- Today I have 10 insider saving secrets for amazon.com plus
how to score insane secret clearance deals on their website.
Welcome back to the channel am The Deal Guy Matt Granite.
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I just wrapped a series of the top secrets
to help you save at Target and Walmart
and am looking to learn about more stores.
If there is a store that you wanna save money at
got Costco on the way, many other deal drops,
let me know where it is you wanna save money.
If you are not a prime member,
am going to have deals and ways to actually work
the amazone.com website to your advantage.
Let's begin first with a reminder that there are a lot
of links that I'm going to share tied to today's deals.
Rather than waste your time spelling out each of the links
as we go through the top 10 savings secrets.
They're all available on MATTSDAILYDEALS.com
I do use affiliate links,
which means I benefit monetarily if you are kind enough
to use one of my links and while I do host programming
as an dependent contractor for Amazon.
I'm not speaking on behalf of the company,
nor are they endorsing anything
that I'm going to share with you.
In fact, I think this is information
Amazon might prefer I don't share with you.
Reminder too, if you want to become a Prime member,
there is a free 30 day trial to help you out with that.
And that link is on MATTSDAILYDEALS.com.
Plus, during today's video, if you watch closely,
I'm going to give you hundreds of clippable coupons
that will save you what could be thousands of dollars
over the course of a year.
All of these deals and all of these coupons
are all part of this video
that I'm going to share with you right now.
Insider saving secret number one, there is a page on Amazon,
where many of the best deals happen to be hidden
and a lot of you might not know this page actually exists.
There's a special section of amazon.com
called bargain fines.
And these prices include standard shipping
and of course the rates may differ by destination.
But if you've never even seen a message like this,
chances are you haven't seen the page
and many of these products range from $3 to about $20.
There's some anomalies and some good products.
This watch on your own exists at 1299.
And it's literally impossible to find a listing
for this in stock on Amazon the main page if you do a search
at least at the time that I'm recording this,
there's deals for all sorts of people.
Throughout this video, I'm gonna show you
how to save money on all types of things,
how to find hidden coupons, and of course,
some really good deals
but just as an example on another $13 deal,
on the bargain fines page, this two outlet wall mount
with the dual USB charge ports is 1299.
When I go to the main section of Amazon,
I'm seeing this for 35% higher,
so just throwing that out there as something
that you might need to know as a great way to save money,
even a decently rated $2 and 98 cent
pair of in ear wired earbuds.
If you find yourselves traveling
or if you don't have a Bluetooth connection
or you're doing a lot of Skype or zoom
and you just want to hard wire into the computer.
This $2 and 98 cent deal with free shipping
would be another example as my savings secret number one.
Insider saving secret number two,
and I feel like an idiot every time
I just keep going like this,
but I don't have fancy graphics
coz this is a frugal YouTube channel,
the saving secret number two is tied to the trading page.
Now some of you know, you can actually trade
in pre existing devices where Amazon
will handle the return shipping to them for free.
And then you'll get that credit toward an additional device.
But what you might not know is they actually run promotions
on a special version of the trading page.
So for example, if you were to trade in a select cell phone,
you'll get a bonus on an Amazon gift card.
If you were to trade in an old E-reader,
you get 20% off a new Kindle E-reader
and that's on top getting cash back for the E-reader
you're already trading in.
If you have an old fire tablet,
you could trade that in fire TV devices.
Like if you have an old fire TV stick,
you want to trade that in again, huge savings.
You can also get an Amazon gift card
plus 25% off a new echo device.
And just to show you how the trading process works,
it's actually seamless
you select what it is you wanna trade in
In this example, I have a first generation old used
blink indoor home security system,
you answer a few questions about it.
And not only am I getting 50 bucks back
for trading in my new system,
but I could get an additional discount
off of the second generation
if I choose to buy it for that respective product line.
So you might be thinking, well, it's 50 bucks,
I paid more at the time
Hey, it's more money back in your pocket where it belongs.
Savings secret number three, bookmark the sales section
of the Amazon warehouse page.
I'm sure many of you guys know that there are plenty
of gold box deals that have a wide range of discounts.
Some of them are good, some of them are not fully worth
your while at all times.
And some of the products that end up in the gold box
and today's deal section or listings that are dead.
It's not a great way to sort deals,
especially this product,
but you'll likely note the Amazon warehouse section
is better organized and also has deals that are in stock.
So for the warehouse products, not all of these are used.
Some of these are products that have just been repackaged.
Sometimes if something shipping to you at your home
from point A to point B,
and the box is deemed to be damaged,
which might mean scuffed up
might be in a dent in the package.
Amazon then receives that on the back end repackages it
and sends it back out as a renewal warehouse product.
And that's what we're looking at for some of these deals.
So if we were to look right now
there's a select number of deals.
But something like this Bissell
or even this Eufy Anker Robo vac right now
is selling for $147 versus what could be 230 or more
if you were to purchase this product as brand new,
and again, all of these prices that I'm showing you
will differ depending on when you're watching this
and what's on sale at Amazon at that particular time.
But this is a 50% off deal right now
on a very well rated vacuum as you can see,
and a number one best seller.
So that is interesting to note.
And one of the reasons you may wanna bookmark
that warehouse deal section
I'm gonna give you a saving secret
edition right here a bit of a bonus.
Once you're in the warehouse section
pay attention to the Woot deals
you guys remember Woot used to be a daily deal website
and then Amazon purchased Woot.
And now there are all sorts of daily deals
that run on the website.
A lot of these are refurbished and used products
but it's worth a look for example
on this ifive MacBook Pro, there are some great savings
on this specific product if you were to log on right now
and you're gonna find different products
that are brand new as well and worth your while.
For example, this UV clean phone sanitizer is 49 bucks.
I actually have a deal for a phone sanitizer
that I much prefer on MATTSDAILYDEALS.com
but just as an example that's there,
some of the deals are good, some aren't.
This bamboo four piece luxury Sheet Set brand new 17 to $23
is good if you want higher end sheets
that might not be your pick.
And just as an example on MATTSDAILYDEALS.com.
I think I found a sheet set at $100 off.
It depends what you're looking for.
But of course that would be a good thing to keep in mind.
Ours is part of the Amazon's brand new renewed program
and the deals in this section
primarily tied to electronics and desktops
are the most aggressive of anything that I've ever seen.
Now I am completely not in favor
of just buying a renewed refurbished product from anyone.
In fact for a lot of those daily deal websites,
you see there's no accountability
if something goes wrong with the product.
The reason I like Apple refurbished products
when you buy directly from Apple and renewed products
that you buy directly from Amazon,
is there's an additional Guarantee.
If you look right now this is an amazing deal.
This is a desktop computer with an Intel Core
Quad processor, an ifive 16 gigs of RAM,
which is absolutely insane.
And a brand new 480 gig solid state drive
for $229 and 54% off
guys, that is one of the best desktop deals.
I had one last week that I featured
from the Amazon renewed section as well,
which was 150 and almost loaded up as well as this
but why am I showing you the section
well all of the products from the Amazon renewed section
and a reminder, I've bookmarked
all of these sections on MATTSDAILYDEALS.com.
Is a product that is backed by an additional 90 day
Amazon renewed guarantee.
The product has been professionally tested,
it's inspected and it's tested by Amazon qualified suppliers
to ensure that it looks like new and performs well.
On certain products, it's actually better
to buy it renewed because your typical
return window for an Amazon purchase is 30 days.
When you buy an Amazon renewed product,
even if it's just been repackaged,
you're getting it 90 days if anything goes wrong with it.
And that's actually better and working to your advantage
as a consumer and hey, it could score you a deal
on something like a brand new iPhone again,
you're saving $80 right now
for something that's fully unlocked
that you could take advantage of
and score that additional 90 day renewed guarantee.
Now I realize many products have manufacturer warranties,
but these days with everything going on.
It's not that easy to call up the manufacturer
and get the service and get everything scheduled
sometimes just going back
to the place at which you purchased
the product from like Amazon is a great way to go.
So these renewed products really something to consider
Insider saving secret number five
is you absolutely do not need to be a Prime member.
If your main reason for using
that Prime membership is free shipping.
Lot of people don't know this,
but the average shipping time for a non prime product
is between five and eight days.
If you spend over $25
most products on Amazon will ship completely for free.
And if you are shopping for something that's available
from a third party and fulfilled by that third party,
you often just get free shipping
so the Prime membership may not be worth your while.
And with that being said if you're not using prime video
and some of the other benefits,
which I'll discuss in a few moments,
getting anything into your shopping cart
and bundling together so it's over $25 will get you shipping
within that five to eight day window.
And at least at the time that I'm recording this video,
there are widespread delays
based on what's going on
with Amazon shipping times
and that Prime one to two day free shipping
doesn't really hold true at least right now in my community
and with many zip codes with which I've tested this again,
everything's different, not speaking on behalf of Amazon
shipping times, just on behalf of personal experience.
Saving secret number six,
I'm sure you guys might have noticed
that you can't use manufacturer coupons at Amazon,
you can't just submit them to customer service
and have them apply to an order.
But did you know there are coupons galore
all waiting for you in not so obvious section of amazon.com.
I'm not going to call this a secret section.
But I am going to say the vast majority of people
do not know to click this
they don't know the link exists.
And they don't know that you can actually score
all sorts of coupons that you can then apply
to future purchases.
Well, I realize $1 off here $1 there
might not get you overly excited
and I realized I have no life and very few friends
except for the amazing subscribers of this channel.
You're not going to believe some of the coupons
that I'm going to show you right now
all located in this section.
So it does tell you that you can save up to 35%
off of Amazon coupons
and yeah $1 here might not get you that excited
and it's probably something you've seen before.
But let's use headphones as an example
and you're not going to believe
some of the coupons I show you.
So on this first pair of headphones,
you're saving an extra 20% off when you apply this coupon.
This is a big deal and this will add up
relatively quickly for you
and another pair of headphones just as an example 20% off
Why would you pay $39 and 99 cents
for this very well rated pair of headphones
when you can save an additional 20%
How about this pair of earbuds $10 guys
when you apply the coupon
it's all about knowing these coupons exist
and one of my main missions
is to make sure you always get your coupon
so a reminder everything is linked
for you MATTSDAILYDEALS.com.
You can join my email newsletter click the coupons
but whatever it is, just make sure
you're using a coupon when you shop.
This information I bookmark for you.
Insider saving secret number seven,
know the source of your products to get the best deal.
So I wanna give you an example.
Not everything you see on Amazon
is of course at its lowest price.
And if you look very carefully
when you are shopping for a product,
it usually comes from another brand.
And these brands sometimes have their own websites,
where you can save even more money
if you go directly to their websites.
So let's use this cooling pillow as an example,
If you look very closely at the listing,
you're getting a two pack of well rated cooling pillows
in the small size.
I know it's very confusing.
It's a smaller, actual large, but it's actually small,
you're getting two small pillows for 79 bucks.
Well if you want two extra large pillows for 9998
which is likely the better value.
If you went directly to the merchant,
you would have saved yourself a little bit of money
or at least got something better
and if that examples not clear enough to you,
let's use this, there's a hose right here
which is an expandable 50 foot hose
highly in demand right now.
This same hose which is $39 and 99 cents on Amazon
is actually available online
from the merchant directly for 29 bucks.
If you look at my website,
MATTSDAILYDEALS.com and you scroll
through all of the deals that I have featured recently
I actually hunted this down
at a cheaper price $29 and 99 cents versus
the $10 more you would spend on Amazon.
Why? Well, it's not that Amazon's out to hurt you.
But they do have credit card processing fees
and different fees that are passed along to the merchant
and in that case, many merchants
will actually jack up their prices on Amazon,
even if they're on sale just to cover their operating costs.
Savings secret number eight, know your rights.
If you're a Prime member,
you are paying for a promise
that you're going to get most products
within a specific window of time.
And if you're not getting your products
within two to three days or five days
or whatever break you wanna cut to the people
in your community which is totally fine
and I support that.
You still are promised some type of shipping time
and many of the products these days
that I've been ordering are sometimes getting lost.
As you can see from this
and at other times and waiting three weeks
for something that was a prime product
that was supposed to arrive in three to five days
contact amazon customer service
and ask for a credit for that month,
your prime membership cost you around 13 bucks a month.
You shouldn't be paying for something
you're not getting back as a service.
So ask for credit.
Those are your rights amazon customer service
I have found is very receptive
to providing those breaks to people.
Just make sure you advocate for yourself.
Saving secret number nine,
there are discounts available
on the Prime membership program.
If you are a student or you have a Medicaid card,
you can save a lot on prime
50% off per month with a qualified EBT card.
And if you're a student, you get a six month trial for free
after that print student resumes
at $6 and 49 cents per month.
That is an amazing deal on the Amazon Prime membership.
And what you might not know is there's actually other plans
available so for example,
If you are not a student and you don't have a Medicaid card
prime manual is 119
per year at the time I'm recording this
which gives you prime video ad free music streaming,
unlimited photo storage, unlimited reading
and various other things which we'll talk about.
And again, if you want to use a free 30 day trial,
there is a link MATTSDAILYDEALS.com.
If you are a monthly member,
you spend actually a little bit more
than on the annual membership commitment
and if you simply just want to use the prime video service,
it's $8 and 99 cents per month,
which puts it on par or better value compared to Netflix.
But again, you have to like the catalog of programming
and that's different per person watching
In fact if you guys are watching right now
Do you love prime video? Do you use it?
Are you more of a Netflix person?
Let me know about that
as I make my way through saving secret number 10.
This is all tied to whether or not you actually need prime.
In the math that I've done,
If you buy more than three items per month from Amazon
and those are your shopping habits.
You are 100% the perfect person
to use that Prime membership
because all of the benefits over time,
especially for larger scale deliveries,
and the discounts passed along to you,
generally at least allow your prime membership
to pay for itself plus a few other bonuses.
And the reason I'm telling you that is for example,
if you shop for food, your grocery savings
are huge as a Prime member.
If you have a growing family,
the Amazon family discounts of 20% on diapers
and baby food subscriptions, make it worth it.
And there are exclusive deals for you.
In addition to deals which become available
as early access deals to Prime members.
The daily deals and early access
to some of the most popular products,
especially around occasions like Black Friday
and Cyber Monday, and Prime Day
are all tied to your prime membership
and crazy things like if you're a Prime member
and you place an order through your Echo,
there's sometimes additional savings that you can unlock.
And these are all topics upon which I focus
throughout the year but insider savings for Prime members
might make it worth your while.
And if you do have a growing family
or in my case, I'm a proud father of a two year old.
Before my two year old got to being a toddler
rather than a baby, the baby registry on Amazon
gives tons of discounts to family members,
the free welcome boxes up to $35 worth of products.
And then just for completing a registry,
you get a discount on items that are left in your registry.
If people don't buy it,
plus Prime members receive 15% off on that.
And these startup costs for a growing family
are a lot of money.
There are similar incentives in place at Walmart.
And of course, I've covered
all of the shopping secrets for Walmart,
including how to read their price tags
and what you need to know
and what not to buy from them in another upload.
If there was another store that you want me to cover,
please leave me a comment.
And if you've watched this and you're wondering,
should you cancel your prime membership?
What are the hidden perks of your prime membership
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