Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1 in Gift Certificates
• Brand: Amazon.com

Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com gift certificates can be used to purchase almost anything in our store, including most items sold by Marketplace sellers and Amazon Merchants (except The Bombay Company, Circuit City, Eddie Bauer, Newport News, Nordstrom, Spiegel, and Ultimate Outlet Brands). For more information, see the Fine Print above. Sending E-mail Gift Certificates: When sending e-mail gift certificates, please be aware that some e-mail programs may block or even delete e-mail messages which originate from an address not specified by the recipient as an accepted address. All Amazon.com e-mail gift certificates are sent from gc-orders@a2zgiftcerts.amazon.com. If you are concerned that your recipient may have e-mail filters turned on, you may want to send or reissue the gift certificate to your own e-mail address and then forward it to them or print it out to give to them. Redeeming Gift Certificates: When you enter the certificate's claim code for the first time, the certificate is automatically redeemed onto your account, and this information is logged into our database, even if you don't place an order at that time. After you have entered the claim code once, you do not need to enter it again--even if you back up and change other information in the course of placing your order. If you receive an error message that the gift certificate has been redeemed, and the funds are not being applied to your order, it could be that you have more than one Amazon.com account, and that the funds are redeemed to one of your other accounts. Questions about purchasing or using a gift certificate can be sent through our Contact Us form online.

Customer Reviews

Trouble with it being sent & trouble using it to buy music
I have purchased two of these cards and am not sure I will ever buy another. The first was to be sent on a specific day, but it did not show up until @ midnight that day. The second one took three calls to customer service before it was actually emailed (more than a day after I originally try to send it).

Both my husband and daughter wanted to use the card with the Amazon MP3 site. My husband had a difficult time getting the site to pull from the gift card rather than his credit card and after much fighting was able to resolve the issue.

The other card was for my 17 year old daughter. She got the card, created an account and neither of us could get it to work with the MP3 site. After contacting customer service, the "fix" was for me to put my credit card on her account even though she had a gift card. Why should I have to back up a gift card with a credit card?????

Although the cards have initially brought much misery and stress, for the most part the customer service reps at Amazon have been a big help in resolving my issues (canceling the card for my daughter and buying a new one and later transferring the card to my Amazon account and having my daughter us it to purchase music - at least I can control her use by logging in and getting email verifications of the purchases.) I have to say trying to give someone a gift card should not be so much work!

Great way to give a gift - it's quick, easy, and reliable - despite what others have said
I've purchased dozens of Amazon gift cards. Each and every one of them has been easy, arrived when promised, and with no issues redeeming them. I've not heard of anyone of my recipients not getting the email from Amazon. I sent one to my Sister who didn't realize it was a gift certificate and just deleted the email, but she got a reminder email that she did open and realized what she had done. Once the recipient gets it, they can IMMEDIATELY add it to their Amazon.com account - no need to wait until they actual purchase something. That way, there is little worry about the person losing the email/claim code.

People need to be smart about it and realize it is just like any other gift card they receive. Very few companies actually replace lost gift cards - whether it is an online store or a physical store. So don't expect it to be replaced if the person loses it - that is not Amazon's responsibility. Granted, it would be nice if they could just de-activate the old claim number and issue a new one - it would negate the possibility of the lost gift certificate being used after a new one is given. But that's not something I've ever had to worry about.

Seamless for buying books, dvds
I've received a few gift certificates over the last year, as well as e-cards, and I think they're great. Once they're claimed, they just show up in my account, and automatically apply when I purchase something. I can also look up the balance easily through my account, so I know what my limits are. I also like the fact that I can use them to buy used books sold by other merchants too, which helps me buy the hard-to-find books I like. So far, I've used gift certificates for books and DVDs and have had no problems.