1. Get the free trial
Like many online services, new Prime subscribers can sign up for a free 30-day trial. As usual, you’ll need to provide your payment details, and if you want to cancel you’ll have to do that manually when your trial ends. A month is plenty of time to take the service for a test drive to see if an ongoing membership is worth it.
2. Go monthly
3. Get six months free
4. Discount for people on government assistance
5. Talk to customer service about late shipments
6. Wait for a sale
8. Use Subscribe & Save
9. Settle for the free shipping on $25 purchases
If you don’t care about the bonus Prime perks like streaming video, two-day shipping, photo storage, and streaming music, then you can skip the whole membership deal and just settle for free shipping. The only catch here is that you need to have at least $25 worth of eligible items in your cart to qualify. This is an easy option for patient and frugal shoppers. How else can you use the internet and save money? Be sure to listen or download my podcasts, or click here to find it on your local radio station. You can listen to the Kim Komando Show on your phone, tablet or computer. From buying advice to digital life issues, click here for my free podcasts.
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