Whilst chatting with a friend of mine at the pub earlier he told me that he’d made an amazing discovery about Amazon.  But one that they want to keep quiet !

You see, he was looking through the terms and conditions on Amazon’s website and found this :

“Amazon’s prices for released items will change from time to time based on a variety of factors. If Amazon’s price for an already-released item decreases within 30 days after we ship the item to you, we’ll be glad to refund the difference in price if you contact us within that 30-day period.”

Amazing !

So if I purchase something today and next week Amazon drop the price by 20% then I can claim that 20% price reduction in cash!  I can see why they’ve hidden that deep in their Terms and Conditions. It could cost them loads of money!

But the problem is how do you find time to keep going back and checking and rechecking to see if their purchases have been reduced ?

This set me off searching the Interweb for options.

It seems that up until recently the only way that these price drops could be detected was either by actually recalling all the purchases you’ve made or by wading through all your email confirmations one at a time. And after that visiting Amazon to find out the price. Long winded!

Then I discovered this price protection site.

All you need to do is to enter the item number, the amount you paid, the date you bought the thing (get these from your emails) and an email address. The site will then email you as soon as the product drops in price during the 30 days after you paid for it.  Then all you do is follow the simple instructions provided to ask Amazon for the refund.

It’s so simple it’s brilliant !

So if you fancy saving some dosh test out Price Drop Protector and saving money!