Comments on: Don’t Forget to Cancel Your Amazon Prime Membership

By: Sonja

Sonja — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:01:33 +0000

Does that mean it already cost us $79?

By: Sean

Sean — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:44:55 +0000

I understand how to stop the auto upgrade, but I can’t find anything that states specifically whether I will be charged for benefits used during the trial period. I would assume the definition of Free Trial would indicate that one won’t be charged for using it, but you never know with online stuff, and 79 bucks is a lot of money. Does anyone know if you get charged for using the free shipping and then canceling the upgrade?

By: Karl H.

Karl H. — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:24:28 +0000

Well, I subscribed to Amazon Prime on August 4, and as I won’t on today, It sad that I had until November 3 until they billed me. It would be better for you to unsubscribe before they charge you, so about a week in advance should suffice. It won;t automatically cancel, it’ll just not renew your membership after the specified date.

For those who do not know how to get there, simply go to your account, scroll down to about midway, and look for a link that says “Manage Prime Account”. From then, it’ll only be a few more steps.

By: zsa zsa

zsa zsa — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:33:45 +0000

Mine said 1 month free trial, cancel the upgrade at any time.

I just did and seemed very easy and straightforward. ?

Now says:

“Your membership is set to not upgrade automatically. To continue receiving Amazon Prime benefits without interruption, please click “Upgrade automatically” below.
Your trial membership will not upgrade to a full membership automatically on August 22, 2009″

By: mybiznass

mybiznass — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:32:39 +0000

Thanks for this post. It’s a great reminder – and after searching Amazon for instructions, they were kind of ambiguous by stating “you can cancel your Amazon Prime membership (except for any promotional trial memberships)”. It gives the impression that you can’t “cancel” the free trail when in fact you can stop the “auto upgrade”.

Gee I wonder how many people couldn’t find the link, then forgot about it, and then got an overdraft fee because a month later they only had $78.65 in there bank account when Amazon billed them for $79 for AP. Ah, the hassle of free trials!

By: mybiznass

mybiznass — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:37:15 +0000

Thanks for this post. It’s a great reminder and after searching Amazon for instructions, they were kind of ambiguous by stating “you can cancel your Amazon Prime membership (except for any promotional trial memberships)”. It gives the impression that you can’t “cancel” the free trail when in fact you can stop the “auto upgrade”.

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:04:53 +0000

DO NOT PAY THE FEE!! ACtually either way your ok, just if you pay it, then you have to wait for them to credit it back…

BUT as long as you did not use the service after your initial order then YOU ARE entitled to the FULL refund!

Calling them from across the pond may be a bit difficult I understand.

Here is a better alternative for you, just sign into your Amazon account, click on the contact us or may be called customer support and PI YOW, you can speak with an amazon rep ONLINE..they will either chat live or email you back!

simply ask them to remove the charge

details are in my original post up above

otherwise email if you have any questions!

peace and good luck

oNe

By: Georg

Georg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:00:23 +0000

Sean Price, Nickel or anyone who can help,

I am about to cancel the Prime Membership even after the charge of $79. Should get the refund since I didn’t place any order! Here is what is says after I click on the infamous “Cancel membership” button:

Are you sure you want to cancel? Canceling means you will lose your Prime benefits immediately. Any new or pending orders may be subject to shipping charges. Canceling your membership will also cancel the membership benefits of any invited household members. Since you haven’t used your benefits, we will refund you your membership fee in full if you choose to cancel. (Please note that if your latest membership charge is still in process, we cannot issue a refund until the charge is completed.)

My only question is if the last part in brackets means that I first have to pay my credit card bill in order to get the refund?? Being from Germany it’s a little harder to call Amazon.com support. Maybe you guys have a hint. The credit card bill came two days ago. Do I pay the bill and then get the refund? Or can I go ahead and cancel my membership without paying the credit card bill first?

Dankeschön in advance!

By: bill

bill — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:33:25 +0000

THANK YOU for showing me how to unsubscribe to amazon. I looked for two night and NEVER found it on my own! Amazon is a little crooked!

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:16:31 +0000

I got a notice today to renew my prime. I had recent activity on my card and had canceled it with the bank. I saw this website and sure enough last year I was charged $79 and they were getting ready to do it again. I like some of the others am on disability and a fixed income. Damn, everybody is trying to steal your last dime. That is a good scam they are running. I didn’t know what a prime was. Couple of neck pillows listing for $4.95 that cost me $88.90.

By: NicK

NicK — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:54:24 +0000

They almost got me man. I cancelled my order, called the help line told them to cancel it. I’ll be charged $79 then will gwt back the full refund 3 days from now, I just wanna buy me the new laptop, i should have just clicked the 3-5 days shipping rather than trusting Amazon’s promise, they should have written down that you can only get a refund if you 1.Cancel the service before 30 days 2. Do not order anything except for the first purchase.

By: ram

ram — Thu, 28 May 2009 02:06:32 +0000

Thanks for the help I have canceled my auto upgrade.

By: Penwisa

Penwisa — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 02:55:47 +0000

Thank you very much. I have been looking for the way to cancel it all around. I am a forgetful person so I need to cancel it while I can still remember. Amazon is tricky isn’t it?

By: fy

fy — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:55:25 +0000

BIG THANK YOU. I HAVE BEEN TRYING BUT COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE TO CANCEL IT. I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS, YOU SAVED ME 79 BUCKS.

By: Phillip R.

Phillip R. — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:29:37 +0000

I already canceled my prime membership, 1 day after my free trial membership.

Anyone knows if this US$ 79,oo will be refund directly to my bank account (bank of america)? or Amazon will send me a mail with a paidcheck, refund payment card or something like that?

By: Budi Mas

Budi Mas — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:52:48 +0000

I just canceled my amazon prime trial subscription by calling the Amazon customer service at 1-866-216-1072 directly(I placed a single order during my Prime free trial).It was really fast and easy.Be ready with your email address,full name& address plus tell the customer sales rep.your intention of canceling your trial subscription account.There will be an authorization charge on your bank statement which later will debited back to your bank account.A few minutes later, your Amazon Prime page should say “Your Amazon prime trial has been canceled”.Now you are really safe and Amazon will not be able to charge you even a penny!Hope this helps.

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:11:51 +0000

JP,

as long as you didn’t make a 2nd purchase ( i.e. beside the initial one) then YES you will get it refunded,

I signed up for the trial to get the free fash shippin or whatever and then forgot about it since the reminder I had set up at work to remind me to cancel in 3 months didn’t get thru to me.. probably because I was fired/Layed off, that is UNTIL a $80 charge on my card.. but anyway since I hadn’t used the prime benefit besides the initial order I was refunded the $80 back.. and now I love amazon PLUS they ( at least now) have AWESOME customer service..

peace and i’;m out!

oNe

By: JP

JP — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 20:49:12 +0000

“You will receive a full refund of your membership fee if you or your invited guests have not used your Prime benefits since your most recent charge.”

I hope this is true. If i made a purchase during the trial but not after the $79 will I get my money back?????

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:53:31 +0000

What in the world?! This is almost comical, why do so many folks post on a random website asking to have their Amazon prime cancelled? hahahahahaha….

Anyway, I just signed up for free trial, went to my account, clicked do not upgrade…exactly like nickel said…how hard is that?! Folks can’t read, if you signed up for a real membership (not a trial promotion), of course it’s different. And if you’re posting your name/email/pls cancel msgs on a random website, what good does that do besides letting strangers make fun of you…

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:56:59 +0000

word, thats bogus but its cooL you got it handled..

we need to fight these powers.. specifically the WHOLE rebate scam!!

oNe

By: butundo

butundo — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:07:01 +0000

I created the account and tried to cancel immediately, since my order still did not qualify for the free shipping offered with prime. I guess that because I was in the trial period, the cancel button was not there. I called and had it canceled over the phone.

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:26:26 +0000

my dude either YOU are not following the EXACT directions as prescribed above OR you DONE ALREADY got it cancelled..

again..

TO CANCEL IT….

You can cancel your Amazon Prime membership (except for any promotional trial memberships) and receive a refund of the membership fee if you or your registered guests have not made any eligible purchases. To do this, visit the Manage Your Prime Account section of Your Account and click the “Cancel membership” button. <– where it says PLAIN and SIMPLE in an easy to see button/link, “Cancel membership”..

DONE

peace and i’m OUt

oNe

By: butundo

butundo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:33:05 +0000

There is no “cancel membership” button listed anywhere on the page. There is also no phone number to call. I went in and removed all of my credit cards, so they have no way to bill me. F-you amazon. Under the help section:

Can I cancel my membership to Amazon Prime?

“You can cancel your Amazon Prime membership (except for any promotional trial memberships) and receive a refund of the membership fee if you or your registered guests have not made any eligible purchases. To do this, visit the Manage Your Prime Account section of Your Account and click the “Cancel membership” button. ”

THERE IS NO F-ING BUTTON ON MY PAGE TO CANCEL.

By: butundo

butundo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:31:46 +0000

Can I cancel my membership to Amazon Prime?

THERE IS NO F-ING BUTTON ON MY PAGE TO CANCEL.

By: i already did

i already did — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:01:26 +0000

oh crap, i just did an ordered a while ago, damn, i click sign in the trial cause that fucking prime thing keep poping up everywhere, and then used it already to purchase a game, damn, if i cancel it, will i still get charge the $79 a year?
and i just turn off “do not upgrade” already, can i still get charge?

By: Rafael

Rafael — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:38:10 +0000

Where is the button “cancel amazon prime”, I can’t find it!

By: Sean Price

Sean Price — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:44:14 +0000

Sean Price in the house..

HOW TO GET THAT $79 refunded/back/returned….

for all you numb nutz who got charged the $79 and didn’t make any purchases YOU WILL get your money refunded easy and painless.

Can I cancel my membership to Amazon Prime?

You may cancel your membership at any time, and end your Prime benefits immediately. You will receive a full refund of your membership fee if you or your invited guests have not used your Prime benefits since your most recent charge.

Refunds are not available once benefits have been used. You can continue enjoying your Prime benefits until the end of the current period without being further charged by setting your membership to “Do not renew” above.

oNe

By: Hosein

Hosein — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 21:53:33 +0000

You can cancel your Amazon Prime and have a 79$ refund in less than 3 minutes, if you call them through customer service (you just need to enter a U.S. phone number in the website and they’d call you immediately)

By: ada

ada — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:25:58 +0000

i have used it once, but they said that rufunds are not available once benefits have been used..then, who can get refunds from this situation. tell me how to do

By: Kay Quinn

Kay Quinn — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:47:52 +0000

Does anyone know how to cancel this membership?
I don’t know how to get into my account to do this. Help would be appreciated thanks

By: Kay Quinn

Kay Quinn — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:46:29 +0000

I need to cancel the Amazon Prime Membership of £49 per annum. I clicked on the “sign up” by pure mistake. Please could you not debit my account with this sum. Thank you.

By: kd

kd — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:28:40 +0000

thank you for teaching me to cancel it beforehand.

By: Deepesh

Deepesh — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:55:42 +0000

Thanks for the note, this did help!!!

By: nosranro

nosranro — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:35:31 +0000

thank you for teaching me how 2 cancel it.

By: nickel

nickel — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:00:20 +0000

Gerry, I’ll tell you the same thing that I told Rita (above)… You should probably contact Amazon.com about this instead of leaving comments on random websites.

By: gerry klinger

gerry klinger — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:23:52 +0000

I do not not want this amazon prime membership trial. I want to cancel it immeditley it was a mistake. Im not interested. Do not take any money from my account.Please email me with a confomation that this membership was canceled.

sincerley Gerry klinger

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:15:05 +0000

I clicked “place order” button, which they regarded it as my agreement to enroll in that fucking prime membership, and charge me $79.99.

Amazon is really destroying their own reputation online!!! I just talked to Amazon customer services representative, and I called them cheater and asked them to get my money back!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 17:00:53 +0000

They charged me before the trial was up. I’m sure they are betting that most people wont notice.

I’m on the phone for the 5th time now with Amazon trying to get it canceled. I have told this rep that if its not resolved with this phone call I will be reversing the credit card charges.

Follow Nickels advice and cancel it asap.

By: Bob Emmerich

Bob Emmerich — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:48:45 +0000

I am in the midst of having that same problem with Amazon. They promise to email you beforehand to give you the chance to opt out, but wouldn’t you know it, no email, and now it’s a week later and I’m charged $79 and their email support is basically telling me I’m screwed. I’ll get it back somehow, maybe I’ll sic Elliot Spitzer on them.

By: nickel

nickel — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 00:51:46 +0000

Ummmm… Yeah. Thanks for the clarification and the link Blaine. And just so we’re all clear, if anyone has a problem with Amazon.com, it would be best to bring it up with them, and not me.

By: Blaine Moore

Blaine Moore — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:51:32 +0000

Rita, you need to talk to Amazon, not to Nickel. Nickel was just warning people that that is what Amazon does; he doesn’t actually charge you or provide any services for you. You can find more information at at the Amazon Prime FAQ: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....56-8223321

By: Rita P. Kenna

Rita P. Kenna — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 15:22:47 +0000

I never ever thought of getting a prime membership for 79.00, I do not know whose fault it is but I just cannot afford it. Please remove that amount from the charges to my American Credit card. You have all my information because I just ordered a CD from you, but I do not know what buttom I touched but I do not want to belong to the Prime Membership.
I have two e mails. one is ritapre@yahoo.com or ritapre@cableonda.net
Thank you.

By: AT

AT — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 23:38:05 +0000

Excellent advice.

By: MK

MK — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 06:01:39 +0000

Make sure that you do cancel it well before the time that it runs out! I signed up for the 4 month free trial and Amazon charged me $79 before the trial ran out. I am having a really hard time trying to get them to refund the $79 to my credit card. Has anyone else had this happen– and if so, how did you get your money back? I assume they are just hoping that I give up and let them keep my money. Not happening.

By: F. D. Bryant III

F. D. Bryant III — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 09:59:41 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out. I signed up recently for a couple of orders. I think it is probably worth the $79 for high volume folks which I wouldn’t be one. I signed up for a couple deliveries. I was going to try to remember to cancel towards the end but that is good to know that I can do it now.