DON'T BUY A GIFT CARD. THEY ARE NOT INSURED AND NUMBERS ARE EASILY STOLEN
My husband and I registered with Amazon for our wedding. We had people coming from all over, so it seemed like the simplest choice. Many people got us Amazon gift cards. After the wedding and honeymoon we added the Amazon gift cards to our account and to our dismay one of the $100 gift cards we had already been loaded to someone else's account. I contacted Amazon about this and they told me I needed to contact the person that purchased it for us to see if they purchased it with a credit or debit, and to have the credit or debit card company reimburse them. Our friend who purchased the card for us bought it from a store with cash. She informed the store about what was happening and the store told her there was nothing they could do.  When we received the card it was new, still sealed in the cardboard sleeve, with the code on the back still covered, and yet someone was still able to steal the information and load it to their account. To top it off Amazon could see who's account it was loaded to, and yet still refused to help me. I wanted to do a little further investigating regarding the matter, so I went on to Amazon's website and pulled up all the different gift cards you can purchase from them. I scrolled down, and was shocked to see all the negative reviews on the gift cards. Apparently tons of people have faced this same issue and still Amazon has done nothing to change the situation. The lack of care on Amazon's part is insulting and disgraceful. It is a waste to purchase one of their gift cards because there is absolutely ZERO insurance. When you purchase someone a visa giftcard they're insured and if theives steal the information you can be reimbursed.
Rating: 1 stars