Exempt from broadcasting fees? Amazon Prime 50% cheaper

1. Opens the website on Amazon.
2. Enter the contribution number that was assigned to you by the broadcast contribution service.
3. You have to be on the side Upload the scanned proof of the exemption from broadcasting fees. To do this, however, the document must first be prepared. It must be clear that you are exempt from paying the license fee, but you must the reasons are obscured. You can either cover the relevant information when scanning or redact the areas in the PDF document afterwards. A photo can also be uploaded, on which you cover the corresponding areas.
4. The name on which the exemption is issued must be the same as the name to which the Amazon account is logged in.
5. Your authorization will be checked after the upload. Subsequently you get the Amazon Prime access for half the price.

Are you wondering how you can get exempt from the license fee? That’s how it’s done:

With a social pass it is cheaper than the Prime subscription

Alternatively, if you have one, you are also eligible for the discounted Prime subscription Social or family pass have. On the registration page, indicate in which state and city the passport was issued. Here, too, you have to provide the proof by scanning the passport. If you don’t have a scanner, you can also take a picture of the document with your mobile phone.

Checks that the information on the social pass is still valid. Note that not all social passports of the various federal states are currently recognized. If you cannot select your state or the district in the drop-down menu, first select “not listed“And send your scanned document anyway. Amazon itself states that it continuously supports the selection of supported counties.

Amazon Prime cheaper: is there a catch?

The special conditions only apply to users residing in Germany. If the evidence is accepted, you get “Amazon Prime” without compromising at half the price. So you don’t have to forego any of the many advantages. You can see the best features in the video:

Note, however, that the discounted access can only be taken into account for the monthly subscription with Prime. A termination is possible at any time at the end of the month. However, Amazon can also terminate the subscription from its side with a period of 14 days. The discount applies for 12 months. After the period has expired, you will need cheap access to Prime membership apply again and upload the relevant documents again.

It is unclear whether the proof of the broadcasting exemption or the Amazon social passport will be considered otherwise and, for example, used when different payment methods are available.

Exempt from broadcasting fees? So there is Amazon Prime cheaper

Some users wonderwhether they can be exempted from broadcasting fees if they already pay for the Amazon Prime subscription, after all, the live streams of the public broadcasters are included in the Prime program. But that is not possible. A Prime subscription is no reason for an exemption from broadcasting fees. In Germany, the contribution has to be paid for every household, regardless of how many TV and other receivers you have at home and whether you watch the content or not.

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