Amazon.com Consumer Electronics Store Announces New Interest-Free Financing, Click-to-Call and Premium Delivery on Select Electronics Just In Time for the Holidays.SEATTLE Seattle (sēăt`əl), city (1990 pop. 516,259), seat of King co., W Wash., built on seven hills, between Elliott Bay of Puget Sound and Lake Washington; inc. 1869. -- Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, www.amazon.com) The largest online shopping site and one of the most widely known e-commerce sites on the Web. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995, it had 11 employees by year's end. Within four years, it had more than 1,600 employees and four million customers. (Nasdaq:AMZN AMZN Amazon.com (NASDAQ symbol) ) today announced that Amazon Amazon, in Greek mythology Amazon (ăm`əzŏn), in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor. customers can now take advantage of interest-free interest-free adj → libre de interés interest-free adj → sans intérêt interest-free interest adj, adv → financing on select electronics products in Amazon.com's Electronics store (www.amazon.com/electronics) as the holiday shopping season approaches. The announcement came as the store unveiled several additional user-friendly features, all designed to make the experience of shopping online for consumer electronics products easier and more convenient than ever before. In addition to interest-free financing, Amazon's Electronics Store customers can now receive quick and easy personal assistance using the site's innovative Click-to-Call tool, which connects them to an Amazon sales associate. And to ensure that all big-screen TV orders arrive in a timely manner, ready for immediate use, the store offers Amazon's Premium Delivery Service. With Premium Delivery, the carrier personally brings the customer's big-screen TV into the home, unpacks the item and removes the packaging materials. "The new features in our Consumer Electronics store are focused on making it easier than ever for customers to make an informed buying decision about any of the hundreds of thousands of CE items we offer," noted Paul Ryder, vice president of Consumer Electronics at Amazon.com. "Our new interest-free financing, Click-to-Call and Premium Delivery options, as well as expert editorial reviews, buying guides and more, give Amazon.com shoppers the advanced tools they need to find, discover and buy virtually any type of electronics product and rest assured that they made the right decision." Amazon now offers interest-free financing on select TVs and audio products through the Amazon.com Credit Account. Most customers will receive instant online approval and can purchase a TV with no money down, no payments and no interest for one year. Certain restrictions apply; see Amazon.com for details. Amazon's Click-to-Call tool allows customers to contact a product specialist by scheduling a call. By simply clicking on the Call Me link on specific product detail pages, a representative will be alerted to call a customer back immediately or within a selected timeframe and have access to the information the customer is viewing. Amazon's Premium Delivery Service is offered on all big-screen TVs over 27" and includes delivery, unpacking and the removal of packing materials. This service, which is included for no additional charge to the standard delivery fee, is designed to ensure customers will be ready to begin enjoying their new TV as quickly as possible. In addition to these new features, Amazon.com provides Free Super Saver Super saver may refer to:
About Amazon Prime Amazon Prime, Amazon.com's first-ever membership program, is available to customers for a flat fee of $79 per year. Amazon Prime members receive unlimited express two-day shipping for free, with no minimum purchase requirement on over a million eligible items sold by Amazon.com. Members can order as late as 6:30 p.m. ET and still get their order the next day for only $3.99 per item, and they can share the benefits of Amazon Prime with up to four family members living in their household. Sign up for Amazon Prime at www.amazon.com/prime. About Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc., (Nasdaq:AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth's Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as health and personal care, jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. and watches, gourmet food, sports and outdoors, apparel and accessories, books, music, DVDs, electronics and office, toys and baby, and home and garden. Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, and www.joyo.com. As used herein, "Amazon.com," "we," "our" and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise. Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. and claims, fulfillment ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. center optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. , seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption INTERRUPTION. The effect of some act or circumstance which stops the course of a prescription or act of limitation's. 2. Interruption of the use of a thing is natural or civil. , significant amount of indebtedness INDEBTEDNESS. The state, of being in debt, without regard to the ability or inability of the party to pay the same. See 1 Story, Eq. 343; 2 Hill. Ab. 421. 2. , inventory, limited operating history, government regulation and taxation, payments, fraud, consumer trends, and new business areas. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005, and all subsequent filings. |
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