Where or how would you sell an AMAZON (U.S.) gift card?

Castrom8 on 12/07/2012 - 23:42

I won an Amazon gift card for the U.S. Amazon shop to the value of US$200. It's in form of a long code number. I originally won it in a competition as a voucher for an Amazon Kindle Fire but yeah… you see the problem there :) (Apart from usability issues they won't even ship it to Australia. And using an American address etc is just getting too complicated).

I thought of putting it up for sale on US ebay since gift cards usually sell for close to the amount but I didn't see any amazon vouchers on there, wonder if that's even allowed. Also, since it's in form of a long code, how can I proof that the code is still valid, or worse, prevent some dishonest buyer from using it after giving it to him/her and claiming it didn't work… :(

Thanks for all your answers & help. Appreciate it.
castro

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  • sparkles on 13/07/2012 - 00:46

    To avoid hassles you might be better off buying something easy to sell for close to what you paid. Like portable hard drives, camera lenses etc.

  • neil on 13/07/2012 - 00:57

    I know you can buy gift vouchers that Amazon will send electronically or physically to a recipient. I have sent them to family etc. in the past. You may be able to use the gift card you won and use that credit to purchase a gift card that you can send to a recipient. How much are you looking to get for your voucher?

    EDIT: Nevermind:

    Gift Cards cannot be used to purchase other gift cards or applied to any order containing another gift card. Please read our Terms & Conditions for a full list of rules and restrictions.

  • m0nkeycheese on 13/07/2012 - 09:00
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    Pm me the code and I'll check if it works XD

    • Castrom8 on 13/07/2012 - 15:40

      Hi m0nkeycheese, thank you so much for checking, how kind of you. I emailed you the code in a private message.

  • Evil-Elmo on 13/07/2012 - 09:20

    How much are you looking for? If it's reasonable it might be snapped up by someone on OzB because a lot of us buy stuff from Amazon. I don't see any reason you couldn't sell on ebay either, I've previously bought an Amazon voucher from ebay.

  • Castrom8 on 13/07/2012 - 10:21

    Thank you all for your tips and answers! I never thought about people from Australia interested in an US voucher, so your answers kinda opened my eyes. I'll probably end up putting it up on our own ebay in the next days.
    Again, thank you all!

  • lusicul on 13/07/2012 - 10:35

    I have $100 amazon US e-gift card. I don't mind selling to fellow ozbargainer for $95 :)

  • xxqqxx89 on 13/07/2012 - 15:29

    I usually earn gift card by Affiliate program.

  • easternculture on 13/07/2012 - 23:28

    ill give you $170 USD for it
    remember that you have to take in account the ebay and paypal fees plus the possibility of a dodgy buyer disputing the case and winning

    • Castrom8 on 14/07/2012 - 00:58

      Hmm… Make it AU$180 (hmm, that must be around $170 US anyway these days…) and we've got a deal! :D

      I'm from Sydney too, by the way. (In case you wanted to meet up for the "trade").

      • easternculture on 14/07/2012 - 10:48

        pm me your phone number, what area are you

  • Spizz on 25/09/2012 - 19:00

    If anyone has any Amazon vouchers they want to sell let me know. Spend so much on Amazon :)

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