Need some info about Amazon.com..

Welcome to the great new world of using Amazon gift cards for your Christmas shopping. Hopefully, 2011 will be the third year that I've done it and in the year of 2010 I was able to do nearly $500 worth of shopping on Amazon that didn't cost me a penny at all out of my pocket. Now, I had an Amazon account before I ever started earning Amazon gift cards, so I would say that you would probably be best to go ahead and open an account with them. As you are able to earn gift cards, on your account page there is a tab that says "view gift card balance" when you are on there, you are able to view your current balance and even add a new gift card if you have one. They never expire, which I think is a great thing. As far as the Swagbucks go, I typically redeem mine in the form of 5 $5 gift cards when I have enough. Now, I'm thinking that I might start having excess in the coming year and if it grows very large, I will most likely get a more expensive, bigger gift card here and there.

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Hi, Kat. It says on the Amazon website, your gift cards never expire. I mostly get them from Swagbucks. There are other places to get them. I move my swagbucks gift card codes to Amazon and "mark as used" on Swagbucks. I have used Amazon this year for the first time. I have been pleased with the prompt service and how I receive the products. I have friends on Gather who use them a lot. So, like others said, get that account open, move your swagbucks and other redeem codes to the account and when you order from Amazon, they will use your gift cards first. Good luck, planning for next year.

You only need to open an "account" so all your shipping and billing info is there. I have been buying DVD movies for awhile there..only thing, but yeah, they got tons of other stuff. I am not an online buyer much..I have to see what I am buying. Never clothes or things like that cause if they don't fit...I have to pay shipping back. If you buy more than $25 at Amazon.com, you get free shipping to you tho. Plus no state sales tax! I don't know anything about Swagbucks, but I do surveys and cash out for Amazon.com gift cards and it works like a charm. place your order, and on the payment screen..you put in your CC number and then there is a box if you have a gift card/number and you just put it in there and it will deduct that for you and then give you the balance if any. If you have more GC money than you spend, it will keep the balance on your "account" to spend later. Really very easy and they ship quickly unless otherwise stated. Gift cards expire at different dates...read the card for each time, but the ones I have had..from the survey places...are like 12 months or something...I use them reasonably quickly anyway. But I also read when looking to buy some store GC this year that most expire in 5 years. Some even charge you if you don't use them! But just read from where you get yours and that will tell you.

wow. so glad you started this discussion. i belong to swagbucks and was just waiting till i got enough to feel like i was getting something to turn them in. so i read your whole discussion here just for the info. im very happy with what ive learned from you and this. thanks for this discussion.

Yeah, it is weird that it actually costs less to buy four $5 gift cards than a single $20 one. I remember when I first joined it, I was going for the $50 one until someone pointed that fact out about how it would actually be cheaper going for the $5 ones. That said, you do have to have an account either way (I think anyway). You have to provide your shipping information anyway. What I do is just apply my gift cards to my account for when I'm ready to use them. Fortunately, the good news is that they don't expire. They'll be there whenever you want to use them. Yep, they both cover shipping and you can use more than one. At least you can when you apply them to your account. That's how I buy my movies.

I set up an amazon account and as I "earn" the gift cards I redeem them and they just sit in the account as a balance and use them when I need them. Over this past year I had earned almost $600 and then went and entered the cards as I got them. About 1/3 of our Christmas was "free".

I am not sure if you have to have an account on Amazon to redeem a gift card,but I've always had an account. You can add gift cards to your account to use whenever you get ready. They don't expire and will be there when ever you want to redeem them. I have lots there that I haven't used. I move them to Amazon each time one is put in my Swagbucks account. Also, if you spend $25 or more, shipping is free. And it is best to use your Swagbucks to buy $5 Amazon gift cards since they are cheaper. Just be sure you buy the correct Amazon gift cards. One is for the US and one is for Canada.

I can't speak to swag bucks but I can tell you that Amazon gift cards don't expire once you enter them in your account. I had several from blogging and used them at Christmas. I think it's better to enter them right away. That way if anything happens with the "giver" you have already redeemed through Amazon even if you haven't spent it. Amazon will use your gift card balance first when you check out. Having an account set up makes it very convenient. I have several payment methods entered which makes it easier for me to choose which card to use. Plus you can store shipping addresses. When both of my sons were living out of town I had everything shipped directly to them.

I have never had any of my Amazon gift cards expire! I would set up an Amazon account. When the gift cards post, go ahead and 'redeem' them at Amazon. It will keep track of your gift card balance. That way you dont have to worry about it. I only redeem for the $5 gift cards. This is the first month that I have gotten 5 of them! I am really excited about it. I search for EVERYTHING and get at least 1 random award of swagbucks each day. I also currently have 3 referrals that I am still getting swagbucks for - which is why I was able to get the 5 gift cards. I wouldnt worry about the limit until it becomes a problem. Even so, at $25/month for 12 months, that is still $300 to spend for Christmas presents - all completely free!! A few tips for Swagbucks: make sure you visit the NOSO's, daily poll, and Surveys each day. It is a quick easy way to guarantee 3SB each day. Referrals are also a great way to get SB. You can get up to 1000 for each person you refer! Even if they dont shop on Amazon (which is the best bang for your buck), there is other things they can go for. My sister is saving hers up for a Bass Pro gift card for her husband. Show them how easy it is! The more you show them how beneficial it is the more likely they are to do it, and to thank you for it! Good luck.

hi, i use amazon (uk) and have used gift cards alot, has far as i know there is no time limit and there is no limit to how much you can spend once its in your amazom account. hope that helped some what?