Possible resale/meet MSR opportunity.
1. Are you an
Amazon Prime member?
2. Do you have American Express Membership Rewards points on an Amex card connected to Amazon for pay with points?
3. Check if you're targeted for this promotion:
https://www.doctorofcredit.com/targeted-amazon-fire-tablets-from-14-99/
4. If so, great! Because the promo includes $30 off
Fire HD 10 Tablet, 10.1″ 1080p Full HD Display, 32 GB.
5. The Fire HD 10 Tablet (32 GB) is on sale for an additional $50 off today, (4/26/18), bringing the cost down to $99.99. If you're targeted for the promo, that brings the cost down to
$69.99 from the retail price of $149.99. I recently resold several of the black ones for $125 and they moved fast (I wish I had priced them a little higher but didn't want to sit on them too long).
A few caveats and tips (
Updated):
1. Limit 5 per model. I believe the Kindle/MR points promo is a one-time use deal. So if you buy only 1 now, you can't go back for 4 more later. You can go back for different models.
2. Before adding a Kindle (or any Amazon) device to your cart, select the "This is a gift" box or the Kindles may be pre-registered to your Amazon account.
3. If you're targeted for the promo, you'll have to select your Amex Membership Rewards card for payment and use at least 1 MR point (apply a specific amount $0.01 for 1 point) for the discount to apply. The balance will go on your selected Amex card.
(Or YMMV, an Amazon gift card balance.) Whether you can shop with just 1 MR point and put the balance on your Amazon gift card balance is YMMV. I've done it before, but wasn't able to do it today -- when I tried, it put the whole charge on the gift card and removed Amex, 1 MR point and the discount as the payment method. If you can use a gift card balance and you're trying to hit MSR on any other card, like a SPG card, use the SPG card to buy an Amazon gift card first and add that gift card balance to your Amazon account. You can buy Amazon gift cards in grocery stores, office supply stores, or on MPX and earn 0.5 United miles per $1. If you're trying to maximize spending bonuses, maybe use Freedom to buy an Amazon gift card from the grocery store or CIC/Ink+ at an office supply store for 5x UR.
4. The retail price on this Kindle model fluctuates because Amazon often puts these on sale. Camelcamelcamel puts the historical lowest price at $99.99 (now), Amazon often has these on sale for $109, and retail price is $149.99. What price Amazon is charging directly will impact your reselling efforts.
5. Also, if everyone has the same idea, the resale market may be temporarily flooded with these Kindles, which will affect the supply/demand curve and therefore your resale price.
6. If you're thinking of taking advantage of any of the other Kindle models included in the promotion, check camelcamelcamel first to see how the current price compares to the high and low price. The Fire HD 10 Tablet (32 GB) is on sale today; I'm not aware of any other models on sale so you might want to wait on those. I also don't know when the Kindle/MR points promo will end, but it's still working as of this morning.
7. If you're thinking of reselling online (e.g., eBay), you can potentially save on shipping by mailing the Kindle in a
Priority Mail Padded Flat Rate Envelope, which costs $7.10-$7.25 for postage. These padded envelopes aren't available in most post offices, but you can order them through the USPS site and they deliver free to you.
8. eBay sellers fees (typically 10%) earn 3x UR on CIP.
9. Before generating a shipping label, withdraw the proceeds from any sale from your PayPal account to your bank, or shipping fees will be automatically deducted from your PayPal balance. Make sure if you've preauthorized eBay to charge your PayPal account for shipping, the preferred method of payment is your CIP (or other credit card on which you're trying to earn points), not your bank. eBay shipping will deduct the cost of postage from your PayPal balance first, but if you've withdrawn the funds then eBay will charge your next selected method of payment (for a long time, it was deducting from my bank account until I delinked it and changed it over to CIP). eBay shipping fees also earn 3x UR on CIP.
Edited to add more tips.
Thats okay, anytime they succeed in giving us cash, it goes to a travel fund for them. For the last year or so it had been for our wedding trip, I used it to buy discounted Disney gcs for them for food and stuff and presented it to them before we left. This time it will go to the surprise family cruise trip were planning for next summer...
