Whilst talking with a friend of mine on IM last week he mentioned that he’d made an amazing discovery on.
You see, he was trawling 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.”
Amazing !
So if I buy something today and next week Amazon reduce it by 20% then I can claim that 20% price reduction back ! I can see why they’ve buried that deep in their Terms and Conditions.
But the problem is how do you find time to keep going back and checking and rechecking to see if their purchases have been reduced ?
This started me off hunting around the Interweb for an answer.
It seems that up until relatively recently the only way that these price drops could be found was either by recalling all the purchases you have made or by looking through all your email receipts line by line. And then hitting Amazon to check the price. Yawn!
Then I found this price protection site.
All you have to do is to enter the Amazon item number, the price paid, the date you bought the item (these details can be found in your Amazon account page) and your email address. The site will then let you know as soon as the product drops in price 30 days after you purchased it. Then all you do is follow the simple instructions provided to ask Amazon for the refund.
