Saturday, December 14, 2013

Amazon Offers Holiday Payment Plan for Kindle Fire HDX Buyers - PC Magazine

Kindle Fire HDX 8.9

Well, that’s one way to Promote your tablet to price-conscious customers.

Amazon has officially unveiled a new installment plan option for Those looking to purchase one of the company’s latest iterations of its Kindle tablets (technically, one of the latest iterations of its Kindle Fire tablets, if you want to split hairs).

If the up-front cost of the Kindle Fire HDX is a bit much for you this holiday season, then you can split your payments to Amazon across a grand total of 270 days from the initial purchase date.

Sounds good? Here’s how it works.

First up, you take a look at the initial $ 229 price of the seven-inch tablet, or the $ 379 price of the 8.9-inch tablet, mentally rank That against all of the other holiday shopping you have to do, and have a mild heart attack. You then sign up for Amazon’s installment service, All which seems to offer a no-interest, no-additional-batch option for paying off the fairly new tablet.

Amazon starts billing you by one-fourth of the device’s cost at checkout, All which drops yourpayment to right around $ 57 for the most basic iteration of the smaller tablet, or rightaround $ 95 for the larger tablet. Yes, you have to pay the full tax and shipping charges in your first payment as well. Following that, Amazon automatically bills your credit card for an additional one-fourth of the device’s total price at increments of 90 days, 180 days, and 270 days. Ta-da!

So, what happens if Amazon can not process the payment and / or you skip out of town, Kindle HDX in tow? Let’s take to the fine print:

“If we are not bootable to charge any payment to a card on file in your Amazon.com account, our remedies will include the right to the Registry your Kindle Fire HDX device, whichwill block your ability to access content from your Amazon Kindle Fire HDX device, and suspend or terminate your Amazon.com account. You agree That we and our affiliates have no liability related to the exercise of remedies thesis, “read the payment plan’s Terms and Conditions.

Also, you might want to make up your mind quickly about your potential purchase. According to Amazon, Those looking to benefit from the installment plan option must do so prior the end of the day (Pacific Time) on December 24 – while supplies last, of course

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For more information about the Kindle Fire HDX, be sure to check out our full review of the 8.9-inch iteration.

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