[monica]

What is the Price Guarantee? (Found on Amazon.com)

Amazon.com's prices for released items will change from time to time based on a variety of factors. If Amazon.com's price for an already-released item decreases within 30 days after we ship the item to you, we'll be glad to refund the difference in price if you contact us.

This Post-Order Price Guarantee is subject to the following restrictions:

• Applies only to products that have already been released. Products that have not yet been released but that are available for pre-order from Amazon.com are not covered by this guarantee, but do benefit from our Pre-Order Price Protection program.
• Applies only to items sold by Amazon.com, and not to items (or prices) offered by other sellers on our site.
• Item prices that are affected by a promotion such as "Buy one, get one free" are not eligible.
• The price of an item after rebate is not considered to be the Amazon.com price.

How do I contact Amazon about a price drop?

Go to the Express Customer Service page and browse through your recent orders. Once you find the order, check off the items that have had the prices lowered. You can then choose to either email customer service or have them call you back regarding the order. If you choose email you will be given a text box to write in - this is where you can indicate that the price has dropped and you'd like a credit.

How do I know if a price has dropped on an item I purchased?

Use this free service: Price Protectr (not just for Amazon!). You can input the URL of the product you bought and it will show you the description of the product and the current price. If you did not buy it today, you can change the price you paid and the time you bought it. Then, simply enter your email address and you will be notified if the price drops within 30 days! Be sure to add this email address to your safe senders so it doesn't end up in your spam folder: yourstuff@priceprotectr.com.

[KellyMarie]

Thnaks Monica, I guess great minds think alike, I was just looking for this to post, LOL!

[Madmurphy]

Just an FYI -- the Post-Price policy ended on September 1, 2008. Amazon will no longer refund the price difference.

From an Amazon e-mail:

"Only orders placed before September 1, 2008 are eligible for a price difference refund under the Post-Order Price Guarantee policy. As of September 1, 2008 we are no longer offering discounts if prices change on our website after you make a purchase."

[sydneysky84]

thanks

[bumperchic]

I bought a tv from Amazon on January 6th and I called & asked a rep about the price match guarantee, she said they no longer do that.

[sporky]

I was told the same thing at Christmas when I called customer service. They no longer offer the price guarantee.

[johnnylove57]

Originally Posted by sporky

I was told the same thing at Christmas when I called customer service. They no longer offer the price guarantee.

Yeah they have been quite an *** after christmas

[chimpmandee]

Just wanted people to know that Amazon will make an occasional exception if the price drop is more than $20 within 30 days, which doesn't happen often but is totally worth the effort if it does.

I had just purchased an iPod speaker dock as a gift and THE NEXT DAY it was up as a Gold Box lightning deal for $25 less than I had spent. I contacted them and they gave me the "blah blah we don't offer a price guarantee, blah blah we don't usually do this blah blah but we'll make an exception this ONE time blah blah."

Anyway, it took me a couple minutes to send the inquiry email and I was rewarded with $25 back. Time well spent!

[angeladavis]

I think with Amazon price match, I've gotten my best deals in the past. It was easy and convenient

[fun4uoc]

Yeah, I tried to get them to match a price on a video card and they refused. Maybe this shouldn't be a sticky anymore?

[add1t]

Originally Posted by chimpmandee

Just wanted people to know that Amazon will make an occasional exception if the price drop is more than $20 within 30 days, which doesn't happen often but is totally worth the effort if it does.

I had just purchased an iPod speaker dock as a gift and THE NEXT DAY it was up as a Gold Box lightning deal for $25 less than I had spent. I contacted them and they gave me the "blah blah we don't offer a price guarantee, blah blah we don't usually do this blah blah but we'll make an exception this ONE time blah blah."

Anyway, it took me a couple minutes to send the inquiry email and I was rewarded with $25 back. Time well spent!

well you're lucky
they didn't refund my money at all
I bought an Ipod 4th gen for $200++
and 2 weeks later, the price drops to $170++
I've called them and they said that they don't offer price guarantee anymore

[greenmatter]

Originally Posted by Madmurphy

Just an FYI -- the Post-Price policy ended on September 1, 2008. Amazon will no longer refund the price difference.

From an Amazon e-mail:

"Only orders placed before September 1, 2008 are eligible for a price difference refund under the Post-Order Price Guarantee policy. As of September 1, 2008 we are no longer offering discounts if prices change on our website after you make a purchase."

so this no longer works?

[Ilovemusic]

thank you for the info