Big Fish Tanks For Sale : Amazon.com $50 Gift Card with Gift Box ...
Now the real question is, why would anyone in their right mind want an Amazon Kindle Gift Card with all these limitations, when they could get a regular Amazon gift card and buy anything at the Amazon store, including Kindle related purchases. I tried to take the card back to Best Buy to exchange it for a regular Amazon gift card (which is what she asked for from the sales associate, so apparently, even retailers are unaware of this policy, although when I returned the manager knew this... You can also enter your gift card claim code during checkout in the box labeled “Have any gift cards, gift certificates or promotional claim codes. Kudos to Amazon for listening to their customers if this is true (And I assume it is). I have not used the cards yet, and hadn’t even scratched the off the cover over the numbers because I was thinking about trying to have Amazon exchange them for... com Gift Card (or a Gift Card with the Kindle name on it) for purchases from Amazon. If you’re going to get an Amazon gift card, why not get a gift card which is wrapped in an elegant little box and is guaranteed to be delivered within one business day for FREE. The reply I received from Amazon was that the Kindle Gift Card can only be used for Kindle-related purchases, NOT for Amazon general merchandise. *** UPDATE: Someone from Amazon called me to say if I first put the Amazon Kindle Gift Cards into my account using the number before making a purchase the money should be available for other purchases. If you use 1-Click ordering, you’ll find a similar option if you click “Review or edit your 1-Click orders” after clicking “Buy now with 1-Click” on a product’s page. With the gift card, she got herself some books that she enjoyed rather than some odd gift I might have picked. The variety of gift card designs that you can pick from that can be boxed gives you the flexibility to choose the right card for your occassion. It saved me the hassle of gift wrapping it. Don’t bother with the ‘gift wrap’ option during checkout either. I wasn’t sure if this would work for general Amazon purchases, so I sent an e-mail to Amazon customer service. Anyway, I’ll bump up my rating to 3 stars (minus 2 for the misinformation) and the new e-mail is below:Hello Bill,I’m sorry for the misinformation you have previously received in an email from us about using your Gift Card for purchases on Amazon. So a relative went to Best Buy to ask for one, and she was handed an Amazon Kindle Gift Card. All I asked for this Christmas was Amazon gift cards. If you were gifting this to someone in person rather than having it delivered, then you may want to get a small greeting card to place inside the box as an identifier. It came in a large envelope rather than a full blown Amazon box, so the family member really didn’t have a clue as to what it was until she opened her box. com/help/giftcardsIf you still need help, you can contact us via phone, chat, or e-mail by clicking the “Contact Us” button on any Help page (http://www. com/your-account) and look for the gift card option in the Payments section. The card arrived on time, and with the guaranteed delivery, I knew I could time it to be exactly right for the occasion rather than taking a chance of being too early or too late by mail. I’ll post the new e-mail below with the instructions (the first e-mail telling me it cannot be used this way is in the comments discussion to this review).