Cards Great.  Payments for Orders Awful!
I like the ease of Amazon gift cards, when it comes to the giving and receiving. But I have to agree with the other Prime members. I am sick and tired of watching my gift cards disappear because they are being applied to 1. orders from other members of my household (who don't know to update the order page or have placed orders via the next two methods).  2. Our subscribe and save items. 3. Any digital 1-click purchases.<br /><br />I looked everywhere to find a way to change this method of  automatically applying payments to a gift card balance, but unless using the regular check out for certain orders, Amazon does not provide a place to change this payment method. It is automatic. So I never get to use my gifts on myself. Since I'm not alone in this, I don't know if I'll be buying them for anybody with a Prime account or a household that shares an Amazon account in the future.  And if I do decide to reload my balance, I'll have to remember the balance likely won't be used to buy myself something nice. But will be used for household purchases, which eliminates a certain amount of convenience and is one of the two reasons I have given this purchase only 3 stars. The other reason is that it took several hours for this reload to be reflected in my gift card balance, though the $5.00 credit I was offered was immediately applied.<br /><br />I am usually very happy with my Amazon purchases and the services I subscribe to. So this is an unfortunate turn of events that I hope Amazon will quickly rectify for all account holders. I doubt very much that Amazon wants its customers to resent the gifts they are receiving through its company.
Rating: 3 stars