# Free Amazon Prime for a year if you're a student **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635 "2010-07-14T04:47:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/1 "2010-07-14T04:47:24Z")
[http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info](http://www.amazon.com/gp/student/signup/info) There’s really nothing here beyond what it says in the title, but that should be interesting enough. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/2 "2010-07-14T13:56:08Z")
That’s a pretty sweet deal. I was already a Prime member since like January or February. I went ahead and signed up anyway, thinking maybe it would extend it a year. Nope, they canceled my current membership, gave me a $30 refund, and signed me for Prime starting yesterday. Awesome - love Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/3 "2010-07-14T19:09:52Z")
Thanks! I sent this to a couple other students I know. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/4 "2010-07-14T20:43:41Z")
Awesome. Just signed up. Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/5 "2010-07-14T20:52:18Z")
I am a student of life if that counts? I’m not really learning anything though and I always show up to class in my underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/6 "2010-07-14T21:43:32Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/7 "2010-07-15T03:52:32Z")
Awesome! Just got the SO to sign up for it. Should make life a little bit easier. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/8 "2010-07-15T21:22:25Z")
Chiming in to say thank you for the information! Just signed up. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/9 "2010-07-15T21:29:35Z")
My college doesn’t have email anymore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/10 "2010-07-15T22:02:12Z")
MAKE SURE YOU UNCHECK THE BOX THAT AUTOMATICALLY RE-SUBSCRIBES YOU. I once used one of these promotions to get free Amazon Prime for a certain amount of time (I want to say two months), and at the end of that, I found a $79 charge on my card for the next month of Prime service. Thankfully the people at Amazon were very understanding of my situation - it probably helped I was 15 and sounded really freaked out - but it was still a pain to deal with. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/11 "2010-07-15T22:09:47Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > MAKE SURE YOU UNCHECK THE BOX THAT AUTOMATICALLY RE-SUBSCRIBES YOU. Hm, not only do I not remember seeing this option when I signed up but when I go into the “Manage Your Prime Membership” page, which is where the FAQ says I would see information about auto-renewal, there is nothing there. Are you sure the student deal behaves the same way? Does anyone else have this issue? ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/12 "2010-07-15T22:13:36Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Hm, not only do I not remember seeing this option when I signed up but when I go into the “Manage Your Prime Membership” page, which is where the FAQ says I would see information about auto-renewal, there is nothing there. Are you sure the student deal behaves the same way? Does anyone else have this issue? It is entirely possible that things have changed in the four years since this happened to me. I just wanted to make sure that no one else had the same problem. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/13 "2010-07-15T22:26:08Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > It is entirely possible that things have changed in the four years since this happened to me. I just wanted to make sure that no one else had the same problem. Well it’s confusing because the FAQ says that auto-renewal is indeed the default setting when you sign up for a Prime membership, but I’m not seeing anything where it’s supposed to give me that option so I’m wondering if it works differently for this particular deal or I’m having a problem on my end. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/14 "2010-07-15T22:39:30Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Well it’s confusing because the FAQ says that auto-renewal is indeed the default setting when you sign up for a Prime membership, but I’m not seeing anything where it’s supposed to give me that option so I’m wondering if it works differently for this particular deal or I’m having a problem on my end. Hmmm, at this point it might be a good option to contact Amazon’s tech support. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2010, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-amazon-prime-for-a-year-if-youre-a-student/546635/15 "2010-07-16T02:29:10Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Hmmm, at this point it might be a good option to contact Amazon’s tech support. I saw this on Slickdeals a few mins ago and signed up, texted my boyfriend to tell him. First thing he said was “turn off auto renewal” because he got burned by that once. I also did not see the box to uncheck anywhere?