Amazon Prime Terms & Conditions

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Prime fees are listed on Amazon's Help pages, are non-refundable unless the Terms say otherwise, and may be taxed

The fee for each Prime plan is stated in the Prime section of Amazon's Help pages, not in these Terms. The fee is non-refundable except where these Terms expressly provide a refund (cancellation within 3 business days, cancellation without any use since the last charge, and prorated refunds when Amazon terminates other than for conduct). Taxes may apply to the membership fee, to Prime's reduced shipping charges, or both.

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The membership fee for each Prime membership plan is stated in the Prime section of our Help pages.

The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.

Taxes may apply on either or both of the membership fee and the reduced shipping charges for Prime.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Express refund cases appear in the Membership Cancellation and Termination by Us sections.

Not stated here

• The fee amounts are on a linked Help page that was not supplied.

Cross-references

• has exception (model-proposed): Amazon may end your Prime membership without notice; refunds are prorated unless the termination is conduct-related — The prorated refund when Amazon terminates a membership (other than for conduct) is an express exception to non-refundability.
• has exception (model-proposed): Cancel within 3 business days of signing up or converting from a trial for a full refund, minus benefits used — The 3-business-day cancellation refund is one of the express exceptions to the rule that the membership fee is non-refundable.
• has exception (model-proposed): Later cancellations get a full refund only if no eligible purchases or Prime benefits were used since the last charge — A full refund on later cancellation when nothing was used since the last charge is another express exception to non-refundability.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Context

Amazon's billing terms apply only if Amazon bills you; third-party billing terms apply otherwise

The billing terms in this section (declined payments and automatic renewal) apply if you signed up through Amazon and Amazon bills you. If you signed up through a third party and Amazon does not bill you directly, the third party's billing terms apply instead.

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If you sign up for your Prime membership through us and are billed by us, then the billing terms described below will apply to your membership.

If you signed up for your Prime membership through a third party and are not billed directly by us, then the billing terms provided by the third party will apply to your membership.

Not stated here

• Third-party billing terms are not identified or supplied.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Procedure

If every payment method on file is declined, you must add a new one promptly or Prime is canceled

For members billed by Amazon: if all eligible payment methods on file are declined for the membership fee, you must promptly provide a new eligible payment method or your membership will be canceled. If the new method is charged successfully, your new membership period runs from the original renewal date, not from the date of the successful charge.

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If all eligible payment methods we have on file for you are declined for payment of your membership fee, you must provide us a new eligible payment method promptly or your membership will be canceled.

If you provide us with a new eligible payment method and are successfully charged, your new membership period will be based on the original renewal date and not the date of the successful charge.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to members who signed up through Amazon and are billed by Amazon.
• 'Promptly' is not defined.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Permission or license

Prime renews automatically and Amazon may charge any eligible payment method on file unless you cancel first

For members billed by Amazon: unless you tell Amazon before a charge that you want to cancel, your membership continues automatically. You authorize Amazon to collect the then-current membership fee and any taxes from any eligible payment method on file, without notice to you unless applicable law requires notice. Direct members can cancel before the renewal date through Amazon's cancellation page.

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UNLESS YOU NOTIFY US BEFORE A CHARGE THAT YOU WANT TO CANCEL, YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR PRIME MEMBERSHIP WILL AUTOMATICALLY CONTINUE AND YOU AUTHORIZE US (WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU, UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TO COLLECT THE THEN-APPLICABLE MEMBERSHIP FEE AND ANY TAXES, USING ANY ELIGIBLE PAYMENT METHOD WE HAVE ON RECORD FOR YOU.

If you signed-up for your Prime membership directly through us, you may cancel any time before your renewal date via this page to avoid the next charge.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to members who signed up through Amazon and are billed by Amazon.
• Charges may go to any eligible payment method on record, not only a chosen one.
• No renewal notice is given unless required by applicable law, except that a fee increase is notified in advance.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment

Amazon will tell you about a fee increase before renewal, and you can cancel before the renewal takes effect

If the membership fee goes up, Amazon will notify you of the new fee before the renewal, and you may cancel at any time before the renewal takes effect.

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IF THE MEMBERSHIP FEE INCREASES, WE WILL NOTIFY YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE RENEWAL OF THE NEW FEE.

YOU MAY CANCEL AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE RENEWAL TAKES EFFECT.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated in the billing terms for members billed by Amazon.

Not stated here

• How far in advance the notice is given is not stated.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Amazon may change these Terms or Prime itself without notice; staying a member means accepting the changes — The general right to change the Terms or any aspect of Prime without notice pulls against the specific promise to give advance notice of a fee increase before renewal. The source does not say how they interact.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Company commitment

Cancel within 3 business days of signing up or converting from a trial for a full refund, minus benefits used

If you cancel within 3 business days of signing up for, or converting from a free trial to, a paid membership, Amazon will refund your full membership fee. However, Amazon may charge you, or hold back from the refund, the value of Prime benefits that you and your account used during those 3 business days.

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If you cancel within 3 business days of signing up for or converting from a free trial to a paid membership, we will refund your full membership fee; provided that we may charge you (or withhold from your refund) the value of Prime benefits used by you and your account during this 3-business day period.

The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The refund may be reduced by the value of Prime benefits used by you and your account in the 3-business-day period.
• The membership fee is otherwise non-refundable except as these Terms expressly provide.

Not stated here

• The source does not say how the value of benefits used is calculated.
• The paragraph does not say whether this rule also applies to members who signed up through a third party, whose refunds it points to the third party's policies.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): Prime fees are listed on Amazon's Help pages, are non-refundable unless the Terms say otherwise, and may be taxed — The 3-business-day cancellation refund is one of the express exceptions to the rule that the membership fee is non-refundable.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Later cancellations get a full refund only if no eligible purchases or Prime benefits were used since the last charge

If you cancel at any other time, Amazon will refund the full membership fee only if neither you nor your account made any eligible purchases or used any Prime benefits since your latest membership charge. The fee is otherwise non-refundable except where these Terms expressly provide a refund, so a member who has used Prime since the last charge gets no refund on cancelling under this paragraph.

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If you cancel at any other time, we will refund your full membership fee only if you and your account did not make any eligible purchases or take advantage of Prime benefits since your latest Prime membership charge.

The Prime membership fee is non-refundable except as expressly set forth in these Terms.

If we do so, we will give you a prorated refund based on the number of full months remaining in your membership.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The test covers use by you and by your account since the latest Prime membership charge.
• A separate prorated refund (by full months remaining) applies when Amazon terminates a membership, except for terminations tied to conduct Amazon determines violates the Terms or law, fraud or misuse, or harm.

Not stated here

• The source does not define 'eligible purchases' in this paragraph.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): Prime fees are listed on Amazon's Help pages, are non-refundable unless the Terms say otherwise, and may be taxed — A full refund on later cancellation when nothing was used since the last charge is another express exception to non-refundability.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Fees and taxes can still apply to Prime orders, and ineligible items in an order pay normal shipping

Even on Prime-eligible purchases, some special product, order or handling fees and taxes may still apply. If only some items in an order are Prime-eligible, you pay the applicable shipping charges for the items that are not.

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Some special product, order, handling fees, and/or taxes may still apply to eligible purchases.

If only some items in your order are eligible for Prime, you will pay applicable shipping charges for the ineligible items.

Not stated here

• The source does not list the special fees that may apply.