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I got an AMEX gift card I never used...

amdhunter

amdhunter

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And am finally getting around to using the money to buy something off of Amazon. What happens if I don't like the product I am buying, and want a refund?

How does a refund go back to a Pre-Paid gift card? Am I able to buy a gift card in the same amount from Amazon? I'll probably spend the money there anyway.
 
If you can't buy it from their website with the AMEX gift card, you can always buy the Amazon gift card at a grocery/convenience store
 
Oil said:
If you can't buy it from their website with the AMEX gift card, you can always buy the Amazon gift card at a grocery/convenience store
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I'm going to try in a few. I had this card lying around for a few months. I just happened to find it today by accident. I thought I had lost it.
 
I get amex gift cards from work every year and I've never successfully been able to use them at Amazon.

I go to the grocery store and buy Amazon gift cards with the Amex cards.
 
the last time I tried using an amex gift card at amazon, I ran into a wall because (at least at the time, this was 2 years ago and I haven't tried since), American Express didn't provide a way for you to register and assign a billing address/name to the card. made it unusable for online shopping.
 
Amazon probably won't accept them. I've tried. Newegg doesn't like them either.

I've had success at Dell, JR, buy.com that I can remember.
 
I got an Amex gift card a few months back and used it with no issues on amazon. Well I take that back I had a couple issues:

First, I attempted to structure my purchase to use the whole card in one shot (leaving less than $1 on it). Amazon put a hold on it for $1 then tried to hit it with the full price and it was rejected. I had to drop an item from my cart and then place the order.

Second, because not all my items were sold by amazon the first process got repeated a few times. I ended up needing to buy a $2 gift card for myself to get everything I wanted (see below).

All of the concerns posted here were non issues for me. I added the card with my own name and address as the billing info. I had to return items in that order so I even had credits back to the card - again, no issues.

Just be aware of the holds amazon will place and plan accordingly. You can't split payments but you can use gift card balances - So buy yourself a gift card to cover the difference, apply it to your account, then use the Amex gift card.

It all works if you do it right.

Viper GTS
 
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Viper GTS said:
I got an Amex gift card a few months back and used it with no issues on amazon. Well I take that back I had a couple issues:

First, I attempted to structure my purchase to use the whole card in one shot (leaving less than $1 on it). Amazon put a hold on it for $1 then tried to hit it with the full price and it was rejected. I had to drop an item from my cart and then place the order.

Second, because not all my items were sold by amazon the first process got repeated a few times. I ended up needing to buy a $2 gift card for myself to get everything I wanted (see below).

All of the concerns posted here were non issues for me. I added the card with my own name and address as the billing info. I had to return items in that order so I even had credits back to the card - again, no issues.

Just be aware of the holds amazon will place and plan accordingly. You can't split payments but you can use gift card balances - So buy yourself a gift card to cover the difference, apply it to your account, then use the Amex gift card.

It all works if you do it right.

Viper GTS
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Yep, I read the holds will screw everything up. I'll probably end up using the card at Target, to get an Amazon GC, which is a bother. Back into the dresser it goes. lol
 
Ronstang said:
Which is all bullshit and reason enough not to buy these stupid things.
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I feel the same way. I gave my nephew a $50 bill this year for Xmas. When he opened the Xmas card and saw the cash, I told him that I didn't know what to get him so I got him a universal gift card that works most everywhere. I was surprised as how much a laugh that line got from my family (as he held up the $50 bill), so I guess the experience of getting a gift card and not really having a use for it is quite common.
 
Ended up spending almost the entire amount on a Stanley ratchet set, XM adapter, Stanley screwdriver, 16GB microSD card and made it to $1 left on the card by adding some masking tape.

lol. I was bored and decided to buy some stuff. Not a bad haul just for removing the FBI moneypak virus from a PC back in September'ish/October...lol
 
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