Changes to Amazon’s ‘No Rush Shipping’ Option for Prime Members

Amazon has a paid subscription service called Amazon Prime which offers free 2-day shipping on Amazon, among many other benefits. Apparently, the 2-day shipping really does cost them more and Amazon has been offering small bonuses for Prime members who agree to use ‘No Rush Shipping’ instead.

The Offer

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  • Prime members can receive a $5.99 credit toward a future Amazon Pantry order by choosing No Rush Shipping on any Prime order of $6.01 or more.

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Amazon Pantry is a service by Amazon, available only to Prime members, which allows the purchase of many everyday-type items, often in small sizes, which are not usually sold on Amazon due to the exorbitant shipping costs. With Prime Pantry, you fill up a box with Pantry items and pay a flat $5.99 shipping fee on the box.

This $5.99 No Rush Shipping offer will essentially make your next Pantry order ship free.

[UPDATE 4/1/15: Via DansDeals this Pantry promo was short-lived and they have now reverted back to the $1 credit on e-books, digital music and video. We updated the timeline below to clarify this.]

Previously Amazon had other bonus offers for choosing No Rush Shipping. Here’s a look at the history:

  • $1 toward instant video [July – September 2014]
  • $1 toward books and e-books [September – November 2014]
  • $1 toward e-books, digital music and video [November 2014 – March 2015]
  • $5.99 credit for Prime Pantry [March 2015 – April 2015]
  • $1 credit toward e-books, digital music and video [April 2015 – ]

You only get one $5.99 credit per order placed, so if you’re buying two $10 items on Amazon, you can place separate orders in order to get two $5.99 credits which can be used on your next two Pantry orders.

The Fine Print

  • Only one $5.99 credit can be applied to a single Pantry order.
  • $5.99 credit will expire on 5/31/15.

Our Verdict

It’s interesting seeing Amazon exploring different options to induce you to take the No Rush Shipping. This current offer is probably more an advertisement for Pantry than anything else.

I’ve never used Pantry but it looks like an interesting option with good prices, from what I’ve read. Being able to knock off that $5.99 shipping charge really could make Pantry a more enticing service.

It’s also worth noting that both Pantry and the $5.99 credit offer are available to secondary Prime holders as well, not limited to the main Prime holder.

HT: DansDeals

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Mark
Mark (@guest_97346)
April 1, 2015 08:36

The problem with Pantry and No Rush Shipping is the use of the USPS rather than UPS. (Or that UPS hand off to USPS). USPS is a much less reliable shipper in my area, often not even attempting delivery, leaving you a pink slip, and having you come to the Post Office to fetch your item.

Logan
Logan (@guest_96959)
March 31, 2015 14:33

These offers are really encouraging me to sign up for Amazon Prime again. I canceled my membership because I was being charged a full membership when I should have been charged a student membership. Since then, I haven’t had any need to sign back up (even at $50). I’ve learned to bundle items together to save on shipping, sadly it is not 2-day.

If you were to simply take advantage of the $6 Amazon Pantry offers, you’d make up a good portion of your membership fee depending on how often you buy things from amazon.

Paul
Paul (@guest_96922)
March 31, 2015 12:38

I just wish Amazon would remove the expiration date from these offers. They would be way more enticing, though few of them seem all that great. This one definitely looks better than the book, movie, or music credits, but that pesky expiration date is still a bit of an annoyance.