Amazon Prime Bargains - Chat Thread

I've had some great bargains from Amazon Warehouse but I find it hard to recommend it to people. Amazon is brilliant at handling any issues which I just think of as a way of getting an even better bargain (extra discount) but a lot of people just don't bother and in my experience there is a high chance of more being wrong than indicated in the listing.

Basically you are trusting the person who returned the item to be honest, not to have abused the item and to have packed everything back in the box. The reason I say this is because they check nothing at Amazon Warehouse. They can't even get the condition correct. I've had items listed as "Acceptable" which is the lowest category that were 100% perfect in original box and "Used like new" that were scratched, missing parts and damaged to an extent they couldn't be used.

Definitely noticed the lack of discount in recent "sales", 30% on everything used to be the order of the day then it went to "selected items" then 20% on selected items now its down to 10% on selected items. Given the discounts on what they consider Used like new are very small to start with and with the discount price linked to the original sale price its far from impossible to find the item cheaper when new. I returned one dewalt tool bought in a warehouse sale that was missing parts and badly damaged (Used like new) and bought it brand new a month later for less than the warehouse sale price. Its definitely worth a quick check on camelcamelcamel.com to see if a new item has regular price drops below the warehouse sale price.

Still I'd never want to put a dedicated bargain hunter off but I don't think Amazon Warehouse is for amateurs.

Looks like my Prime Student rate is coming to an end. Was handy to have for the number of years I managed it. They are looking for official status now from a UK university

When they asked the OH for proof of continued study we just got a letter sent out to us via email after enquiring about a weekend course and once her name was on it Amazon accepted it and gave us another year, not sure if it will still be as easy but they seemed lax enough about it.

When did we last have a really good one?

Are the warehouse discounts already activated, or just we know the rate it will be? (Even if only 10%)

If already active, nothing I have in my "save later" or wishlist have any discounts and not seen anything I've looked at with a discount.

yeah i've just noticed that the current "discount" in the warehouse expires at midnight on the 11th, so looks like they'll have a new one effective from the 12th. another new modus operandi from amazon

There was a special offer on 'not brand new' coffee espresso makers a while back on here with huge discount.

I presume results were varied, but as a coffee machine would people rate it well.

What was the make, I might keep an eye out again during prime day? Thanks

I think this is the machine you're on about? I got one for about €45 a few weeks back, there were a few scratches on it, but other than that looked brand-new. I don't think it had been used.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00C2352TW/

Hope you get on ok with the revenue when they follow up on the VAT invoicing .

As I stated I never looked into it, I just opened the account to see how easy it was to do. I was merely stating that Amazon staff don't seem too bothered when it comes to proof like that and the student discount. So, I think I will be safe enough from Revenue. Thanks for your concern though.

Yep they have dropped the prices big time on the entire range. Personally I'm ok as I can get deliveries to NI but it's a pity for most people that they won't ship to here. The international versions that they do ship are £20 dearer so that's a bit unfair.

keep an eye out for the m in Currys/PC World.