I previously had Amazon Prime a couple of years ago and cancelled it because it prompted me to buy things I didn’t need. Yesterday, I was in the process of buying some end tables and I got a prompt at checkout that says “try Student Prime for $6.99/month” or something. I just clicked on it out of curiosity, and then I’m congratulated on joining Prime. I was shocked! I figured it’d ask me a few other questions before just signing me up. Also, I’m not a student and have no idea why it thinks I qualify for a student discount.
I’m slightly annoyed that it was this simple. It’d be so easy for someone to accidentally click that button, and BOOM...on the hook for a membership.
Anyone else do this?
At some point you should be asked to verify your student status, be it with an .edu e-mail account or school documents.
If you go a month on Student Prime ordering stuff, etc. and don't get asked to verify, I'd love to know.
I live in Australia and prime is cheaper than paying in USD being at $7 AUD per month, which is 5 USD if you convert AUD to USD but if billed from the US Site it turns into $18 AUD, so I'm already saving almost 4x the money, so there's no need to cheese the system with a student membership.
Also correct me I'm wrong, prime student discount is only for 6 months and/or has less perks