2000 Amazon coins ($20) for $7

[lamedude]

Get 2000 coins when you buy GTA:SA. Should be a no brainer for Kindle owners.
FYI Amazon coins are used to buy apps and these promotional coins "expire on the last day of the calendar month one year after we give them to you".

 

[Ryland]

I don't get those economics. How are they making money on that?

 

[Rakehellion]

They're making plenty of money. It's like buying arcade tokens or any other imaginary currency.

 

[Ricochet]

Thanks. 1st game bought for my Kindle Fire HD.

 

[OSULugan]

You may want to hold off and see if Amazon runs another "free 100 coins" with purchase promotion on multiple free apps of the day.

They did this earlier this week for 9 apps, making it possible to get 900 free coins. Then just buy GTA: SA for 699 of those coins and get another 2000 for a total haul of 2201 coins.

 

[CPA]

Plus, they have several games where when you use coins, you get 50% back. Simpson's tapped out is one of them.

 

[MisterE]

Thanks for the excellent deal, OP! I just now spent 699 free coins to get 2000 free coins, for a net positive of 1301 coins or $13.01 in free app/content purchases from Amazon's app store. You can't really beat that! Amazon warns that the game may not be compatible with my devices, but I was still able to purchase.

 

[lamedude]

I don't get those economics. How are they making money on that?

They lose money on each sale, but make it up with volume.
Amazon is all about playing the long game so my guess this is just for building mindshare. Its probably cheaper for them to sell $10 worth of coins for $9.50 then to pay 10 transaction fees for $1 apps and what better way to get people using them by giving them away.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

yeah i did this using some free coins from dling free apps and I got minecraft for free! It's actually pretty addicting on the phone.

 

[cnjmorris]

Thanks! I got the free coins last week, now I have more even though the game isn't compatible.

 

[gorb]

cool beans. i already had 1493 coins somehow so i just used 699 of them to buy the app and earned 2000 more

 

[CPA]

Kindle Fire HDX needs a 2.5GB update on the game. I let it sit overnight (10 hours) and it only got through 17% of the download. lol. 2.5GB usually takes less than an hour on my other computers.

 

[superHARD]

bah, amazon only devices, sucks...but a awesome deal to just earn coins

 

[lamedude]

You can sideload the Amazon app store onto any Android device.

 

[MongGrel]

That or be old school and not have a smart phone and spend nothing I guess.

 

[OSULugan]

You can sideload the Amazon app store onto any Android device.

I think he meant the GTA:SA game itself. The amazon appstore won't let you install it on anything other than Kindle devices.

 

[DeviousTrap]

Sorry, bad post, disregard.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Nice deal, thanks for sharing.

 

[esquared]

Get it free with the 2K coins from doing this deal.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2384111