there at checkout... WITHOUT PAYING MONEY!
Great video! There were three perks I never knew about!
Thanks! There were perks I didn't know about either when doing the research.
About Amazon Music,
if you are a Prime member you can also get the paid version for $7.99 a month. I switched from Spotify to save $2 a month and Im very happy with the service/app.
The free version did not appeal to me as it is missing a lot of content I specifically listen to, I can deal with 8 bucks a month.
Amazon Prime Unlimited is far better than the free version. Some will be satisfied with the free version though.
Is also the EBT prime discount program! (If you don't want to use your CreditCard)
Thanks for that, I had no idea!! Now I'm going to make my money back on prime 🤣
There's a lot of free apps and games for your phone that are normally paid in android or Apple store.
thanks Matt i cant wait for all your deals and info.
4:33 Yeah I'm skeptical about that. You know with audible it gives you a "free audio book", but if you actually do choose your "free audio book" they'll charge you a subscription fee for that "free" audio book.
I don't know how I got to become an Amazon Prime member but I have been since they introduced it. Now, at least I have a clue what benefits are available.
It's good to know what benefits you have.
You're paying $199 per year for that benefit so if you aren't using it you may want to drop it.
LillyTL Not $199. $119, up from $99 as of May 11
I only use Amazon Prime for 2-day shipping. Period. $99/year is not worth it. Why can't they have different tier pricing for shipping, videos, etc.?
Ten thumbs up! Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks! Wow, never knew anyone with ten thumbs. :)
Prime Video was just released to Prime Canada in Dec 2016. But it's very limited like NetFlix Canada compared to the US version. It's funny because The Man in the High Castle has been filmed in Vancouver for the past two years. And we could not see it in Canada until Dec. We also get same day shipping in Vancouver and Toronto. But not so much elsewhere in Canada.
Canada always seems to get short changed. Doesn't seem right!
Thank you SO much for this. I almost gave up my membership b/c I currently live in Alaska & the shipping is not stellar. I'm moving soon and will be able to enjoy the faster shipping & now, all these other features that you've brought to my attention. Kudos!
Cool! Looks like you can make you of that Prime membership now. :)
Thanks for sharing! So much we can discover with research :)
i had prime music before they made it prime exclusive. now i lost 900 songs that i would love to listen to without the dumb ads I get with youtube.
You have such quality content, dude. You're awesome!
Thanks Melanie!
Got this e-mail yesterday morning.
Amazon Music is retiring the Music Storage service, which allows customers to upload and store up to 250 songs in a personal cloud library. Our records indicate you have uploaded one or more songs through your Amazon account in the past.
To keep, download, and play your uploaded songs at no extra cost, simply open a web browser, go to your Music Settings, and click the "Keep my songs" button to direct us to save them to the cloud. Otherwise, your uploaded songs will be removed from your library on April 30, 2018.
Your Amazon Music digital purchases will continue to remain securely stored for playback and download -- no further action is required to retain those. These changes will not impact your ability to stream Prime Music or Amazon Music Unlimited.
It's becoming an every day change of some kind. Very dissatisfied with the changes, Amazon is making.
Sorry if I don't reply to any comments, Kindle Fire HD Tablet 10.1" 5th Generation sucks. Will buy a Android or iPad, when this piece of crap dies.
Can't even edit my comment. >.<
Their Silk browser sucks & Opera Mini browser is the only alternative. Their Google app's, are a joke. 98% of the time I never get notifications. Best Regards if you have a Kindle Tablet.
Only good thing is if you're a senior citizen or have low income assistance, you can get Prime for $5.00 a month.
When all we have is amazon you can guarantee it will not be so prime. Big party when it goes Bang!
Thanks so much for sharing Deb
Twitch Prime. Who knew? Just linked my account, so thank you for that nugget.
Just found out about this one myself. I gave up on Amazon for anything gaming a couple years ago. Now this Twitch Prime might be useful.
Ray Daniel amazon prime also offers 20% off any games you pre order
I lived in Tampa and now miss my same day shipping.
You can also get free apps with prime. you just have to download the "amazon underground" app off of their website. It also has better shopping deals that the original shopping app
Thanks for the suggestion Kyle. "Amazon Underground" is open to all and a Prime membership is not required.
You stated that Kindle First allows you to rent 1 book per month from a selected list (there are usually six KF books offered each month). KF books are not rented, they are purchased (for $0.00) and you are allowed to keep them as with any free book you "buy" from Amazon. Only one KF book per month is free -- if you want one of the other books offered by KF, you do have to pay for it.
Oops! Rent was the incorrect verbiage. They are purchased and can be kept forever. You are correct. Thanks!
This video was very useful, I use prime for deliveries and have the firestick so I get all the prime movies and shows. I read 4-5 kindle stories per month, so the kindle read feature mentioned in the vid is going to save me 20/25% per month on books. Incidentally, I pay £7.99 per month for movies, deliveries, music and kindle read. Well done techgumbo you are saving me money! thanks.
Glad to save you money Paul. Sounds like you are making the most of your Prime membership. :)
In the UK we have one day shipping as standard for Prime.
In the UK they have less ground to cover. Here in the US, they could never do that as a standard. It would be nice. :)
Thanks for the video and list. But to be honest, I wouldn't use most of that stuff. I joined Prime during the free trial to get free two day shipping always. Things were good for a while there but no longer. In the past 2 months Amazon has botched five of my orders and almost always delays my package beyond the two day shipping window. Since this is the only reason why I use it I am now seriously considering cancelling.
Yes...Prime is awesome.......when I had the couple of free month trials lol.....I'm spending too much money on Amazon already
even without Prime.
i first got it when amazon bought out lovefilm which i was a member of it was a postal DVD rental service as i had an account with amazon when they took over lovefilm they just upgraded me to to amazon prime. which is great as i can also still rent blu rays and DVD by post as well as streaming which is good as i can never get good quality when streaming as my internet connection not that good, so discs are still the better option when it comes to HD. i do like the shipping options as well
Agreed Thuggee. No streaming service can match the quality of a blu-ray.
blu-ray is more superior no doubt there
No-Rush Shipping isn't available in Germany unfortunately, but it sounds amazing :(
Get the Amazon card! If you shop frequently on Amazon, like I do, it's totally worth the cash back. I just make sure to pay the bill every month.
I'm not sure if I'm going to keep amazon prime. A lot of their movies that sound that they are good movies, are not in HD. That's a big disappointment since I don't watch non HD movies or movies in the old 4 x 3 TV format. Movies was the main reason I wanted Amazon prime. I will admit that I have gotten a couple of good deals and I do like the two day free shipping. Comes in handy when buying cables, DVD's, accessories for my iphone and so forth.
Another downside is if there is a price drop in an item, Amazon will not give credit. You have to cancel the purchase ship it back, and buy it again. Sounds like a waste because that adds to their open box items which they sell at a lower price.
With Best buy, who matches prices, you take it to the store, and they'll cancel the purchase and you buy the same item again without having to take it to the store.
Samsung owners also get a kindle first with kindle app. as long as you use the Samsung kindle app.
Cool!
Where I live it's free next-day delivery no matter the value
you can also get a free subscription to twitch prime and subscribe to a streamer of your choice
Love Amazon Prime and Amazon prime video.
if you live in Hawaii your free 2 day shipping means you'll be waiting 9-13 days, sometimes even more.
three legged cat Dog with two sacks ...lol yep the Pacific ocean will do that.
My hubs has Prime nothing's ever, ever delivered in 2 days. Always late.
yeah, now if you complain about it to amazon they say "well it is only two days once it ships ! it might take a month before it ships" and then i say then do not fucking tell me i will get it in two days.
fraud is fraud, and amazon loves to tell lies.
Free one day shipping in the UK no matter what
Jay Turner I like that we have a tiny country
Amazon won't provide unlimited storage in Prime photos for it's prime customers anymore. Only 5gb of free storage currently.
kindle first books are not borrowed. you own the one a month you pick.
You are correct. Kindle First is separate from the Kindle Lending Library.
What can you do with Echo if you have Amazon Prime?
Really needed to mention that number 6's "rewards" expire after a month
+kenji_03 Thanks for mentioning that! 🙂
Amazon PrimeNow with 1-2'hour shipping is free for prime members
prime now is awesome. I get my stuff delivered within 2 hours. Amazing.
Cool!
How do I order through amazon smile and prime at the same time? Is it even possible?
Could you make video with comparison of all streaming services..
According to an email I received from Amazon, the free unlimited photo storage on Amazon Drive is going away. After July 27 (my subscription date), I'd have to pay $60/yr to keep it.
+Dave Weinberg Well that stinks! 😟