The Offer
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- Amazon sell a number of different sample boxes for different categories. Each box contains a sample of different items for you to try. It’s important to note that the Amazon credit can only be used in the category of the box (e.g if you purchase the Beauty Box it can be used to purchase beauty items, click ‘learn more’ to view valid items). Currently they have the following boxes, I’ve bolded the new boxes that have been added since we last posted:
- Men’s Luxury Grroming Sample Box: $19.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Refresh Drinks Sample Box: $9.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Beverage Sample Box: $9.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Women’s Luxury Beauty Box: $19.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Women’s Beauty Sample Box: $11.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Men’s Grooming Sample Box: $9.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Mr Olympia Box: $9.99 (credit can be used on these items)
- Crest 3D White Sample Box: $4.99 (credit can be used on these items)
The Fine Print
- This is a limited time offer.
- This offer is available to Prime members only.
- Offer only applies to the purchase of select products sold by Amazon.com. See offer page for details.
- Offer does not apply to digital content.
- Offer good while supplies last.
- Shipping charges and taxes may apply to discounted and free promotional items.
- Items must be purchased in a single order and shipped at the same speed to a single address.
- Offer limited to one per customer and account per participating Sample Box.
- Offer may not be combined with other offers.
- The maximum benefit you may receive from this offer is a promotional credit equal to the purchase price of your Sample Box.
- You will receive an e-mail from Amazon that indicates the dollar amount of the promotional credit and that the dollar amount of the credit has been added to your customer account. The e-mail will also provide instructions on how to redeem the promotional credit.
- Promotional credit expires three months after shipment of participating Sample Box.
- Promotional credit only applies to purchase of select products shipped and sold by Amazon.com.
- Amazon reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
- Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
- If any of the products or content related to this offer are returned, your refund will equal the amount you paid for the product or content, subject to applicable refund policies.
- If you violate any of these terms, the offer will be invalid.
- Unless an Amazon Gift Card is the stated benefit of the promotion, promotional credits (including those placed directly in accounts) may not be redeemed for Amazon Gift Cards.”
Our Verdict
I like the concept of these sample boxes: try new things and hopefully you like at least one of them and then use the credit on that. Not sure I love the execution as you still need to make sure Amazon is price competitive after you’ve tried the sample box to really get any sort of value out of the credit. Maybe I’m over thinking it. As always make sure you stack discounts on all your Amazon purchases to save money, if you haven’t already read our complete guide here.
FYI: “Offer limited to one per customer and account per participating Sample Box”
This T&C is actually very true and is a LIFETIME limitation based on my experience. Meaning, its not per promotion period. If you got it years ago, you wont get the credit again. Maybe its YMMV or maybe im just stupid but I have purchased many of these sample boxes repeatedly due to the nice discount of “goodies” but I only received the credit ONE time. But its still worth it to me.
I ordered the refresh drinks & beverage sample boxes. Last time I ordered the Olympia box and everything was decent except for the cinnamon swirl protein powder.
I sincerely believe Amazon will crash hard, and soon. Their business model is completely unsustainable.
Care to elaborate? They are +$3.4B in cash last year with about $26B in cash reserves. Seems pretty sustainable to me.
People said that 20 years ago, 10 years ago, and apparently they’re still saying it
I guess “soon” is a term of art now.
This is a good article
http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/20/the-real-reason-amazon-buying-whole-foods-terrifies-the-competition.html
But I doubt they’ll crash. Stumble, but never crash. And after the stumble, there won’t be much to stop them from keeping going.
i assume you dont invest or follow the financial markets. which is OK. not hating, but what you just said is beyond ridiculous based on current available info…
Hey Doc, this non-luxury Men’s box is better than the one you linked, and the same price: https://www.amazon.com/Men-s-Grooming-Sample-Box-8-or-more-items-9-99-credit-on-select-products-with-purchase/dp/B01LTIQ0RS/ref=dp_csx_sw_pr_2
Updated, thanks Josh