How can I buy Amazon Gift Cards with PayPal? (Gyft no longer works?)

hamwhisperer on 22/08/2016 - 23:04

I got in on a deal a while back for free $10 to sign up to Gyft and rolled it over or something, ended up with 2x15$ Amazon cards for a good price.

Anyhow, I just tried again to use Gyft https://www.gyft.com/buy-gift-cards/amazon-com-b2c/ <- and when I go to submit it picks up my Aussie IP and spits back.

"Oops, there has been a problem!

Sorry, it appears you are located outside the United States. Gyft is currently only available in the United States. Please check our help center for additional information."
(Despite me having used Gyft previously)

I have some money on PayPal and I need to spend it on Amazon (well, I'd prefer to use the PayPal money)
Is this possible in any way?

Thanks

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  • hamwhisperer on 22/08/2016 - 23:14

    Just found another site, "EGifter" and I got this error.
    "Amazon.com is not available for sale outside the US and has been removed from your cart"

    God damnit, I am using legal money for goodness sakes, I'm even happy to wait 72 hours for clearance or some stupidity.
    Very frustrating.

  • gringo on 23/08/2016 - 06:41

    Roundabout way - buy something through topcashback with signup bonus and then take the bonus and cashback as amazon card + 3%.

    be prepared for a long wait though.

    • hamwhisperer on 23/08/2016 - 08:25

      I guess that's a long term way of turning some money into Amazon money but I'm currently wanting to turn about $90 AUD into Amazon credit (heck even a $50 Amazon card would be fine)

      Anyone got a workaround for Gyft.com IP blocking?

  • gringo on 23/08/2016 - 08:37

    There was a guy in the classifieds who sold gift cards.. have bought from him before but having thought about it probably would be wary of doing that again.

    The problem is that you leave yourself exposed to people who purchase gift cards with proceeds of CC fraud, money laundering etc.

    I guess VPN would get you around it.. maybe TOR? Whether you can buy is another question though.

    • hamwhisperer on 23/08/2016 - 08:54

      I don't have a VPN (yet) I don't care about money laundering, fraud it might get cancelled, money laundering is a different story, it's more an issue at the backend, the end result is generally actual money changed hands for a real gift card, generally.

      I wondered if a proxy would work? Is anyone else trying this? Surely?

      • gringo on 23/08/2016 - 09:10

        Well the point is you have no idea how the funds were sourced and they are not going to tell you the truth (most likely).

        Free proxy would expose your details.. probably only way is a paid VPN or to buy off someone you really trust.

  • mskeggs on 23/08/2016 - 12:19

    Is it not possible to just pay Amazon directly?
    edit: sorry, over looked the paypal issue.

    • hamwhisperer on 23/08/2016 - 12:34

      I ended up caving in and doing that but I have a small amount of regular paypal credit every month I'd like to have more portable.

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