Remember when Amazon sold out of its Fire TV boxes, just a few days after introducing them?
Now they have more. And perhaps they have a few extra: Amazon is telling some of its customers that they can try the $99 set-top box for free for a month.
Here’s the pitch my colleague Jason Del Rey, who covers Amazon and is also an Amazon Prime member, received via email this morning:
And here’s the fine print:
What’s that? You’re not sure what you would watch on your Fire TV box? Well, Amazon is happy to remind you — it may even send you an ink-on-paper letter, via the mail, telling you about the videos that Prime members can watch.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
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