Amazon Prime Wardrobe Lets You Try on and Return Clothes for Free

I don’t know how fashionable you guys are or care to be, but Amazon’s new service may be of interest to those of you who need a new outfit: Prime Wardrobe, which is actually still in beta, will let customers order boxes of clothing with no upfront charges. You have seven days to figure out what you want to keep, and returns are also free. This sounds like the perfect avenue for engaging in the age-old tradition of wearing outfits once and then returning them – now you don’t even have to look a clerk in the eye and make up excuses.

...you pick at least three items from over a million Amazon Fashion options including clothes, shoes, and accessories for kids and adults to fill up your Prime Wardrobe box. Brands available include Calvin Klein, Levi’s, Adidas, Timex, Lacoste, and more. Once the Amazon Prime Wardrobe box arrives, you try on the clothes for up to seven days, and drop the resealable box with its pre-paid shipping label at a nearby UPS to return whatever you don’t want. Keep three or four items from the box and get 10% off everything, or keep five or more for 20% off. You only pay after for what you keep, with no charge up front. Amazon Prime Wardrobe is free for Prime members with no extra fees.

I thought about getting on board with a monthly fashion trunk thing, but it seems I fall outside the parameters of their business model. Oh well. hashtag-forever-big-and-tall

This sounds an awful like those CD clubs where they just send you shit, hoping you won't get around to sending it back. And then they charge you for it.

percydaman said:

This sounds an awful like those CD clubs where they just send you shit, hoping you won't get around to sending it back. And then they charge you for it.

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Except it isn't a subscription, you aren't forced to buy 10 items to get 5 free and both are from different selections etc etc.

Amazon really doesn't need to worry about that. This is more of trying to derail clothing retail stores, which is good. They need some competition because the higher store prices become acceptable because of needing to try clothes on so it deters many people from buying them online.

They let you put it back in the box and leave it on your porch and UPS/fedex will come pick it up. Makes it pretty easy.

But think about the amazon rain forest! Its almost 2021 and we havent even think about building those Air Regeneration Plants like in the TV series Seaquest

So how does this prevent people from buying clothing for a weekend for, say for a wedding, then returning it that following Monday?

wgm3446 said:

So how does this prevent women from buying a dress for a weekend for, say for a wedding, then returning it that following Monday?

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Ill bet they start putting obnoxious front side tags that if removed, make them refuse return.

Darunion said:

Except it isn't a subscription, you aren't forced to buy 10 items to get 5 free and both are from different selections etc etc.

Amazon really doesn't need to worry about that. This is more of trying to derail clothing retail stores, which is good. They need some competition because the higher store prices become acceptable because of needing to try clothes on so it deters many people from buying them online.

They let you put it back in the box and leave it on your porch and UPS/fedex will come pick it up. Makes it pretty easy.

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This. Fuck retail clothing stores. I am really tall and have a hard time buying clothes that fit me. Only choice I had for years was to go to speciality store for tall people. Those store liked to over charge the hell out of everything.

Not that new. Wife orders and mails back misfits all the time from all sorts of retailers. I guess no upfront charges are nice if you're bank account is near empty.

vegeta535 said:

This. Fuck retail clothing stores. I am really tall and have a hard time buying clothes that fit me. Only choice I had for years was to go to speciality store for tall people. Those store liked to over charge the hell out of everything.

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I understand this pain. My choices for shopping are Destination/Living XL and JCPenney. Destination XL charges really high prices for their stuff. JCPenney is better, but their selection is also much smaller.

I'm thinking of dressing like the game from the show Monk. Buy 7 (or was it 14?) identical sets of clothing. Wear the same thing every day. Alternate out for dry cleaning/washing. I hate thinking about clothes and hate shopping for them even more.
My wife usually picks my stuff up for me. She doesn't like my style (which is "doesn't care").

Megalith said:

I don’t know how fashionable you guys are or care to be, but Amazon’s new service may be of interest to those of you who need a new outfit: Prime Wardrobe, which is actually still in beta, will let customers order boxes of clothing with no upfront charges. You have seven days to figure out what you want to keep, and returns are also free. This sounds like the perfect avenue for engaging in the age-old tradition of wearing outfits once and then returning them – now you don’t even have to look a clerk in the eye and make up excuses.

...you pick at least three items from over a million Amazon Fashion options including clothes, shoes, and accessories for kids and adults to fill up your Prime Wardrobe box. Brands available include Calvin Klein, Levi’s, Adidas, Timex, Lacoste, and more. Once the Amazon Prime Wardrobe box arrives, you try on the clothes for up to seven days, and drop the resealable box with its pre-paid shipping label at a nearby UPS to return whatever you don’t want. Keep three or four items from the box and get 10% off everything, or keep five or more for 20% off. You only pay after for what you keep, with no charge up front. Amazon Prime Wardrobe is free for Prime members with no extra fees.

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Unfortunately, like some of the other wardrobe in a box services; it does not appear that they do anything to suggest styles. You just pick out stuff and they send it and make it convenient to return(like they already are). Looking at their beta site, did not see a lot of clothing bargains in pricing so it appears they will be holding firm on suggested retail pricing to encourage you to buy more and obtain discounts. Still pretty convenient...

I like this service. Not only does it come shipped free, but the stuff you send back has free shipping - they include a pre-printed label for you to stick on the return box. I ordered two pairs of shoes -one in size 14 and the other in size 15. The one that didn't fit went back.

Then they sell them to the next person without washing them. no thanks.

There are places that already do this, my wife does Kidpix which is similar.

I'm guessing this is why Amazon is building their own delivery fleet.....so they can provide whole-lifecycle service through the entire transaction, right to your door. Or, in this case, right back to them, there is nothing to negotiate. THIS will make "free shipping" a whole lot less meaningful if you're shopping for clothes online with some other store, knowing that if it doesn't fit you're going to probably have to eat a return shipping fee. I just ordered a 1080 Ti Hybrid from Newegg, and the pump/circulator was DOA, the card went thermal within 2 seconds of the windows boot-screen appearing. There was no replacement so I got my money back, but I had to ship the card back which cost me $7 bucks. So no card, and I'm out 7 bucks

If Amazon had sold that same card and I knew there was free return shipping, particularly if its "From My Door" shipping (and I don't have to take it to some shipping center or pick-up location), I'd always choose that option. The convenience is too great, and it makes the customer feel like they have their ass covered at every stage. Hopefully this expands to all things from Amazon someday. Before the government breaks em' up.

Feeling a bit like that.