Topic: Ask Amazon for Bitcoin Payments - page 5. (Read 11928 times)
How reputable is purse.io? I love the looks of those discounts, but something tells me it might be too good to be true. I've been buying through Gyft at spot.
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
i spend quite a bit on amazon with bitcoins, so this interests me. but ive always bee skeptical of discount marketplaces like this. are there buyer protections for those selling bitcoin/buying amazon purchases?
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
this might be the way to use our btc right now..
but its better to all of us to use btc directly and letting new people the opportunity to discover it!
I just contacted Amazon, the conversation was decent he (sunil from amazon) replied this:
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
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Yes, I will definitely take your suggestion as feedback and forward it to the concern team, so that we can improve this feature and get it available. Thank you for your feedback. Ill make sure your feedback is passed on to the management.
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
Just a boilerplate response, IMO. Amazon is way to big to be accepting bitcoin at this point. Not until there is a more solid basis for them hold bitcoins (supply chain/overheads). Bitpay can't handle their volume....
Absolutely, this is boilerplate, but the more people request it, the more seriously it has to be taken. It's like writing a letter to your government representative in the USA. Obviously your congressman won't read your letter. But if 10K people write a letter with the same opinion, the congressman's staff is going to tell him this is a big deal.
This is true to some extent. But the reality is that Amazon may be too high volume for Bitpay and the like to handle. I don't think Amazon will jump on for quite some time.
I just contacted Amazon, the conversation was decent he (sunil from amazon) replied this:
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
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Yes, I will definitely take your suggestion as feedback and forward it to the concern team, so that we can improve this feature and get it available. Thank you for your feedback. Ill make sure your feedback is passed on to the management.
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
Just a boilerplate response, IMO. Amazon is way to big to be accepting bitcoin at this point. Not until there is a more solid basis for them hold bitcoins (supply chain/overheads). Bitpay can't handle their volume....
Absolutely, this is boilerplate, but the more people request it, the more seriously it has to be taken. It's like writing a letter to your government representative in the USA. Obviously your congressman won't read your letter. But if 10K people write a letter with the same opinion, the congressman's staff is going to tell him this is a big deal.
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
i spend quite a bit on amazon with bitcoins, so this interests me. but ive always bee skeptical of discount marketplaces like this. are there buyer protections for those selling bitcoin/buying amazon purchases?
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
Sounds like a neat idea, but also one which could end up with you getting a heavy knock on the door, when the police trace laundered drug money to people buying you gifts on Amazon and come to ask you what you know about it!
About to post the same message.
MoneyPak and Amazon Gift card are heavily used to laundry money. People buying them regularly will eventually have their door knocked by authority.
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
Sounds like a neat idea, but also one which could end up with you getting a heavy knock on the door, when the police trace laundered drug money to people buying you gifts on Amazon and come to ask you what you know about it!
Not sure if this has been mentioned, but I've been buying Amazon gift cards and other items at Amazon (tracfone and airtime, etc.) with bitcoin at a 15-25% discount (!) thanks to Purse.io - well, around 13-23% discount once I replenish my BTC with fiat, but it's still a great deal.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
You can check out Purse at my referral link (https://purse.io/?_r=XClu2O) - I really do endorse it. What happens is you create a wishlist at Amazon and then post it on Purse, with the percentage discount (up to 33%) that you want (yeah, it's nuts, but it works). I've gotten 3 items now with a 25% discount, but 15% is more normal. You can ask for whatever you want up to 33% off though. My bids have been accepted within a day or two, up to a week worst case. Your funds go into an escrow account once a bidder purchases your order and has it shipped to you. Once it arrives you confirm delivery and the funds are released.
The Purse operators even paid me $1 (in BTC) once when a deal fell through (due to Amazon's anti-fraud detectors going off on the bidder for some reason) and I asked about it, simply as a goodwill gesture.
I just contacted Amazon, the conversation was decent he (sunil from amazon) replied this:
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
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Yes, I will definitely take your suggestion as feedback and forward it to the concern team, so that we can improve this feature and get it available. Thank you for your feedback. Ill make sure your feedback is passed on to the management.
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
Just a boilerplate response, IMO. Amazon is way to big to be accepting bitcoin at this point. Not until there is a more solid basis for them hold bitcoins (supply chain/overheads). Bitpay can't handle their volume....
I just contacted Amazon, the conversation was decent he (sunil from amazon) replied this:
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
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Yes, I will definitely take your suggestion as feedback and forward it to the concern team, so that we can improve this feature and get it available. Thank you for your feedback. Ill make sure your feedback is passed on to the management.
This was after going through a sales rep in chat.
I agree with this campaign and will at least keep getting BTC in their heads even if they don't add it right away. They are the ones loosing as well considering even big competitors like newegg are adding it (and even ebay are partially making positive moves unlike their usual behavior). and they are the ones left out of the flock.
Chicken and egg. Not enough customers for them to bother changing anything, not enough merchants for most non-bitcoiners to want the option.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
No one is going to to buy Bitcoins just to spend them on Amazon. Not a chicken and an egg problem, simply a sign of relatively low adoption.
Chicken and egg. Not enough customers for them to bother changing anything, not enough merchants for most non-bitcoiners to want the option.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
No one is going to to buy Bitcoins just to spend them on Amazon. Not a chicken and an egg problem, simply a sign of relatively low adoption.
Agreed. Bitcoins are a pain in the ass to get. Why would you pay fees to get bitcoins just to turn around and spend them?
I saved 20% on my last Amazon purchase through PurseIO. That makes it worth it. Then rebought on Coinbase.
hey guys, I took your advise and sent Amazon a message on their Facebook page. the message I sent was:
Surprisingly I got a reply! The reply was:
To which I replied:
I didn't expect a reply! Are you guys getting replies too when posting on their Facebook wall?
Edit: I have since gotten this reply as well:
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Dear Amazon, I would like to purchase things on your website using Bitcoin.
Surprisingly I got a reply! The reply was:
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Hi Chad, we don't accept Bitcoins as payment. You can use the following payment methods:
- Visa including the Amazon.com Visa Card
- MasterCard/EuroCard
- Discover Network
- American Express
- Diners Club U.S. billing addresses only
- JCB
- NYCE
- Amazon Gift Cards
Hope this helps!
- Clara D
- Visa including the Amazon.com Visa Card
- MasterCard/EuroCard
- Discover Network
- American Express
- Diners Club U.S. billing addresses only
- JCB
- NYCE
- Amazon Gift Cards
Hope this helps!
- Clara D
To which I replied:
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Hi Clara! Thanks for the reply! Unfortunately I am not comfortable using any of the payment methods you have listed, Bitcoin is my preferred method of payment for online shopping and so I will be shopping exclusively with sites that provide this option such as Overstock.com, TigerDirect.com, and NewEgg.com.
Amazon has always been my online shopping site of choice, in fact it was the only one I ever used, but now that I am shopping online using Bitcoin, Amazon is simply not an option for me unless I want to compromise my preferred method of payment. I do hope that Amazon will accept Bitcoin sometime soon. If you are able to escalate this message I would very much appreciate that, and I look forward to shopping with Amazon again in the future!
Amazon has always been my online shopping site of choice, in fact it was the only one I ever used, but now that I am shopping online using Bitcoin, Amazon is simply not an option for me unless I want to compromise my preferred method of payment. I do hope that Amazon will accept Bitcoin sometime soon. If you are able to escalate this message I would very much appreciate that, and I look forward to shopping with Amazon again in the future!
I didn't expect a reply! Are you guys getting replies too when posting on their Facebook wall?
Edit: I have since gotten this reply as well:
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Hi,
I will definitely pass your feedback on that you're interested in this feature! Have a great week.
- Jimmy
I will definitely pass your feedback on that you're interested in this feature! Have a great week.
- Jimmy
As I know, newegg has accepted Bitcoin
If amazon accept BTC, that would be a huge push.
But I believe eventually they will do it.
if newegg can do it, amazon can too But I believe eventually they will do it.
Yes, that's what he was saying. But I think they are apples and oranges for the reasons mentioned up thread. Newegg is a tiny fish -- Amazon is a giant whale. The biggest. BTC needs to be a lot bigger, I think, before Amazon can get their feet wet.
As I know, newegg has accepted Bitcoin
If amazon accept BTC, that would be a huge push.
But I believe eventually they will do it.
if newegg can do it, amazon can too But I believe eventually they will do it.
Chicken and egg. Not enough customers for them to bother changing anything, not enough merchants for most non-bitcoiners to want the option.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
No one is going to to buy Bitcoins just to spend them on Amazon. Not a chicken and an egg problem, simply a sign of relatively low adoption.
if Amazon accepted bitcoin, that could potentially be a huge downward pressure on the market. these small guys like DISH and Newegg -- Bitpay won't be pressured to dump on exchanges for the kind of volumes those businesses bring. but Amazon? might be too much bitcoin spent and not enough buyers for Bitpay/Coinbase to exchange them. i mean, they are like the biggest in the world.
Yep, it could be a while for this to unfold. Amazon is big, big money. It'd be one thing if their vendors/suppliers accepted bitcoin -- then they could hold it. But being such a huge e-commerce giant, they have huge overheads to pay in fiat. That means selling the bitcoins spent there. I don't know how deep the market is for Bitpay, etc.
Chicken and egg. Not enough customers for them to bother changing anything, not enough merchants for most non-bitcoiners to want the option.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
They'll come on board once bitcoin is bigger. Better to focus on companies more interested in getting in early.
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