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Hartz 4: Discount on Amazon Prime Membership – This is how it works

2022-08-03T03:55:53.632Z


Amazon Prime: Hartz 4 recipients receive a discount Created: 08/03/2022 05:41 By: Caroline Schäfer Recipients of Hartz 4 or social assistance can save money with Amazon Prime membership. © Sebastian Kahnert/dpa Amazon is increasing the price of a Prime membership. Hartz 4 beneficiaries and welfare recipients can save money with a subscription. Kassel – “Fast, free and convenient” – that’s wha


Amazon Prime: Hartz 4 recipients receive a discount

Created: 08/03/2022 05:41

By: Caroline Schäfer

Recipients of Hartz 4 or social assistance can save money with Amazon Prime membership.

© Sebastian Kahnert/dpa

Amazon is increasing the price of a Prime membership.

Hartz 4 beneficiaries and welfare recipients can save money with a subscription.

Kassel – “Fast, free and convenient” – that’s what an Amazon Prime membership with the online mail order company promises.

Members should not only benefit from free shipping, but also from fast delivery of millions of items.

In addition, numerous films and series can be streamed via Prime Video,

hna.de

reports .

However, membership is not that cheap.

Amazon recently announced that it would increase the price of a Prime membership.

This increases the monthly price for the subscription from EUR 7.99 to EUR 8.99.

This means an increase from EUR 69.00 to EUR 89.90 per year.

Hartz 4 beneficiaries get a reduced price for Amazon membership

Not everyone can afford that.

Anyone who receives Hartz 4 does not have to forgo membership.

Recipients can receive a cheaper tariff.

But how does that work?

A discounted Amazon Prime subscription is possible with a so-called social pass.

This is issued voluntarily by some municipalities and is intended to enable people on low incomes to participate in social life.

In this way, certain mobility, cultural and leisure offers can be used at a lower price - also at Amazon.

Anyone who has such a pass or is exempt from the obligation to pay broadcasting fees (GEZ), such as students, benefits from a 50 percent discount on Prime membership.

This means that free shipping, Prime Video, Amazon Music and Prime Gaming can currently be used for EUR 3.99 per month.

From January 17, 2023, the fee will then increase to EUR 4.49 per month.

Hartz 4: Who can apply for a social pass?

The social pass is usually issued for one year and must then be extended with the appropriate conditions.

Who can get such a pass:

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  • Recipients of Hartz 4 or social assistance

  • Recipients who receive basic security

  • Recipients of benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act

  • Severely disabled people with a degree of disability of at least 80 percent

Amazon Prime membership and Hartz 4: How to get the discount?

And how do those entitled get the lower price?

To do this, customers have to verify themselves on the website of the online giant.

Simply enter the state and city or county in which the passport was issued and upload a photo of the certificate.

Then nothing should stand in the way of membership.

However, Amazon points out that customers must expect a new verification after one year.

Membership can be canceled at any time.

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Hartz 4: In which cities and municipalities does Amazon accept the social pass?

However, the offer only applies to customers residing in Germany and Austria who are exempt from the broadcasting fee or who have a corresponding social security pass.

The passes of the following cities and municipalities enable a discounted Amazon subscription:

  • Aachen

  • Berlin

  • Bielefeld

  • Bochum

  • Bonn

  • Boennigheim

  • Brunswick

  • Bremen

  • Chemnitz

  • Dortmund

  • Dresden

  • Duisburg

  • Dusseldorf

  • Erfurt

  • meal

  • Frankenthal

  • Frankfurt am Main

  • Gera

  • hall

  • Hamburg

  • Hanover

  • Karlsruhe

  • keel

  • Cologne

  • Krefeld

  • Langenfeld

  • Leipzig

  • Ludwigsburg

  • Magdeburg

  • Manheim

  • Miesbach

  • Moenchengladbach

  • Muehlheim

  • Munich

  • Muenster

  • Nuremberg

  • Osnabruck

  • Pforzheim

  • regensburg

  • Roadstead

  • Ruesselsheim

  • Salzgitter

  • Salzkotten

  • Schwarndorf

  • Solingen

  • Stuttgart

  • Waiblingen

  • warnow

  • Wuppertal

The group is always under criticism.

Employees complain about long working hours and low or no special payments such as Christmas and holiday bonuses.

The Verdi union called for a strike on Amazon Prime Day to increase the pressure on the company.

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Source: merkur

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