Topic: [FAKE] Amazon to start accepting bitcoin (Read 8647 times)

I sent this email to Amazon's customer support on Jan 19th. This was my message. It was a little crude but I was in a hurry and didn't expect to get a response back.

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Original Message
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01/19/14 09:50:00
Your Name: Alex Myers
Comments:Hello,
I was wondering if Amazon.com would be willing to accept bitcoins as payment for merchandise on their site. Since I have quite a few bitcoins that I would like to spend and there aren't many major websites that accept bitcoins, I would like to ask if there would be any chance of you begining to accept bitcoins in the future so I can spend my stash.
One of the reasons I prefer bitcoins over cash is because they are much more secure and there is no chance of having my personal information stolen, like what happened at Target recently for millions of customers. This would give me some peace of mind. Also, the transaction costs associated with bitcoin are almost 0% compared to the 2.5%~ cost that credit cards charge.
Would you be willing to begin accepting bitcoins on your website? Companies like Bitpay and Coinbase make it very easy to accept bitcoins and then transfer those bitcoins instantly over to cash for almost free. I would appreciate it if you would give me this payment option.
Let me know what you think - Alex Myers
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I opened up my email today and saw a response from Amazon.

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Hello,  

Thanks for writing to us.

We don't accept bitcoins as a payment method on our website at this time. However, I am pleased to inform you that we are in the process of creating our own bitcoin payment processor and will be able to begin accepting this method of payment in the near future on Amazon.com.

In the meantime, we accept credit cards, debit cards, payment from U.S. checking accounts, Amazon.com Gift Cards, Amazon Payments Stored Balance, and the Amazon.com Store Card. Here are the credit cards we accept:

-- American Express
-- Diner's Club (U.S. billing addresses only)
-- Discover
-- MasterCard
-- Visa, Visa Electron, and Visa Check Cards
-- Eurocard
-- JCB
-- NYCE
-- STAR
-- China UnionPay (credit card only)

You can learn more about these payment methods on our Help pages:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=513058

Thank you for your suggestion to accept bit coins as a payment method.

Customer feedback like yours is very important in helping us continue to improve our website and services. I appreciate your thoughts.

We look forward to seeing you again soon.


Best regards,
Hariprasath S.

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Is this important news? Let me know your thoughts.

I can't believe the OP tossed his good name outta the window.


Meanwhile, did you hear that Google Checkout started accepting bitcoins?: https://google.com/checkout_bitcoin

Or you can go to bitk.in and shop amazon.  Best conversion rates.

You can buy stuff on amazon through btczone. That service has been up a long time now.

I guess deliberately thrashing your creds is the norm nowadays....  

Cheers to everyone for the all fun. Yes, it was a fake. Remember, don't believe everything you hear on the internet.

Oh baby.
This is literally the moment I have been waiting for since I first got into Bitcoin.  My favorite retailer is finally going to be onboard. 

Spoils it for everybody.

For what it's worth, here is my chat with an Amazon rep a few minutes ago:
http://btcgeek.com/amazon-really-going-accept-bitcoin/

"We are working on it and will have this method soon."

Seriously, I really really hope you'll get a lifetime ban for posting bullshit like this. We don't need scammers like you in our community.

Some noobie told me that Amazon declined to integrate Bitcoin, but they are hot on Doge

This is what the newbie section does! Lets them spread false information easier.