Given that students should also get into the habit of paying their credit card bills on time and in full at this point in their credit careers, a no annualfee student credit card would be free to use and would preserve the option of building credit without actually making purchases.
Amazon ( AMZN) Prime, the ship-all-you-want-for-one-annual-fee deal, and various other free shipping offers, have both boosted sales and saddled the online retailer with rising costs in recent quarters, producing a loss in the third quarter.