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How you can save money on your Amazon Purchases

Posted November 21st, 2008 by admin

Whilst talking with a friend of mine on the phone recently he mentioned that he’d made a handy discovery on.  But one that they want to keep quiet !

You see, he was looking through the terms and conditions on Amazon’s website and found this :

“Amazon’s prices for released items will change from time to time based on a variety of factors. If Amazon’s price for an already-released item decreases within 30 days after we ship the item to you, we’ll be glad to refund the difference in price if you contact us within that 30-day period.”

Fantasitc !

So if I purchase something today and next week Amazon drop the price by 20% then I can claim that 20% reduction back in cash!  I can see why they’ve hidden that away in their Terms and Conditions. It could cost them loads of money!

But the problem is who’s going to have time to keep going back and checking and rechecking to see if their buys have gone down in price?

This set me off scouring the Interweb for a solution.

It seems that up until relatively recently the only way that these price drops could be detected was either by recalling every purchase you’ve made or by wading through all your email receipts line by line. And after that going to Amazon to check if the price has dropped. Boring!

Then I hit upon Price Protectr.

All you have to do is to enter the Amazon item number, the amount you paid, the date you bought the product (get these from your emails) and your email address. The site will then email you if the product drops in price up to 30 days after you paid for it.  Then all you do is follow the simple instructions provided to ask Amazon for the refund.

It’s so easy I was astonished !

So if you fancy saving some money test out the price protector site and saving money!

Tags: amazon, deals, money-saving, refund