Yesterday afternoon the postman delivered my belated father’s day present, ordered by my wife on behalf of my daughter, who being only 20 months old is too young to order stuff, even from Amazon.
The present, a book called “Dad Rules” (published by Fig Tree) is by Andrew Clover, the same person who regularly makes both my wife and I chuckle at his canny observations detailed in his column, of the same title, “Dad Rules”, on the last page of “style” magazine in the Sunday Times (and online).
Andrew's column had obviously prompted my wife to purchase the book for me – a little late thinking me thinks – but anyway my wife hops onto Amazon (.co.uk), finds the book and is about to order when I realise she could benefit from my Amazon Prime membership! So I nudge her out of the way, sign into my account, invite her (you are allowed up to four family members on your Prime membership) then let her get back to her important task - ordering my present!
After accepting my invitation to join my Prime membership, my wife then completes the order and ‘Bob’s your uncle’ the book gets delivered by Amazon the next day, postage free!
Amazon Prime costs £49, per annum, so if you use Amazon a lot (which I do –see Calling International Rescue – Amazon family saver), then it makes perfect sense as it will not just save you money, but also your family members.
I am however, not immune to the irony, that ultimately I paid the postage for my own present!
The present, a book called “Dad Rules” (published by Fig Tree) is by Andrew Clover, the same person who regularly makes both my wife and I chuckle at his canny observations detailed in his column, of the same title, “Dad Rules”, on the last page of “style” magazine in the Sunday Times (and online).
Andrew's column had obviously prompted my wife to purchase the book for me – a little late thinking me thinks – but anyway my wife hops onto Amazon (.co.uk), finds the book and is about to order when I realise she could benefit from my Amazon Prime membership! So I nudge her out of the way, sign into my account, invite her (you are allowed up to four family members on your Prime membership) then let her get back to her important task - ordering my present!
After accepting my invitation to join my Prime membership, my wife then completes the order and ‘Bob’s your uncle’ the book gets delivered by Amazon the next day, postage free!
Amazon Prime costs £49, per annum, so if you use Amazon a lot (which I do –see Calling International Rescue – Amazon family saver), then it makes perfect sense as it will not just save you money, but also your family members.
I am however, not immune to the irony, that ultimately I paid the postage for my own present!
No comments:
Post a Comment