Amazon UK Supersaver Delivery Now Just £5
Have you used the Amazon Supersaver delivery option before when ordering from Amazon.co.uk? Ever since it was introduced into the UK a few years ago, I’ve always tried to take advantage of it to save having to pay extra on delivery costs.
In terms of delivery service, I’ve found that using the Amazon Supersaver option is rarely any worse than the standard delivery options of other online companies, clearly there isn’t the special priority being given to your order at Amazon to get it to you next day, but in most cases, I’m quite happy to wait for a few days to receive my items if the delivery is free.
Up until now, you’ve had to have a total order value of £15 or more, which has meant that with many orders you may have to go around scouring the site for a low value item, an Amazon Filler Item if you will, just to take your order value beyond that magical £15.
Well you can now consider this task to be over for the vast majority of orders as Amazon have now reduced the Amazon Supersaver eligible order amount to just £5 – a 66% reduction! Well done to Amazon.co.uk on this one, I’m sure a lot of people will appreciate it in the run up to Christmas and will save them having to make only larger orders in an effort to save money.
Do you think this is a good move? Good for the customer, good for the postal services, but I suppose you could argue that the extra packaging and delivery of multiple orders is environmentally unfriendly?
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Comments: 2
4:35 pm 20th October, 2008
If people were adding items to make it up to the £15, I’d guess that’s more environmentally damaging (due to everything needed to produce those items) than the potential for the extra cardboard used to package more orders. Amazon is very cardboard heavy, with not much plastic used (on many orders, no plastic at all) so in theory it’s sustainable.
The effect on extra packages in the existing mail system is probably marginal in terms of other resource usage, but, at least, might help the Royal Mail keep up flagging delivery numbers
I think it’s an awesome idea. It means I won’t need to renew Amazon Prime next year!
Comments: 174
11:50 pm 26th October, 2008
That’s a fair point Peter, I’ve looked into some of these cheap items that I didn’t really want before, quite often they just end up cluttering the place up….once or twice I’ve even ended up simply throwing them in the bin – not good at all!
Amazon Prime makes for an interesting proposition now, I wonder how Amazon will now position this service, I think there must be a limit to how many people absolutely *need* items delivered next day.
Comments: 1
10:11 am 16th November, 2008
All i want to say you is Amazon makes for an interesting proposition I wonder how Amazon will now position this service, I think there must be a limit to how many people absolutely *need* items delivered next day… it is depended on the persons.
£15, I’d guess that’s more environmentally damaging (due to everything needed to produce those items) than the potential for the extra cardboard used to package more orders. Amazon is very cardboard heavy, with not much plastic used (on many orders, no plastic at all) so in theory it’s sustainable.