Amazon reveals ‘lesser-known Prime perk’ that stops you wasting money while shopping – just don’t ignore ‘7 day’ rule
AMAZON has revealed what it calls a “lesser-known Prime perk” that you might have missed.
The handy benefit is included with Prime membership as standard – and helps to stop you from wasting money while shopping.
It’s called Try Before You Buy, and is aimed at anyone who wants to buy clothes with Amazon.
Normally when you buy clothes, you’d pay for them first, try them on, and return any items you didn’t like.
But if you’re buying a lot of items – and often – then the upfront costs can quickly rack up.
With Try Before You Before, you don’t have to pay for the clothes that you’re interested in until you know that they fit and look good.
“Amazon’s Prime Try Before You Buy is a Prime-exclusive program where you can try on new styles and sizes before you buy them, including clothing, shoes, and accessories,” Amazon explained.
But you’ll need to return the items within the set window of time if you don’t want them: “You have seven days to try the items at home or return them at no cost, and we’ll only charge for the items you keep.”
There are some catches however.
You can’t use a debit card, prepaid card, or gift card to make Try Before You Buy orders.
And you can’t access the feature if you don’t have full Prime: for instance, Prime Video-only subscriptions won’t offer this perk.
HOW TO USE PRIME TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
Clothing items that are eligible for the perk will be stamped with Prime Try Before You Buy on the product page.
You can also type it into Amazon’s search bar, or head to Amazon’s Try Before You Buy page.
Once you’ve found some items, add them to your cart.
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If you’re an Amazon Prime member, you’re probably paying $14.99 or £8.99 every single month.
And if you’re only using it for faster deliveries, you’re ignoring loads of money-saving perks.
You’re already paying for Prime, so you might as well get your money’s worth.
First off, you can try Amazon Photos, which is extremely handy if you’re a serial snapper.
It gives you access to unlimited full-resolution photo storage, as well as 5GB for videos.
Second is Prime Reading, which serves up “a rotating collection of over 3,000 digital books, audiobooks, magazines, comics, and more”.
It’s perfect for bookworms, and is totally free with your regular Prime membership.
It’s great to pair with another perk called Amazon First Reads.
This gives you early access to a brand new book for free every single month.
Third is one for gamers, and is aptly named Prime Gaming.
You’ll get free games and in-game content every month on a rotating basis.
And if you’re a fan of Twitch, you’ll even be given a free channel subscription to use each month.
On top of that, you’ll be able to play some free games using Amazon’s Luna cloud-gaming service.
Audiophiles will want to check out Amazon Music, which gets you ad-free listening to over 100 million songs, along with thousands of playlists and popular podcasts.
And here’s a bonus one if you’re in the US: free Grubhub+.
It’s one of the best perks because it gets you a year subscription that would normally cost $9.99 a month.
You’ll get unlimited $0 delivery fees on any order over $12 with your membership, but it’ll terminate if you cancel Prime.
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You can only order six or fewer Try Before You Buy items in an order this way.
Place the order and you’ll be guided through a special Prime Try Before You Buy checkout.
Your items should arrive within four to six business days, according to Amazon.
And the 7-Day Trial Period will begin once the last item in your order arrives.
You have seven days to try the items at home or return them at no cost, and we’ll only charge for the items you keep.
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Try the clothes on to see if you like them, then check out and let Amazon know what you want to keep.
You can do this by going into Your Orders during the trial period to mark what you’ll keep and what’s being returned.
At the end of the period, you’ll be charged for the full value of the order – unless you complete checkout by 11.59pm local time on the final day.
Return any items that you don’t want within seven days of ending the trial period.
You’ll then receive a return confirmation, with an email notifying you once all of the items are back with Amazon.
If you’re shopping with a credit card, you’ll need at least 90 days left on it before expiry.