The Offer
Direct Link to offer (links contain our affiliate – offer might be targeted or only available for Prime members)
Amazon is offering $30 Kindle E-readers and $40 off Kindle Paperwhite E-readers when using at least 1 Membership Rewards point. There’s a separate deal we posted about a few days ago to get $20-$40 off a Fire tablet. This post is about a deal to get $30 or $40 off Kindle E-reader devices.
- Get $30 off a Kindle E-reader:
- The $80 reader with special offers is on sale for $60. The $30 discount brings down the cost to $30. A Dansdeals reader noticed that if you choose the Black color, they actually take off $40 for unknown reasons. This brings down the cost to just $19.99. Just be sure to first activate the $40 coupon as well since that’s the one that’s working on the black version.
- The $100 reader without special offers is on sale for $80. The $30 discount brings down the cost to $50.
- Get $40 off a Kindle Paperwhite E-reader:
- The $120 paperwhite reader with special offers is on sale for $100. The $40 discount brings down the cost to $60.
- The $140 paperwhite reader without special offers is on sale for $120. The $40 discount brings down the cost to $80.
- The $190 paperwhite reader + free cellular with special offers is on sale for $170. The $40 discount brings down the cost to $130.
- The $210 paperwhite reader + free cellular without special offers is on sale for $190. The $40 discount brings down the cost to $150.
The Fine Print
- ‘Click to Activate‘ before using the offer.
- You can use even 1 Membership Rewards point and get the discount.
- Limit one coupon code per order. (You can do more than one order.)
- Offer is available by invitation only.
- Offer applies only when purchase is made with an eligible American Express card, where Membership Rewards points are used for at least a portion of the purchase and the promotion code is applied at checkout. You’ll have to activate Shop with Points on your Amex card if you haven’t done that already.
Our Verdict
Seems like the offer might be working on some items or colors but not others. If all works out, you can buy quite a few Kindle’s at an excellent price if that interests you. The best deal is the $80 Kindle for just $20, mentioned above, which will only work once. You should also be able to go through a portal for a further 8% cash back. Kindles are excluded unfortunately.
Hat tip again to Dansdeals
Can only buy 1 at 19.99..
Open another account.
Problem solved 🙂
Edit: extra $10 is taken at checkout.
$40 off on the black Kindle E-Reader is still working as of 8AM EST. You have to activate the $40 off Kindle Paperwhite promo for it to apply on the black non-paperwhite device. Good find. Thanks guys.
thank you so much, this worked as of 10am EST
Thanks for the tip.
I finally got the offer now.
Previously I only activated the $30 offer and was wondering why am I not getting $40 off.
Great deal. Got the $8 warehouse deals Amazon oem case to go with it. Thanks DOC!
somehow I got the paperwhite promo applied to the regular kindle and the total comes out to be $9.99. Amazing
Hmm, it shouldn’t be less than $19.99? $59.99 – $40 = $19.99.
Oh sorry I totally missed the update in this post. I actually bought this a few days ago and there was a prime student promotion for $30 off and it stacks with the MR $40 off promo.
Wow, nice. Is that offer still around?
And you are telling this now?
Probably worth mentioning the Kindle trade-in 25% off offer as well
Unfortunately doesn’t stack with this promo, I tried it.
FYI Top Cash Back excludes Kindles
Ah damn, let me update.
Kindle is likely included. There’s a 8% category for “Amazon Devices & Select Accessories” and there’s a quick link for “Kindle” in that category box.
Yeah topcashback looks fine to me. It says no kindle ebooks or accessories, but nothing about the devices themselves.
Excludes: Non Echo Smart Home Devices with Alexa, Echo Accessories, Echo Look, Cloud Cam, Element TV, Kindle Accessories, Kindle eBooks, Dash IoT Button
Topcashback already paid me out for the kindle purchase.
i was able to get the $40 off deal. Currently 9:30 PM HST Monday night. Total $20.92 with tax. I’m pretty sure I triggered Top Cash Back as well.
Thanks,
Nan
No longer giving $19.99
Probably the reason it was giving $19.99 because it was listed on the promo page (where you activate) as $49.99 price but it’s all messed up now.
I got it like an hour ago. I guess something could have changed since then or it might depend on the account for some reason.
Still got $19.99 11:30 p.m. EST. Thanks for reporting this excellent deal!
In my case it gives me a $30 Kindle promotion discount but doesn’t let me apply MR Points at all. Weird.
Ok I bit. What do I need to know about a Kindle? What are the special offers?
It’s like advertisements, that’s all. You pay a bit more for an ad-free experience.
The ads only appear when your Kindle is asleep- you don’t have anything interrupting you or taking up space when you’re actually reading.
You can wait a month or 2 and go to a chat and ask if they can remove the special offers. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone getting denied. They do it as a courtesy.
I had mine removed within that week. At first there was push back so I asked that they generate a return label for me and they removed it there and then.