You have heard us talk about Amazon’s program called Amazon Prime a lot, because we love it. (Sign up for a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime here and experience the joy!).
Amazon Prime is Amazing – Benefits Galore
With Amazon Prime’s yearly $79 membership you receive amazing benefits including:
- Free 2 day UPS shipping on eligible items (most of what is on their site is eligible)
- Free unlimited streaming of over 40,000 popular movies and TV shows
- Access to the Kindle Lending Library, where you can borrow for free popular new Kindle books
Sign up for a 30 day free trial of Amazon Prime here.
We have saved so much money during the year with the free shipping offer alone – we go to Amazon far more than we go to eBay to buy everything from coupon binder dividers (we use these) to toilet paper!
We have a birthday coming up for our niece and as a tradition we get her a Josef angel birthday girl each year. This morning we were shopping for the figure since *eeks* … the party is next Saturday! We started off on Amazon but then checked eBay to see if we could find it for less.
Here are the results of our Amazon Prime vs. eBay experiment:
Ebay’s lowest price offering:
And the Amazon offering:
Notice that we are paying less for the item, $18.97, (saving $0.30) and we are guaranteed to have it arrive to our doorstep by UPS on Tuesday the 9th. Seriously!
Do you get why we love Amazon Prime? And if we were really in a rush and needed it faster, because we all know sometimes that happens, check out the incredibly low upcharges Amazon offers for expedited shipping. Overnight for $8.99! Don’t get us wrong, we like eBay too, but with eBay you are relying on a person to pack and ship your item from their facility. With Amazon your Prime items ship from a huge Amazon warehouse and they are packed up by Amazon employees with strict deadlines to guarantee on time arrival. No worries, no missed deadlines and no sad little girls on their 9th birthday!
We hope that this helps you understand the amazing benefit of Amazon’s free shipping. Yes, you do pay a yearly membership to Amazon but the $79 is nothing compared to what you will save all year long on the shipping, plus all the added benefits the membership has.
Sign up for your free trial of Amazon Prime here.
