Rather than further sidetrack the thread where this was raised (http://www.a4uforum.co.uk/showthread...5&pagenumber=4)

... I thought I'd post this in a new thread as there seems to be some confusion:

From Amazon.co.uk:
Orders placed by Associates via their own links are prohibited. Any
personal orders placed will result in referral fees being deducted
from your Associate account.

For further details please see Section 6 of the Operating Agreement:

The Associates Programme is intended for commercial use only and you
may not purchase products through the Programme for your own use.
In addition to any other rights we may have, such purchases may
result (at our sole discretion) in (a) the withholding of referral
fees and/or (b) the termination of this Agreement. You acknowledge
that these remedies, while not exclusive, are a reasonable
assessment of the damage we will suffer as a result of a breach of
this clause by you.

Given the relatively slim retail margins on books and our strong
discount pricing, the referral fees we offer to our Associates can
only be sustained by meeting new customers through our Associates.
These customers may return to us in the future for books unrelated
to the topics served by the Associate website, and this future
business helps to offset the referral fees we pay. If an Associate
orders for their own use, even if they plan to sell the books to
customers who cannot order online, it cannot lead to this kind of
future business. This is why we cannot afford to offer referral
fees on such orders; We want to keep the program viable for the long-
term.

I hope you'll understand why we won't be able to pay referral fees
on those particular orders. Thanks again for working with us as an
Amazon.co.uk Associate, and for helping us keep the programme
working well for you and your visitors.


If you have any further queries regarding your Associates Account,
please do not hesitate to e-mail associates@amazon.co.uk