how much have you spent at Amazon this year?

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
53,544
6,368
126
last december i got amazon prime so i could do christmas shopping online and get the free 2 day shipping. since then i find myself ordering A LOT more stuff from amazon than i previously did. just this week i ordered 3 different orders, starting on monday.

ordered some weed killer and sprayer, then a hedge trimmer and extension cord, then today a fish finder.

had a package arrive yesterday, one will come today, and fish finder either tomorrow or friday.

so i just checked my order history for this year and so far i've placed 33 orders for a total of $1524. just curious how much others have spent on amazon this year. to be honest, i thought it was more total $$ prior to checking the report, since i know i have made many orders.

it would also be $900 more for the preorder of ps4 and xbox1, but those don't ship till the end of the year.

EDIT:

to get totals, go to "your account" and click on "download order reports" and it will generate reports based on the dates entered. and then a simple excel sum formula will add up the column.
 
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Mixolydian

Lifer
Nov 7, 2011
14,566
91
91
gilramirez.net
Strictly this year (2013), I'd say about $5k. Over the past year (Jul 2012-present) easily $10k. I usually order from Amazon a couple times a week.
 

nickbits

Diamond Member
Mar 10, 2008
4,122
1
81
how did you get the total? i have 73 orders for 2013 right now. i am not adding them up manually.
 
Oct 20, 2005
10,978
44
91
last december i got amazon prime so i could do christmas shopping online and get the free 2 day shipping. since then i find myself ordering A LOT more stuff from amazon than i previously did. just this week i ordered 3 different orders, starting on monday.

ordered some weed killer and sprayer, then a hedge trimmer and extension cord, then today a fish finder.

had a package arrive yesterday, one will come today, and fish finder either tomorrow or friday.

so i just checked my order history for this year and so far i've placed 33 orders for a total of $1524. just curious how much others have spent on amazon this year. to be honest, i thought it was more total $$ prior to checking the report, since i know i have made many orders.

it would also be $900 more for the preorder of ps4 and xbox1, but those don't ship till the end of the year.

Is there a way to see my total spent? I see that it says I've placed XX number of orders in 2013, but hell if I'm going to add up each order total.
 

purbeast0

No Lifer
Sep 13, 2001
53,544
6,368
126
to get totals, go to "your account" and click on "download order reports" and it will generate reports based on the dates entered. and then a simple excel sum formula will add up the column.
 

slayer202

Lifer
Nov 27, 2005
13,679
119
106
less than I would have guessed

$2113 - $400 preorder - $1398 purchase for someone else = 315
 

KidNiki1

Platinum Member
Oct 15, 2010
2,793
127
116
32 orders for 2,487.00.

but if I take out stuff for work and stuff i ordered for other people (not as a gift, but as in they gave me the money to order it for them) about 450.00
 
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Feb 25, 2011
16,991
1,620
126
$1900 YTD. I'll probably be pre-ordering a couple of books soon.

About ~$300 was me abusing free shipping for my roommate.

But about half of it is groceries.
 

Gunslinger08

Lifer
Nov 18, 2001
13,234
2
81
Less than I thought. This doesn't seem to include digital orders, so it's off by $150 or $200 for books and movies.
 

_Rick_

Diamond Member
Apr 20, 2012
3,952
70
91
One order, 2037 euros at amazon.fr, none at amazon.de and amazon.co.uk
Each of which btw maintain their own order history.
Bloody hell, why is amazon.eu a gateway instead of a unification of all these different sites. The account (login, payment) is synched across all three sites, after all.
 

Hugo Drax

Diamond Member
Nov 20, 2011
5,647
47
91
last december i got amazon prime so i could do christmas shopping online and get the free 2 day shipping. since then i find myself ordering A LOT more stuff from amazon than i previously did. just this week i ordered 3 different orders, starting on monday.

ordered some weed killer and sprayer, then a hedge trimmer and extension cord, then today a fish finder.

had a package arrive yesterday, one will come today, and fish finder either tomorrow or friday.

so i just checked my order history for this year and so far i've placed 33 orders for a total of $1524. just curious how much others have spent on amazon this year. to be honest, i thought it was more total $$ prior to checking the report, since i know i have made many orders.

it would also be $900 more for the preorder of ps4 and xbox1, but those don't ship till the end of the year.

EDIT:

to get totals, go to "your account" and click on "download order reports" and it will generate reports based on the dates entered. and then a simple excel sum formula will add up the column.

So do you want a Medal or some kind of trophy?
 

UglyCasanova

Lifer
Mar 25, 2001
19,275
1,361
126
One order, 2037 euros at amazon.fr, none at amazon.de and amazon.co.uk
Each of which btw maintain their own order history.
Bloody hell, why is amazon.eu a gateway instead of a unification of all these different sites. The account (login, payment) is synched across all three sites, after all.

My guess would be taxes.
 

IndyColtsFan

Lifer
Sep 22, 2007
33,655
687
126
2013: 58 items (in 53 orders) so far for $4,444.95.
2012: 156 items (in 118 orders) for $5,443.52.

I ordered several thousand dollars of stuff from Newegg in the last couple of months of 2012 and first couple of months of 2013 because they were significantly cheaper than Amazon. If not for that, my totals would be even higher. I'm going to crush last year's dollar total. I intend to buy a new camera in the fall from Amazon and that will be around $1500 with accessories.

EDIT: I am not seeing items from the Kindle store on the list either, so add a couple hundred dollars. :)
 
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madoka

Diamond Member
Jun 22, 2004
4,344
712
121
I don't know about this year yet, but I average around $25,000-$30,000 a year on personal purchases from Amazon.
 

AznAnarchy99

Lifer
Dec 6, 2004
14,695
117
106
2012 - about $1700. A lot more than I expected.

This year like $20 bucks since I was out of the country until May.
 

shortylickens

No Lifer
Jul 15, 2003
80,287
17,081
136
If you deduct all my returns, about a thousand.

If you mean money spent total: I dont wanna think about it.
 

Scarpozzi

Lifer
Jun 13, 2000
26,391
1,780
126
As I've gotten older, I don't waste as much money buying junk online as I used to. (used to buy stuff whether I needed it or not)

Now, the few things I get from Amazon are the S&S deal on 8 O'Clock 33oz bags and occasional fabric softener. Otherwise, I buy CDs on there and other stuff that I don't feel like paying tax on or searching locally for a lower price.
 

AstroManLuca

Lifer
Jun 24, 2004
15,628
5
81
Neat little trick, my AmEx card gives me 6% cash back on grocery store purchases (but only 1% on Amazon). So just before I make a large purchase, I go to the grocery store and buy an Amazon gift card for roughly the amount I'm going to spend. They have custom value cards that you can load up in any amount.

Got a $170 gift card last night, for $10.20 cash back.

If you spend $1500 on Amazon each year and pay for ALL of it with gift cards using this trick, assuming you don't carry a balance and have to pay interest, you'd save $90. EDIT: Actually it would be $75, since if you don't use gift cards bought from grocery stores you still get 1% cash back, or $15. So the net savings is $75.