I got the below email from Amazon this morning after having ordered a new International Kindle. They’re giving me a $20 refund because they decided to drop the price! This cements my status as a very loyal Amazon customer. I have an Amazon Prime membership, getting free Second Day Air shipping and Overnight Shipping for $3.99 per item. Their prices are excellent and I don’t need to waste time driving to town and shopping, so what’s not to like? When you find WalMart contacting you after a purchase, offering to give you a $20 refund because they just dropped the price, let me know. In the mean time, I’m even getting some of my groceries from Amazon. The email:
Hello,
Good news! Due to strong customer demand for our newest Kindle with U.S. and international wireless, we are consolidating our family of 6″ Kindles. As part of this consolidation, we are lowering the price of the Kindle you just purchased from $279 down to $259. You don’t need to do anything to get the lower price–we are automatically issuing you a $20 refund. This refund should be processed in the next few days and will appear as a credit on your next billing statement.
We’ll also send you a follow-up e-mail to confirm the refund once it has been completed.
We hope you enjoy your new Kindle. Please send us your feedback at: Kindle-feedback@amazon.comSincerely,
The Kindle Team
I’m pretty sure Amazon is hitting back against the Barnes & Noble Nook ebook reader announcement as well.
6 Responses
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Do you have the big Kindle? How do you like it? Personally it’s on my wish list.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:28 pm
No, I have a 6″ US version and bought the international version as a gift for an overseas friend.
October 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Did you see they announced Kindle for the PC now as well?
That’s pretty cool in my opinion.
October 22nd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
A 100$ drop in less than 6 months is pretty impressive. Maybe I should have waited….but its a very handy gadget.
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:59 am
Hey y’all, I haven’t seen the kindle. However, the kindle for iPhone is free. A good first read? Safely Home by Randy Alcorn.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:43 am
groceries on amazon…ok so that totally cracks me up! online shopping is cool and all, but i guess i’m too old school to go that far! i still like the real thing.
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