Amazon.com used to allow you to purchase gift cards using a credit card in denominations as low as $0.15. It looks like they’ve now changed this and the minimum giftcard that can be purchased is $0.50. A lot of you are probably thinking “who cares…?” but these gift cards were useful for a variety of things:
- Meeting minimum transaction requirements. A lot of bank account bonuses require you to use your debit card a minimum amount of times to trigger a bonus. The new AmEx cards also have a minimum transaction requirement to trigger an additional earning bonus.
- Draining prepaid cards. Sometimes you’ll only have a little bit left on a gift card due to fees and this was a great way of getting every last cent out (assuming the card had at least 15¢ on it).
This shouldn’t affect a lot of people, but it’s going to be a bit of a hassle. Hopefully they don’t increase the minimum by anymore. The .co.uk site has gift cards starting from £0.1 (~$0.17USD). We’ll be putting together a list of alternatives now that this method has been shut down. If you know of any alternatives please feel free to contact us or share in the comments.
No comments have been published yet.