Renewing Prime
Posted: Tue 3 August, 2010 Filed under: Business, Customer Services 4 Comments »In general, when I buy books or other odds and sods, my first port of call is usually Amazon.
It’s not the cheapest – although I’m not always looking to save pence on these things anyway – but I find that in general if I want something, it’s going to be available through Amazon.
I also pay for the Amazon Prime – £50 a year, and next-day deliveries for the year. Looking back, I made 31 orders in the last twelve months, and didn’t pay postage and packing on any of them. That works out as £1.61 per order for next-day delivery. Amazon charge £4.95 for Express “get it tomorrow” delivery. On 31 orders, that would be near as dammit £155 just on delivery. (Admittedly if it weren’t for Prime I’d be using normal postage for the most part, but you know what I mean)
Needless to say, I’m renewing my Prime subscription. It’s paid for itself a couple of times over.
Eh? bookdepository.co.uk has free postage on everything, cheaper (often much cheaper) prices than Amazon, and I’ve never had anything take more than 2 days in the post.
For £50 a year, I can wait just one more day…
Fair enough. I’d never even heard of bookdepository ’til today.
As for prices, a very quick search on one book I’m currently waiting for said bookdepository was 50p cheaper than Amazon for the hardback version, and £2-ish more expensive for the paperback when it comes out. (£11.25 vs £9.15!)
Admittedly that’s a sample of one title in two versions, so I’ll keep checking others out…
Plus, I’m assuming bookdepository.co.uk are only books, whereas I use Amazon for games, DVDs, electronics etc. Every time I make an Amazon order I keep seeing this ‘Amazon Prime trial’ and think to myself I should give it a go. I definitely will now I’ve read how much you’ve saved.
you only save if you’d chose to pay for quick delivery. If you pick the ‘free P&P’ option it takes a day or two longer, but I very rarely need next day delivery, so it’s not worth paying £50 a year for it.