Amazon card - Free £15 Voucher

Former_MSE_Dan · 7 September 2005 at 5:15PM

This discussion relates to the article about Credit Card Freebies and particularly the free £15 Amazon voucher.

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Milarky · 8 September 2005 at 2:26PM

Having just checked, this card is issued by HBOS. Thus there is not much point applying for one if you already have substantial 'debt' [balances] to income as they tend to decline on the 'prudent lender' principle more than other banks. That said, it may be worth applying for if you have less than 100% of income on cards..

oliverkinne · 8 September 2005 at 4:13PM

...and "cashed" in £30 of Amazon.co.uk goods. I supplied for it when it first came out and got the voucher. Then, earlier this year, I thought: "Let's try this again." I thought they'd block my application, but it worked fine - so I got my second voucher. I'll wait a while before cancelling my card and applying again, but I might just do this - even though it'll hit my credit rating.

Oliver.

hjscgms · 8 September 2005 at 4:27PM

Clicked on link, I read it that you had to accumulate 1500 for voucher, 1 point for every £1 spent - Did I misread it? :eek:

PeteW · 8 September 2005 at 5:17PM

is this card any good for stoozing or does it charge fees?

saintstreaky · 8 September 2005 at 6:09PM

hjscgms wrote:

Clicked on link, I read it that you had to accumulate 1500 for voucher, 1 point for every £1 spent - Did I misread it? :eek:

That's correct, but you get 1500 free points when you get it, so you only have to make one small purchase to get the first £15 voucher.

After that you'll have to spend £1500 to get the next voucher (though you get double points for spending at Amazon) - not worth it if you've got a decent cashback card.

westernpromise · 15 September 2005 at 6:17PM

Could you spend 1p on a transfer to your own PayPal account, so that you are spending the money on yourself, and then claim your fifteen squid?

Special_Saver · 29 September 2005 at 3:06PM

saintstreaky wrote:

After that you'll have to spend £1500 to get the next voucher (though you get double points for spending at Amazon) - not worth it if you've got a decent cashback card.

I agree, but to clarify the spending required, it is 1 point for every £1 spent at Amazon, 0.5 points for every £1 spent elsewhere according to moneysupermarket.com. This means that you would need to spend £3000 at regular (non-Amazon) shops to get the next £15 voucher.

oliverkinne · 30 September 2005 at 2:31PM

That is correct - if you want to get more than the original, free £15 voucher, then you need to spend £3000 outside Amazon or £1500 with Amazon. But that's not what the article is about. It's about getting a free £15 voucher just for signing up for a credit card.

If you're after a credit card that gives great cashback, then you need to look through the other articles. I think Morgan Stanley were quite good, but I'm not sure. Check the other articles on this site to find the latest deals.

Oliver.

GlennTheBaker · 30 September 2005 at 3:23PM

PeteW wrote:

is this card any good for stoozing or does it charge fees?

I've just received my Amazon card and it states in my T&C's that a BT fee may be charged on promotional balance transfers but not on the initial promotion (0% for 6 months) so yes, a stoozing possibility

zonker84 · 12 October 2005 at 5:37PM

I just got one of these cards, and phoned to activate it just now. From reading the T&C when I applied, I gathered that the six month 0% balance transfer had no fees attached.

The guy on the phone just told me that there is a 2% fee, with no maximum :eek: I don't think I'm giving anything much away by saying my limit is £9,800. Therefore if I balance transferred most of that amount, the fee would be nearly £200. Very disappointing, as I read there were no fees in at least a couple of places before I applied

Amazon card - Free £15 Voucher

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