Horrible embarrassment and waste of time - Amazon is selling gift cards that purportedly aren't activated.
I ordered this card in June and attempted to use it during dinner in November.  The server came back to me with the gift card I had provided after trying to process the card unsuccessfully.  When calling the number on the back of the card, apparently it wasn't open to help nor was there any way to check the balance on the card.  Lots of time wasted but the staff at the restaurant came back after many attempts and stated the card had not been activated.  So I call amazon customer service on the way home.  Their call center in the pines was unable to located the order even when provided with the order number.  After almost an hour on the phone, the representative found the problem was that the gift card had never been activated.  I've been a loyal amazon.com customer but this its a major disappointment to see amazon sell a gift card that was never activated.  Amazon's poor customer service by supervisor Rick who didn't even bother to understand what his subordinate had discovered only worsened a bad situation.  The inconsistencies between the explanations also worsened the situation.<br /><br />Beware buying any gift cards from Amazon as they may not be activated and put you an an embarrassing position with the check and waste hours of your time trying to explain the matter to customer service in another country.<br /><br />Would give this experience negative stars if possible.  Jeff I hope you are reading these reviews!  I don't expect this type of experience with Amazon.com.<br /><br />After some contemplation, I'm now wondering if gift cards previously purchased via Amazon and given as gifts may have not been activated - that would be even more embarrassing to learn about from friends.
Rating: 1 stars