FIRST TIME EVER ---> Amazon.com Offers Free Shipping For All US Customers on All Orders Arriving By Christmas, No Minimum, No Prime Membership Req - Starting Today
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I guess Target and Walmart got under their skin… Also good news for those who let their Prime memberships lapse after the latest price increases.
November 5, 2018 at 3:00 AM EST
Amazon Expands Free Shipping to Everyone for the Holiday Season - For a limited time, all Amazon customers in the U.S. can enjoy free shipping with no minimum purchase amount:
Customers can shop the largest free shipping selection in the country – hundreds of millions of items on Amazon
Tens of millions of Prime members in the U.S. can also shop FREE Same-Day Delivery on more than three million eligible items
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 5, 2018-- (NASDAQ: AMZN) – This holiday season Amazon is giving customers even more convenient and faster delivery options. Starting today, November 5, and for a limited time, all Amazon customers can enjoy free shipping with no minimum purchase amount on orders that will arrive in time for the Christmas holiday. This offer applies to hundreds of millions of items – the largest free shipping selection in the country. Plus, tens of millions of Prime members can shop with FREE Same-Day Delivery, now available on more than three million items – the largest same-day selection in the U.S. including the best gifts like toys and electronics, as well as home, fashion and everything you need to enjoy the holidays. Additionally, Prime members in more than 60 cities can receive delivery in as little as an hour from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now, making holiday feast planning even easier. This is, of course, on top of the unlimited FREE Two-Day Shipping that Prime members enjoy every day on more than 100 million items.
“This holiday, customers can enjoy free shipping with no minimum purchase amount on orders that will arrive in time for Christmas, including items from Amazon’s expertly curated Gift Guides across electronics, fashion, home and toys,” said Doug Herrington, Senior Vice President of North American Retail at Amazon. “With hundreds of millions of items available for free shipping to all Amazon customers and more than three million items available with Prime FREE Same-Day Delivery, customers can enjoy the largest selection of items that are fast and free.”
Doorstep delivery and convenient pick up:
- Free Shipping This Holiday: All Amazon customers can shop hundreds of millions of items including every product category with free shipping, and now for a limited time, there is no minimum purchase amount on orders delivered through the holiday season.
- Delivery as Fast as Today: Tens of millions of Prime members can shop with FREE Same-Day Delivery on more than three million items. Place an order in the morning and receive eligible same-day orders before bedtime that very same day, seven days a week – even Sunday.
- Two-Day Shipping on 100 Million Items: Free Two-Day Shipping is available to all Prime members in the U.S. on more than 100 million items with no minimum purchase amount all year.
- One Hour Grocery Delivery + Pickup: Prime members can shop groceries from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now in as little as an hour in 60 cities, and grocery pickup in as little as thirty minutes in select cities – making holiday feast planning or last minute baking even easier. And even beyond groceries, Prime members can use Prime Now to get one- and two-hour delivery on tens of thousands of items across dozens of categories in 30 major cities, perfect for last minute parties, gifts or travel.
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Returns aren’t free.
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@sonofzeus said in FIRST TIME EVER ---> Amazon.com Offers Free Shipping For Everyone on All Orders Arriving By Christmas, No Minimum, No Prime Membership Required - Starting Today:
Returns aren’t free.
Since they don’t mention returns, I’m guessing they current return policy applies (some returns are free depending on the seller you buy from and/or free returns for damaged items… read the terms for each item before buying).
ETA: I also don’t see any details about the delivery time for all-access free shipping, so I wouldn’t expect 2-day… maybe 5 - 7 days, minimum.
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I should get a 2 month credit on my prime membership.
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@busnut said in FIRST TIME EVER ---> Amazon.com Offers Free Shipping For All US Customers on All Orders Arriving By Christmas, No Minimum, No Prime Membership Req - Starting Today:
I should get a 2 month credit on my prime membership.
It’s slow-road-to-China shipping which can take as much as 8 days.
Prime members now (largely) get next-day free, or to those in about a couple dozen markets, same day free.
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A few other key dates for last-minute Amazon shopping are as follows:
Dec. 18 (extended): Last day for free shipping with no minimum purchase amount, free for all customers
Dec. 18: Last day for standard shipping, free for Prime members
Dec. 22: Last day for two-day shipping, free for Prime members
Dec. 23: Last day for one-day shipping, free for Prime members in eligible areas
Dec. 24: Last day for same-day delivery, free for Prime members in eligible areas (order by 9:30 a.m. local time or earlier)
Dec. 24: Prime Now offers free two-hour delivery windows, reserved exclusively for Prime members in eligible areas (order by 9:15 p.m. local time or earlier)
Dec. 24: Whole Foods Market stores, Amazon Books, Amazon 4-star, Amazon Pop-up device kiosks open Christmas Eve (store hours vary by location)
Dec. 25: Give the gift that keeps on giving – Amazon Gift Cards and Amazon Prime
