“7月的黑色星期五”－亚马逊 Prime Day 开始了 沃尔玛不服前来撕逼！
Amazon Prime Day 从2015年的7月15号开始，虽然他们没有公布正式的省钱详情，但周二稍微透露了一些折扣名单。
Prime Day 会在美国从7月15号的凌晨 (太平洋时区) 开始，每隔10分钟更新一次。有人形容亚马逊的 Prime Day 的折扣堪比美国每次感恩节后的黑色星期五那般便宜。
是不是这样的？先让我们来看看周二公布的一些折扣名单：（记住，不想让7月的黑色星期五悄悄溜走，点这里跳到亚马逊的官网）。
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但是亚马逊的 Prime Day 仅仅只对 Amazon Prime 会员开放，不过所有人都可以免费加入成为30天的试用会员 （用这个网址 amazon.com/primeday 来注册 free 30-day trial）
也就是因为这点，沃尔玛“看不下去”了，跳出来说，什么？还要会员费才能参加折扣活动？沃尔玛的CEO －Fernando Madeira 在他的博客里写到：我们沃尔玛的网站 Walmart.com 这个星期正在给广大顾客提供帅呆了的大折扣，见者有份，不要管理费，没有隐含费用（“no admission fees” or “hidden costs.”）
看看他们原文怎么直接针对亚马逊的撕逼：
“We’ve heard some retailers are charging $100 to get access to a sale. But the idea of asking customers to pay extra in order to save money just doesn’t add up for us.”
可以想见，Wal-Mart 提供的好丢儿肯定使出他们常有的降价 rollbacks 策略(这就是Wal-Mart 所说的 deals) ，包括数千计亚马逊网站出售的相似产品。据沃尔玛称他们的折扣不仅仅只开放一天，而且他们还把免费运输的最少购物额从原来的$50降到了 $35 来PK 亚马逊提供给Prime Members 的免运费。
就象亚马逊想通过 Prime Day 活动以免交会费30天的方式来增加更多的 Prime 会员，沃尔玛也在实验他们的 Shipping Pass 计划。该计划也可以给 Walmart.com 顾客提供免费运输，每年会费只要 $50 – 是 Amazon’s $99 Prime 计划的一半。
其实，除了这两位，Target.com 也不甘示弱，从现在开始到7月18号一直也有不少折扣。
所以难怪有人要称这周是 “Black Friday in July 7月的黑色星期五” 。
至于是否消费者真正能从这周的折扣运动中受益，那还得拭目以待。当然，要亲身参与才能体会到，怎么加入？简单，点这里就可以了。记住，如果你注册了亚马逊的30天免费 Prime 会员计划，记得30天后把它关掉，要不你会被自动升级成付费会员。
