BUY A VISA INSTEAD. AMAZON CARDS ARE NOT INSURED.
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 attempted to load 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 and to have the credit or debit card company reimburse them. When I received the card it was new, still 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 they still refused to help me. My friend who purchased the card for me bought it from a store with cash and the store told her there was nothing they could do and to contact Amazon. Amazon refused to help us. It is a waste to purchase one of their gift cards because there is absolutely ZERO insurance on your purchase. When you purchase someone a visa giftcard they're insured and if thrives steal the information you can be reimbursed. The lack of care on Amazon's part is insulting and disgraceful.
Rating: 1 stars