
Amazon Cancels Prime Day 2021 in Canada
By Simon Hung
July 20, 2021Amazon has cancelled Prime Day 2021 in Canada, opting to skip the shopping event entirely this year due to ongoing concerns of COVID-19.
The disappointing news comes after Amazon initially postponed the event, announcing in May that Prime Day 2021 would be delayed in Canada and India due to the rise of COVID-19 cases in both countries.
"Based on the impact of COVID-19 in Canada, and the importance we place on protecting the health and safety of our employees, we will not hold Prime Day in Canada this year," the company said in a statement. "While we know our Canadian Prime members love Prime Day, we will continue to provide them value through the range of Prime benefits from free delivery on millions of items to streaming TV series, movies, music and more."
Amazon's Prime Day page was updated in late-June to display a generic "Prime Day will return" graphic, replacing a page that previously housed details about the Canadian Prime Day postponement.
The cancellation will not impact Amazon India, as their version of Prime Day 2021 was re-scheduled for July 26-27. In other regions, Prime Day 2021 was held on June 21-22 in over 20 countries around the world including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain and others. The inclusion of Brazil is bit of a head-scratcher, as the country experienced a surge of COVID-19 cases this spring, averaging over 50,000 new cases per day between March and June, according to Johns Hopkins University. Despite this, Prime Day 2021 was held in the country, helping contribute to Amazon's estimated worldwide total of 250 million items sold during the event.
Prime Day has become one of the most-anticipated shopping events in Canada, as the Prime-exclusive sale often featured impressive discounts on popular items like Fire TV streaming sticks, Instant Pot cookers, gaming consoles, diapers and much more. Last year, the event was the most popular Prime Day ever on RedFlagDeals, generating over 7000 posts and 1.7 million views on our forum throughout the event. With no Prime Day in 2021, Canadians will likely have to wait until Black Friday 2021 to shop Amazon's next big shopping event.
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Source: Amazon Canada, with reports from MobileSyrup
39 Comments
If it's big news to me it's going to be big news to many who were waiting for that event to get Fire sticks, Amazon tablets, Echoes, and other electronics.
The news has more visibility this way. Still, this is not the Hot Deals forum, so many people won't know about it.
The site isn't hard to navigate and nothing is really hidden (Except Off Topic) so if someone can't find their way out of Hot Deals? F'em.
But the way you say it...
None of what I said was directed at you, more so for the those that are too lazy to figure out where to post or the thumbs up seekers that post in Hot Deals for the exposure. I found your post in Shopping Discussion, exactly where it would be expected to be found. Thank you very much for keeping the clutter to a minimum and posting where the site designers envisioned your post to be.
This country desperately needs some e-commerce competition.
Not sure it's a Canada-specific issue, or a bad policy either. Isn't that a part of Good Customer Service? It keeps us from arguing and chasing down refund money.
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Also, I have to say I've mostly stuck to the Hot Deals forum, just out of habit. I'll try to remember to explore the site a bit more. Thx
were so gullable thinking theres a deal on amazon prime day