You might recall that back in February we told you about Amazon UK offering free postage to Australia on orders over £25. While it was originally scheduled to end on May 15, Amazon now appears to have made it a permanent feature — a handy way to save money when shopping overseas. Thanks Alex! [Amazon]
Rod
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 3:07 PMNiiiice.
Trjn
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 3:17 PMWell, there goes my next paycheck.
Phoebus
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 3:52 PMWow, I might have to learn to read and I’ll actually start buying DVDs on occasion.
Jondar
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 4:05 PMAre you sure that it’s permanent? I’m still seeing “ends May 15″ on other pages around amazon.co.uk.
I’m placing an order before the deadline, but I think I’ll wait until after the deadline and seeing if it’s still around before saying it’s permanent…
Kevin Rudd
Friday, May 6, 2011 at 4:11 PMThis is a great win for Australian consumers.
Boxy
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 11:03 AMI think this may be wrong. When you click through to the terms and conditions it is still listed as expiring on 15 may. Will amazon clarify?
ed
Saturday, May 7, 2011 at 4:55 PMWeighing it up.. The usd u can still get books cheaper comparing to gbp.. Or for most items anyway
BRB
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 12:06 AMuse http://www.booko.com.au to check for best prices – it calculates postage and even works on multiple items and caters for free postage thresholds too.
David J. Hilt
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 11:44 AMHmmm… bookdepository has been doing this since I can remember. Alternatively, you could just go to booko.com.au to see who is the cheapest.
ZYK
Sunday, May 8, 2011 at 6:49 PMMost products are still overpriced on the UK site. e.g. a Kodak Zi8 is £79.98 (converted US$130.911) vs US$111.08.
Canon IXUS 220 HS is £185.00 (converted US$302.808) vs US$253.00
I’m sure it all depends on what you want to get but pretty much post isn’t free if u do the math.
joel
Monday, May 9, 2011 at 9:42 AMcook books from amazon uk have metric measures, this makes a huge difference.
on the checks i have done (cook books), amazon prices were comparable with book depository even with a postage fee included.
Mel
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 12:32 PMThis comment has been deemed inappropriate and has been deleted
JD
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 1:32 PMNot quite permanent, but now officially confirmed until August 15th 2011.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200627060
AJ
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 11:36 PMOoo and now till September 30th
Fatov
Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 1:25 AMIt has now been extended until Sept. 30th. Wonder if it is going to become officially permanent at some point? Or are they still trialling it for a while? I’m hoping they’re not just putting a deadline date artificially to get us to buy more.
kim wilson
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 3:42 PMi have this week sent a present to aussie and got charged for post and packaging..
ajuma
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 9:56 PMIt’s for books and DVDs only.
Joyleen
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:58 AMI noticed the updated information page states that the ‘permanent’ free shipping to Australia actually ended on January 15 2012. Is there any chance it is coming back in the near future?
Rick
Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 1:32 PMI asked an amazon rep, and he stated “it is not company policy to talk about expansion plans before they are announced..”, so maybe they are looking at putting an amazon.com.au out there soon?? The free shipping policy could have been a test to see how many Aussies would buy on the net if shipping was free??
Gus
Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 2:51 PMWouldn’t be surprised if amazon.com.au landed soon. Late last year Amazon held a big recruitment roadshow looking for Australian IT folks.
al
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:23 PMalso amazon.com.au is now a proper website which redirects you through to the uk version. seems they are preparing for it. hopefully they wont jack the prices up to match existing aussie prices.
Jodie
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 2:09 AMAn amazon.com.au site would be AWESOME!
Rosalind Larke
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 10:57 PMI would love to use an Australian based company like Booktopia . Unfortunately my main area of interest is out of print detective fiction of the 1930′s and 1940′s. Until an Australian site starts selling these I am stuck with paying big bucks for shipping costs.
Uwe Buettner
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 7:48 PMas long as Amazon UK is playing silly games regarding free shipping to Australia
I will not consider ordering from them
kate emerson
Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 12:15 PMIt’s not permanent and I heard from Amazon that there are no plans to have permanent free postage to Australia. The gist was-why bother, you’ll order stuff anyway.