Economic Endeavors

Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I'm a big fan of Swagbucks, because I earn a ton of free Amazon gift cards there. I average one or two $5 gift cards per day, mostly thanks to referrals who have signed up through my blog (Thank you!).

Those gift cards are even better when combined with free Amazon shipping, so I'm always on the lookout for free trials of Amazon's Prime membership. Members of Amazon Prime get free 2-day shipping on any orders bought directly from Amazon, so free gift cards + free shipping = lots of absolutely free stuff arriving on my doorstep each week.

This trial membership offer is the cream of the crop, because it gives you free shipping for 3 full months! And once you sign up, you can immediately go into your account and choose to shut off the auto-renew option, so your membership won't be renewed automatically. So no fear of future unwanted charges.

To sign up for this free trial offer:

• Click here to go to the offer on Amazon.
• Add a qualifying textbook to your cart (you will not actually have to purchase the book).
  
• Continue throughout the checkout process, including entering your credit card info (don't worry, there is one more step after the credit card page, so you are not authorizing any charges).
• On the final page to review your order, you will be asked if you want to sign up for the 3 month trial to receive free 2 day shipping on this order. Approve the trial membership, but DO NOT submit the order. Go back to your cart and remove the book from your cart.
• Go into your Account page, and scroll down to "Manage my Prime account"
• Click "Manage my Prime account" and disable the option to Auto-Renew your membership at the end of the 3 month trial.
• That's it! Enjoy your membership for 3 months, and no need to remember to cancel. If you like the membership and choose to continue with it, it costs $79.99 for a year, and you will need to manually go into your "Manage your Prime account" and renew it manually.