$30 off Kindle’s $399: Offer still in effect
So is it possible to get $30 off your Kindle, bringing the total down to $369? That’s the offer from Wallet Buddy. One catch, and there may be more, is that you need to be approved for an Amazon Visa card. And will the free two-day shipping apply?
Actually this offer is far from new (also see here), even if it isn’t necessarily common knowledge. Expiration date is listed as May 31, 2008, but I suspect the fun will continue past then, based on past extensions. One MobileReader speculated in the past that Chase, not Amazon, was behind this, and in fact the two companies do have a credit card connection.
Reminder: We’ll continue to point out both the pros of the Kindle (such as easy wireless access to e-books where coverage is available, a big help for technophobes) and the cons (format-and-DRM-related tricks—including the inability to read your purchased books off your cellphone or even your desktop).
And a question: If you haven’t bought a Kindle yet, just how low will be price have to go before you do, assuming you can stomach the DRM and the rest?
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May 5th, 2008 at 5:37 am
Well, an affiliate gets 40$ for selling a Kindle right ?
That’s the reason why we can see all those rebates.
May 5th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Thanks, Hadrien. Very possibly Chase is acting as an affiliate–earning the $40 and steering people to its card. Amazon, for all we know, might even give it a higher commission. David
May 5th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Just by getting an amazon.com visa card you’ll get $30 back from your first purchase of anything - be it a Kindle or a case of oatmeal.
That $30 back offer seems to be perpetually available on the amazon site so I don’t see what the advantage is to the consumer by buying this from Wallet Buddy.
It seems Wallet Buddy is just trying to take advantage of naive consumers - in this offer you are not getting anything you wouldn’t have gotten by dealing directly with amazon.
Why does anybody buy from affiliate sites like this rather than dealing directly with amazon????