Extremely convenient-- apparently out of necessity
Amazon makes it so easy to reload gift cards, but it doesn't really make up for their horrendous gift card policy in the first place. They should have an option to just use one gift card at a time instead of lumping them all together and forcing you to use them all at once, or else use none of them at all. I suppose I can see where this might be convenient to some, but for the general population, please, make our lives a little easier and give us the option to separate out our gift cards! Almost every other website is smart enough to let people do this. Why not Amazon?<br /><br />Reloading my gift card balance has been the only workaround I've found to this issue so far, but at least it works like a dream. I try to keep my gift cards untouched unless I'm purchasing digital media like movies or ebooks, since it helps me set an 'internal budget' on my Amazon-sourced entertainment. This way is fast and easy and lets me (sort of) handle my gift card spending so that I can spend part or all of my balance on various purchases. Of course, the main problem still exists...but in lieu of a solution to that, this is a fairly simple way to bypass the issues it causes.
Rating: 5 stars