Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Fees are set in Help pages, may include tax and are non-refundable with express exceptions
The Kindle Unlimited membership fees are stated in Amazon's Help pages, not in this document. Amazon may offer different membership terms with different fees. Fees may be subject to tax. They are non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms. The Terms elsewhere give one express refund route: a prorated refund if Amazon terminates the membership, except where it terminates for conduct it determines violates the Terms or law, involves fraud or misuse, or harms its interests or another user. A member billed directly by Amazon who cancels gets no refund of fees already paid.
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The membership fees for Kindle Unlimited are stated in our
From time to time, we may offer different membership terms, and the fees for such membership may vary.
Membership fees may be subject to tax and are non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.
we will give you a prorated refund based on the number days remaining in your membership
you will not receive a refund of any membership fees already paid
Qualifications & exceptions
The express refund in the termination section applies only when Amazon terminates and does not apply to termination for conduct Amazon determines to be a violation, fraud or misuse, or harmful.
Cancelling by a member billed directly by Amazon carries no refund of fees already paid; refunds for third-party-billed memberships depend on the third party.
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The fee amounts are in Help pages that were not supplied.
The text does not say what "different membership terms" may include.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically
These billing terms apply if you sign up through Amazon and Amazon bills you directly. Unless you notify Amazon before a charge that you want to cancel or do not want to auto renew, the membership automatically continues, and you authorize Amazon (without notice to you unless the law requires it) to collect the then-applicable membership fees and any taxes using any payment method it has on record for you. The renewal rule does not apply to non-recurring memberships or to memberships billed by a third party.
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If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through us and are billed directly by us, then the billing terms described below will apply to your membership:
Unless you notify us before a charge that you want to cancel or do not want to auto renew, you understand your Kindle Unlimited membership will automatically continue and you authorize us (without notice to you, unless required by applicable law) to collect the then-applicable membership fees and any taxes, using any payment method we have on record for you.
The provisions in this section regarding automatic renewal are not applicable to those memberships.
If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through a third party and are not billed directly by us, then the billing terms provided by that third party will apply to your membership.
Qualifications & exceptions
Collection happens without notice to the member unless applicable law requires notice.
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The text does not say how long before a charge the member must notify Amazon.
It does not say whether Amazon sends a renewal reminder.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
If every payment method is declined the membership is cancelled
If every payment method Amazon has on file is declined for the membership fees, the membership is cancelled unless you provide a new payment method. If you provide one and are successfully charged before the membership is cancelled, the new membership period is based on the original renewal date, not the date of the successful charge.
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If all payment methods we have on file for you are declined for payment of your membership fees, your membership will be cancelled unless you provide us with a new payment method.
your new membership period will be based on the original renewal date and not the date of the successful charge
Qualifications & exceptions
Part of the billing terms for memberships billed directly by Amazon.
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The text does not say how long a member has to provide a new payment method before cancellation.
Cross-references
qualifies (model-proposed): Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically — qualifies: Automatic continuation depends on a working payment method; if every method on file is declined the membership is cancelled unless a new one is provided.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Context
Memberships bought through a third party follow that party's billing and cancellation terms
If you sign up through a third party and Amazon does not bill you directly, the third party's billing terms apply to your membership. To cancel or to get any refund you may need to contact the third party, and its applicable policies decide any refund.
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If you sign up for your Kindle Unlimited membership through a third party and are not billed directly by us, then the billing terms provided by that third party will apply to your membership.
you may need to contact the third party to cancel your membership or receive any refund under that third party’s applicable policies
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The third party's terms are not part of this document.
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qualifies (model-proposed): Memberships billed by Amazon renew automatically — qualifies: Automatic renewal applies only when Amazon bills directly; a third-party-billed membership follows the third party's billing terms instead.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Fee changes need advance notice and can be rejected by cancelling
Amazon may change the Kindle Unlimited membership fee by notifying you of the change and its effective date before it takes effect. At any time before the change takes effect you may reject it by cancelling the membership at no additional cost under the cancellation section. Separately, the Agreement Changes section lets Amazon change or discontinue the membership or any aspect of it without notice; this document does not say how that right fits with the advance notice for fee changes.
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We may change the Kindle Unlimited membership fee from time to time by notifying you of the change and effective date before it takes effect.
At any time before a membership fee change takes effect, you may reject the change by cancelling your membership at no additional cost
change, suspend, or discontinue the Kindle Unlimited membership or any aspect of it, without notice to you
Qualifications & exceptions
The cancellation option is tied to the cancellation section, which describes the cancellation steps for memberships billed directly by Amazon.
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The notice period and delivery method are not stated.
It is unclear whether the no-notice change right reaches fees.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception
Non-recurring memberships are outside the automatic renewal rules
Amazon may sometimes offer non-recurring memberships. The provisions in the Fees and Renewal section about automatic renewal do not apply to those memberships.
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From time to time we may also offer non-recurring memberships.
The provisions in this section regarding automatic renewal are not applicable to those memberships.
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The text does not say how a non-recurring membership ends or what it costs.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company practice
What happens when you cancel
If you cancel, you do not get a refund of membership fees already paid, and you keep your membership benefits until the end of your subscription period. If you cancel before the renewal date you are not charged for the next subscription period. When the membership is cancelled, the titles you selected from the program are removed from your account, devices and applications.
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(i) you will not receive a refund of any membership fees already paid, and (ii) you will continue to have access to your membership benefits until the end of your subscription period
If you cancel your membership before the renewal date, you will not be charged for the next subscription period.
When your membership is cancelled, the titles you have selected from the program will be removed from your account, devices, and applications.
Qualifications & exceptions
Stated for memberships billed directly by Amazon.
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The text does not say whether selected titles are removed at the moment of cancellation or at the end of the subscription period.
Charges & Financial Obligations · User right or choice
Trial and promotional memberships follow these Terms unless the offer says otherwise
Amazon sometimes offers certain customers trial or other promotional memberships. They are subject to these Terms except as otherwise stated in the promotional offer. Trial members may at any time, through the kucentral page, choose not to continue to paid membership at the end of the trial period.
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We sometimes offer certain customers various trial or other promotional memberships, which are subject to these Terms except as otherwise stated in the promotional offers.
Trial members may at any time (through https://www.amazon.com/kucentral) choose not to continue to paid membership at the end of the trial period.
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The text does not say whether a trial turns into a paid membership automatically if the member does nothing; the billing terms for that depend on the offer.
Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment
A prorated refund follows termination, except for conduct Amazon decides is a violation
If Amazon terminates your membership, it will give you a prorated refund based on the number of days remaining in the membership. It will not refund anything for a termination related to conduct that Amazon determines, in its discretion, violates these Terms or any applicable law, involves fraud or misuse of the membership, or is harmful to its interests or another user. This is the refund the fees section means by "except as expressly set forth in these Terms". By contrast, if you cancel a membership billed by Amazon you receive no refund of fees already paid.
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If we do so, we will give you a prorated refund based on the number days remaining in your membership.
However, we will not give any refund for termination related to conduct that we determine, in our discretion, violates these Terms or any applicable law, involves fraud or misuse of the membership, or is harmful to our interests or another user.
non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms
you will not receive a refund of any membership fees already paid
Qualifications & exceptions
The conduct exception turns on Amazon's own determination in its discretion.
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The text does not say how the prorated amount is computed beyond days remaining, or whether taxes are refunded.
It does not say whether the member can challenge Amazon's determination.