First, Amazon wants everyone to know that you can give MP3 music downloads as gifts, so they are giving everyone a two dollar credit that can be used to "gift" MP3 songs or albums. There are no restrictions, so you can, in fact, give the album to yourself, by simply using your own email address when sending it. Go to the Get $2 in MP3 Downloads page, enter the code GIVEMP3S after clicking on the Enter Your Code button, then give any MP3 albums or singles as a gift; the credit will be used first (if the purchase is for more than the credit amount, the rest will first hit any gift certificate balance, then your default one-click payment method).
Once you have your credit, check out the Gold Box Deal of the Day: Ten 2010 Albums $3.99 Each (today only) or the newly set up $5 MP3 Album page, which thru January has over 1,000, rather than the 100 that Amazon typically has marked down. You'll need to act fast, though, as the credit above expires at midnight PST, December 26, 2010.
If you haven't been keeping up, be sure you also stop by the 25 Days of Free page, where Amazon is on the next-to-last day of free holiday singles. Also, I found these free holiday albums to add to your collection:
- X5 Free Sampler - A Classical Holiday
- Believe In Christmas - Holiday Sampler
- Nail Winter Sampler 2010
- X5 Free Sampler - Christmas Holiday
If any of the albums you pick up are $7.99 or higher (before the credit), then you'll get a $5 credit for Video on Demand (qualifying albums will have the following text under Special Offers, just below the track list: "Get a $5.00 promotional code for use on Amazon Video On Demand when you buy a qualifying album or playlist for $7.99 or more on Amazon MP3 during the promotion. Limit of one code per customer.") The credit on this promotion must be used by February 28, 2011.
You can get an additional credit by linking your Amazon and Twitter accounts, then click on the Tweet and Get $5 button. This credit expires much sooner, January 1, 2011, and there are apparently some Video on Demand titles which don't qualify for promotions (they should be marked as such, on the detail pages). You can use this credit for purchases or rentals, so you could use it to pay for individual episodes of shows, as part of a purchase of a season pass or rent five different 99 cent movies for the holidays. It looks like we may be snowed in this weekend, so that may be where my credit goes (if we still have power!).
