Gift Card Amazon

TheKindleWorm · 08-26-2010, 08:45 AM

This may be an odd question but can I purchase a gift card for myself on Amazon and redeem it against ebook purchases?

I want to limit myself to a certain amount to spend on ebooks every month and I think this would be a good way to control what I'm spending.

Quake1028 · 08-26-2010, 08:47 AM

Yes, you can do that.

TheKindleWorm · 08-26-2010, 08:53 AM

Thank you that sounds like that will be a good way of moderating myself as I'm terrible with book spending!

ZenRunner · 08-26-2010, 10:42 AM

I was planning to do that myself, not for budgeting reasons, but to avoid a bunch of small charges going on my credit card and getting a call from my bank's fraud prevention department about it. I'd rather buy gift cards and have my eBook purchases deducted from them.

Mike 01Hawk · 08-26-2010, 10:48 AM

Can't you also limit your purchases within your Kindle Acct?

TheKindleWorm · 08-26-2010, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenRunner

I was planning to do that myself, not for budgeting reasons, but to avoid a bunch of small charges going on my credit card and getting a call from my bank's fraud prevention department about it. I'd rather buy gift cards and have my eBook purchases deducted from them.

Good point - it's already happened to me once and was a bit of a pain as the automated call came late at night when I was settling down in bed to read!

TheKindleWorm · 08-26-2010, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mike 01Hawk

Can't you also limit your purchases within your Kindle Acct?

I don't know to be honest but I don't want to limit my spending in other areas - just ebooks.

I mean I buy lots of things from Amazon including shoes, music and toys for my daughter so don't want to limit that spending. Just books that I really get carried away with!

If I get a gift card and spend it at the start of each month then that will be my limit - going to have to be strict with myself.

suecsi · 08-27-2010, 05:40 AM

That's a really good idea and I might think about doing this myself - I have lots of books to read already but sometimes the temptation is too great!

Kumabjorn · 08-27-2010, 07:13 AM

I do it. That way I know that any E-book purchase will be automatically deducted from the outstanding balance. I also turn of my CC for Internet purchases, so I can't even accidentally go over my limit.

daroga · 08-27-2010, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

I do it. That way I know that any E-book purchase will be automatically deducted from the outstanding balance. I also turn of my CC for Internet purchases, so I can't even accidentally go over my limit.

That's the one thing to watch. Amazon seamlessly uses up your GC balance and gets the remainder of the order from your CC. So you still will have to be somewhat disciplined in the matter.

RDaneel54 · 08-27-2010, 08:18 AM

Great idea.

I'm still adjusting to my "retired" budget. My books category seems to be the easiest to get out of hand. And should be the easiest to control.

Dean

pchrist7 · 08-27-2010, 10:35 AM

Wow !
Good points !
Will have to speak to my bank about this, cause having my CC locked would be a disaster.
Thanks all !

Edit < UPS! (no pun intended) the newbie forgot the Karma concept - have been assigned.
Thanks for the reminder, captkjaneway. >

captkjaneway · 08-27-2010, 10:41 AM

Fab idea - have some Karma!

TheKindleWorm · 08-27-2010, 11:37 AM

Thank you

Mind you it took a while to work out the gift card process. I set up a new delivery address for myself and applied no payment method to it, then assigned my one-click payments (ebooks) to it. Sounds convoluted but it worked!

whitearrow · 08-27-2010, 01:50 PM

You can do this, but keep in mind if you make other purchases from Amazon you can't use one-click, because it will use up any gift card balance first. You need to go through the checkout process for other purchases.

08-26-2010, 08:45 AM	#1
TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Gift Card Amazon This may be an odd question but can I purchase a gift card for myself on Amazon and redeem it against ebook purchases? I want to limit myself to a certain amount to spend on ebooks every month and I think this would be a good way to control what I'm spending.

08-27-2010, 10:35 AM	#12
pchrist7 Addict Posts: 385 Karma: 6514 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3 3G+Wifi, Oasis	Wow ! Good points ! Will have to speak to my bank about this, cause having my CC locked would be a disaster. Thanks all ! Edit < UPS! (no pun intended) the newbie forgot the Karma concept - have been assigned. Thanks for the reminder, captkjaneway. > Last edited by pchrist7; 08-27-2010 at 10:52 AM. Reason: spelling

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Quake1028 Guru Posts: 917 Karma: 9155462 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Tampa, FL Device: See signature	Yes, you can do that.

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TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Thank you that sounds like that will be a good way of moderating myself as I'm terrible with book spending!

08-26-2010, 10:42 AM	#4
ZenRunner Enthusiast Posts: 49 Karma: 98 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Sony PRS-300	I was planning to do that myself, not for budgeting reasons, but to avoid a bunch of small charges going on my credit card and getting a call from my bank's fraud prevention department about it. I'd rather buy gift cards and have my eBook purchases deducted from them.

08-26-2010, 10:48 AM	#5
Mike 01Hawk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 126 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tulsa, OK. USA Device: K3 Wifi Graphite :)	Can't you also limit your purchases within your Kindle Acct?

08-27-2010, 05:40 AM	#8
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	That's a really good idea and I might think about doing this myself - I have lots of books to read already but sometimes the temptation is too great!

08-27-2010, 07:13 AM	#9
Kumabjorn Basculocolpic Posts: 4,356 Karma: 20181319 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Sweden Device: Kindle 3 WiFi, Kindle 4SO, Kindle for Android, Sony PRS-350 and PRS-T1	I do it. That way I know that any E-book purchase will be automatically deducted from the outstanding balance. I also turn of my CC for Internet purchases, so I can't even accidentally go over my limit.

08-27-2010, 08:18 AM	#11
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	Great idea. I'm still adjusting to my "retired" budget. My books category seems to be the easiest to get out of hand. And should be the easiest to control. Dean

08-27-2010, 10:41 AM	#13
captkjaneway Cockney Sci-Fi Geek! Posts: 472 Karma: 1463094 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Samsung Tab S 8.4", Samsung S6 Edge	Fab idea - have some Karma!

08-27-2010, 11:37 AM	#14
TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Thank you Mind you it took a while to work out the gift card process. I set up a new delivery address for myself and applied no payment method to it, then assigned my one-click payments (ebooks) to it. Sounds convoluted but it worked!

08-27-2010, 01:50 PM	#15
whitearrow Guru Posts: 808 Karma: 2260766 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Kindle Oasis 2	You can do this, but keep in mind if you make other purchases from Amazon you can't use one-click, because it will use up any gift card balance first. You need to go through the checkout process for other purchases.

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