<p>I have had an amazon prime account for years. Am I better off adding my S to my account, or having him set up a free student account? On my account, would he get access to free videos? The student account claims to offer exclusive discounts – does it? I don’t think he can have both, though perhaps he can on separate email addresses.</p>
<p>It’s free for 1 yr to students-but is it then $79/yr?</p>
<p>That’s a good question schlagowsky. I would think they could get another year if they are still students, but the description at amazon.com is vague on that point.</p>
<p>Amazon Prime for Students was only introduced in June/July of last year. Thus what happens when the year ends isn’t widely known. Amazon themselves might not be 100% sure. They have said they won’t suddenly start charging. Whether or not they continue the program is uncertain.</p>
<p>I found out about this discount from ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■. I just followed the directions and basically they verified my son’s email was legit (had him forward the email to me) and now have Amazon Prime on my account.</p>
<p>Love Amazon Prime and use it for everything. I buy all my Christmas gifts that way and tons of stuff throughout the year, including some grocery/drugstore type items. It saves me many trips to the store. It will be great for my D to use to replenish her usual toiletries and such while at school.</p>
<p>bumping this as it’s great info. I have had an amazon account for a while and now I really love the FREE FREE 2 day shipping.</p>
<p>I set this up on my account as soon as Amazon offered it. we use it for business – shipping books to seminars has saved a fortune but I also use it for all kinds of personal shopping. I find it does shift purchases from other vendors to Amazon because the product might be less elsewhere but is cheaper with shipping at Amazon. In addition to books for business, electronic products for business, I’ve purchased books and probably hundreds of products for home and for gifts. It is a winning formula for Amazon – they increase the share of customers’ wallets – because it is a win for customers.</p>
<p>I heart Amazon prime! </p>
<p>Definitely a mutually beneficial relationship-first place I go for everything. </p>
<p>“plus no sales tax”-Not for me!</p>
<p>Lately, state board of equalization is making sure I pay taxes on the loads of money I spend there. Had to back pay three years.</p>
<p>Another spokesperson for Amazon Prime here. My only problem is I now tend to buy when I need things rather than group stuff together, and if I can wait 2 days I don’t even try to find it local. The boxes add up and I sometimes wonder if I am being a good citizen of the earth; my carbon footprint expanded a lot when I started using Prime. I sometimes wonder how they can make money offering free shipping, I will buy a $10 or $15 item by itself if I don’t have an immediate need for anything else. Before I got Prime I would add in another product to bring the total above $25.</p>
<p>I love the reviews. Just bought some Crest Whitestrips for son. No where else would I have found out that some types of whitestrips work better than others. </p>
<p>I am going to have to look into the free prime for students.</p>
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Adding another voice to the “I use my son’s Amazon prime account all the time”. Free is great!!</p>
<p>Me, too. Our one irritation was the addresses. Because the address of the credit card was our home address, for some things, Amazon would only send to our home address, not to son’s college address. For other things, Amazon happily sent to son’s college address. So, sometimes son would want to order something, find that it would only come here to the HOME address, then I would mail it with other things to make a care package. Advice, well, can’t really give it regarding address, as it seems to have been random this past year.</p>
<p>My son’s year of prime just ran out, but he is still a student. I see they have offered him a reduced rate for amazon prime, so does that mean they don’t do it free for students – at least for the second year?
Thanks!</p>
<p>That’s correct burry - after the free year expires it’s $40/year (half price). Note that with the $80 Amazon Prime you can share everything with up to four other people (they get Amazon Prime for free) – with the student reduced rate you can’t give it to anyone.<br>
They have also introduced Amazon Mom which offers a year free, and sharing with up to one other person.
You can make a new account to get another year for free with a different .edu email address.</p>
<p>With all paid subscriptions (even the $40 one) you get free access to Amazon Prime’s selection of video on demand (similar to Netflix streaming, but less new stuff).</p>
<p>Hmmm… last I checked (a few weeks ago) DS’s student Prim account was still fine. I thought they said as long as the student had an “edu” email address it was free (wouldnt worl for alum.edu tho). Three of use use it with no fees. We talked about the video, since we are annoyed with Netflix’s new stunt, but haven’t decided yet.</p>
<p>I just saw the student Prime for free but without the ability to share. I was planning on having S sign up for the free year right away and then start using it when mine runs out in Jan., but I think I will now wait til Jan and have him sign up with his .edu email but our home address. </p>
<p>I also just saw the video streaming thing. IS that new or something I just never noticed? Selection was limited, but in a pinch, I am sure I could find something there.</p>
<p>Free for one year…once it expires it’s $40 for the next three years. The program ends after four years of enrollment. The program was only introduced ~54 weeks ago, so it’s only in the past two weeks that what happened after the year was up was announced. It definitely is not free for as long as the student has a .edu email address. </p>
<p>Although you can make a new account with different .edu email addresses.</p>
<p>The Amazon Prime video has been around for 4-5 months at least, but it’s not available with a free account. i.e. you must be a paying Amazon Prime member (have a 2nd year student account or regular account, etc. But yeah, selection is limited.</p>
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<p>His Prime account will run out one year after he started it (it’s not free the whole time someone has a functioning .edu e-mail address). When his Prime is about to expire, they will e-mail him to give him the $39 offer for his second year in the program.</p>
<p>Also, the Prime free Amazon VOD is probably not sufficient to replace Netflix since it’s a pretty limited selection of what qualifies.</p>
<p>So when DS’s free Amazon Prime expires, we should have him cancel and ask DD to open one with her .edu address?</p>
<p>If you want to continue with another free year, yes. (And assuming you all share an account)</p>
<p>Is it possible to do the one month trial of amazon prime, and then when that expires, use the student trial? This would effectively give you 13 months free instead of 12.</p>