Formerly convenient, now annoying
This used to be easy and convenient, but they changed their payment processing. I receive monthly reward amex gift cards at work, and I used to be able to load the entire balance onto my Amazon account. Now it puts a $1.00 reservation on the card. If I try to load the entire value, it rejects the payment. Furthermore it holds that reservation for a long while, so I can't redeem the full value of the card elsewhere. I could load the balance - $1, but then I have a collection of $1 gift cards sitting around. I use Amazon for convenience, and this has made it less so.
Rating: 2 stars