Amazon’s get 3 for the price of 2 sale is the sneaky savings trick you’ll want to use before Prime Day ends

Oct 9, 2025 - 05:00

The Abbey Road Beatles vinyl, Project Hail Mary, Deadpool & Wolverine, Oppenheimer, and Alien on a purple background

If you’ve been lurking on Amazon during the new Prime Day sale, thinking the bargains aren't big enough, the retailer quietly dropped a ‘3 for 2’ promo that's easy to miss.

Just in time for the Prime Big Deal Days sale’s final day, this is a deceptively simple offer that can lead to huge savings across books, music, DVDs, toys, and more, but there’s a little strategy involved if you want to make the most of it.

This “Get 3 for the price of 2” deal at Amazon during Prime Big Deal Days is refreshingly straightforward: add three eligible items to your cart, and the cost of the cheapest one is automatically deducted at checkout; that’s in addition to any Prime Day price drops these items already have.

That means if you pick up Atomic Habits (now $15.39 instead of $27), The Secret of Secrets ($22.80 instead of $38), and Regretting You ($12.95 instead of $14.95), your total will be discounted by $12.95 (the cheapest item of the three) when you hit checkout.

The catch that you need to look out for, though, is that the discount doesn’t appear until the final screen, right under your total; so don’t panic if you don’t see it upfront.

Here’s how to claim in three easy steps:

Add any three qualifying products to your cart (look for items sold by Amazon.com).
Go to your cart and proceed to checkout.
The lowest-priced item becomes free — automatically.

An important tip to remember is that since Amazon always subtracts the cheapest item, stick with three products of similar price to maximize your savings. If you’re buying a bunch of things at various prices, it could be worth breaking your haul into separate groups of three (with similar-priced items in each) instead of one giant order.

The best 3 for 2 deals during Prime Day

Best October Prime Day 3 for 2 deals

Alien [4K UHD]

$16.19 ($26.99)

Deadpool & Wolverine 4K + Blu-ray + Digital

$25.99

The Deadpool & Wolverine 4K case on a white background

Oppenheimer - 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]

$21.30

Oppenheimer - 4K Blu-Ray case on a white background

Abbey Road Anniversary Edition

$22.98

Rumours by Fleetwood Mac (Vinyl)

$24.98

The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Double vinyl

$26.97

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About

$15.68

Project Hail Mary: A Novel

$13.98

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness

$16.98

This 3 for 2 offer, seeing us through the end of Prime Big Deal Days, covers thousands of items, so it’s a playground for bargain hunters who like movies, books, music, and plenty of other fun buys. Film fans, for instance, can grab Blu-Rays like Alien, Deadpool & Wolverine, and Oppenheimer — three stellar movies that are even better when you get one of them for free.

Music lovers can score classics like Abbey Road by The Beatles, Rumours by Fleetwood Mac, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill on vinyl.

For readers, the book selection is stacked as well: The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins, Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (which is worth reading before the movie starring Ryan Gosling comes out next year), and The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt all qualify. Kids’ favorites like The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Room on the Broom are also part of the mix.

Toys are in on the fun, too — with big-name brands like Lego, Hasbro, and Melissa & Doug appearing across the promotion page.

Running for a limited time during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, the 3 for 2 deal only applies to products sold directly by Amazon — so no third-party sellers — and it excludes digital content, too. As always, quantities are limited, so once a hot title sells out, it’s gone.