LONDON, September 1 2004 -- As a result of the popularity of its free Super Saver Delivery option and its ongoing commitment to lowering prices for customers, Amazon.co.uk today announced it is lowering the order size threshold for free Super Saver Delivery to £19 from £25. This announcement comes just over a year after Amazon.co.uk lowered the order size threshold on free Super Saver Delivery to £25 from £39 and nearly two years after a free delivery offer was first introduced to the site.
Free Super Saver Delivery is not a seasonal or limited time promotion, but an indefinite, everyday, 365-days-a-year offer. Today's announcement marks yet another significant price decrease at Amazon.co.uk, furthering its long-term strategy of working hard to find ways to continually lower prices for customers. Amazon.co.uk is committed to offering low prices across the site with at least 30% off DVD bestsellers, 30% off books over £10 and chart CDs from just £8.49. There are low prices on 1,000s of products in the Electronics & Photo store including multi-region DVD players from just £29.99 and the All New Apple iPod 20GB with click wheel for £214.99.
"We have been delighted with the customer response to our free delivery option”, said Robin Terrell, Managing Director for Amazon.co.uk. “Customer adoption has been strong in the UK and we're pleased to lower the delivery threshold even further to just £19 in time for Christmas. With the combination of low product prices available across the site and our Free Super Saver Delivery option, it is easier than ever for customers to make significant savings in both time and money, when they shop on Amazon.co.uk."
Free Super Saver Delivery takes three to five days longer than standard delivery and is free on qualifying orders over £19. For more details visit: www.amazon.co.uk/supersaverdelivery
For further information please contact Marie Fagan/Rachel Silk in the Amazon.co.uk Press Office on 0208 636 9280.
Terms and Conditions
Prices exclude postage and packaging. Offers available for a limited time only and are subject to availability. Products may change from time to time. Information correct at time of issue. Discounts and savings, unless indicted otherwise, refer to savings on RRP for books, DVDs, videos, software products and PC and video games and on our previous price for electronics, home and garden products, music and toys.
For Chart CDs, “chart” refers to Amazon.co.uk's “Hot 100 albums”, together with selected pre-release future hot 100 albums. Amazon.co.uk's selection is updated regularly. For 30% off books over £10, books included in this promotion will specifically and clearly feature a 30% discount on the product information page of the title (which will be the only discount that will apply to such titles, so that, by way of example, a further 30% discount will not be available against titles already discounted by 30%). All titles that don't feature this discount on the product information page are excluded from this promotion (this includes books that have no discount and refer to "our price" and books that have a percentage discount of less or more than 30%).
Free Super Saver Delivery applies on orders of £19 and over of eligible product (which is to be delivered to a single UK address), placed on the Amazon.co.uk Web site (excluding third-party sites and sellers) on or after September 1 2004.
See Amazon.co.uk Web site for further details, terms and conditions.
About Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.co.uk opened its virtual doors in October 1998, and strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon.co.uk and sellers list millions of new and used items in categories such as Books, Music, Video, DVD, Software, PC & Video Games, Electronics & Photo, Home & Garden, and Toys & Kids!. Through Amazon Marketplace, zShops and Auctions any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.co.uk's millions of customers. Amazon.co.uk customers enjoy the benefits of industry-leading online-shopping technology, such as secure credit-card payment, personalised recommendations, streamlined, 1-Click® ordering and hassle-free Bid-Click® auction bidding. Through Amazon Anywhere, Amazon.co.uk is also available on mobile phones with WAP technology--see www.amazon.co.uk/anywhere for details.
Amazon.com operates six websites: www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.co.jp and www.amazon.ca. Amazon.co.uk is the trading name for Amazon.com International Sales, Inc., and Amazon.com International Auctions, Inc., which are both wholly owned subsidiaries of global online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN).