• Amazon.de costumers get all book, audio book and calendar orders free of shipping costs – regardless of order value
  • For all other categories and mixed orders Amazon.de offers free shipping offer for all orders exceeding 20 EUR

 

Munich, October 8, 2004 – Starting today Amazon.de delivers all books, audio books and calendars free of shipping costs – regardless of order value. The offer applies for an unlimited time. In all other product lines of Amazon.de, if Music, DVD, Elektronics & Photo, Software and Videogames, House & Garden or Toys, orders exceeding 20 EUR are delivered free of shipping costs.

„We are happy to offer our customers free shipping of books for an unlimited time now. Two years ago, we introduced free shipping for orders exceeding 20 Euros in all product lines, lowering the threshold of free shipping by more than 50 % to let customers in all product lines benefit from our free shipping offer. Now we are one step further and can also give customers the opportunity to benefit from free shipping of books regardless of the product value.“ says Ralf Kleber, Managing Director of Amazon.de.

The free shipping offer for books orders is valid for Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein and Switzerland.

Price offer at Amazon.de

 

  • 500 calendars reduced by 20 %
  • More than 3,000 DVDs below 10 EUR
  • 3,000 CDs to 30% off
  • Computer and video games up to 30% off
  • Toys reduced by up to 20 %
  • DVD-Player starting at 39,95 EUR

 

DVD fans can now also benefit from Amazon.de's Low Price Guarantee: customers who have bought a DVD at Amazon* and see the exact same DVD cheaper somewhere else within two weeks after purchase, can claim a GC for the price difference. This also includes Amazon price changes, but does not include Amazon Marketplace offers. Customers simply have to enter a few details of the lower offering to get the price difference refunded to their Amazon account within 48 hours. The credit can be used within 90 days on any Amazon.de purchase excluding German Books.

In addition to the free shipping option, Customers in Germany** now have the opportunity to receive their orders from Amazon.de even more reliable than they're used to: with Express shipping, Amazon.de offers a service for shipments to be delivered within 24 hours after pickup by its carrier DHL in the distribution centre in Bad Hersfeld, Hessen. Products that are listed on our website as shipped within 24 hours can be delivered often within 48 hours after order; orders placed on Saturday will be delivered the next working day. The service is available in all product lines at a fee of 8 EUR and can be selected during the order process.

For more information please visit www.amazon.de/buch and www.amazon.de/versandkosten.

* Does not include DVDs bought at Amazon Marketplace, zShops and Auctions.
** Does not include shipping addresses on the German islands.

For further information:
Amazon.de GmbH
Public Relations
Christine Höger
Moosacher Straße 51
80809 München
Telefon: 089/35803-233
Telefax: 089/35803-481
E-Mail: choeger@amazon.de

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80801 München
Telefon: 089/38 108-107
Telefax: 089/38 108-150
E-Mail: susanne.larbig@haebmau.de