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January 01, 2016, 09:57:10 AM
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Hi.

I am very curious and do not mind securing another source of purchasing bitcoins.

If I were to buy Amazon e-Gift cards with my Amazon.com account (relevant screen caps will be provided to prove they are legit buys), are those e-Gift cards tradable to bitcoins? If it is a "Yes", what are the rates?


EDIT: And hell, bloody no. I am NOT a scammer, in case any over-zealous member here zap me with a negative point.  Cheesy

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January 01, 2016, 03:35:03 PM
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Didn't you have heard about purse.io ? About it was discussed several time over this forum, you can check their site or may search this forum to find some review and discussion thread. Good luck, i think purse will be enough for what you are looking to trade.
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January 01, 2016, 05:48:39 PM
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Didn't you have heard about purse.io ? About it was discussed several time over this forum, you can check their site or may search this forum to find some review and discussion thread. Good luck, i think purse will be enough for what you are looking to trade.

But purse.io involves waiting for the Amazon goods to reach recipients' household before the coins will be released. The process will take days and the rates are not very ideal too.

In this discussion, I am thinking of the feasibility of an almost instant transaction, through private messages or escrow.

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January 01, 2016, 06:08:00 PM
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Since I've sold my Amazon gift cards for bitcoins, I have always got the rate of 5% less than the face value (which makes it 95% face value). People here try to buy gift cards at unreasonable rates of 50-60% as well but since I waited, I got 95% of the value. If you want, you can also ask for Payza payments for your Amazon gift cards and then exchange Payza for bitcoins using the website itself. It takes 3 days for the same though but if you are open to more payment options, you get better rates.

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January 01, 2016, 06:36:08 PM
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Since I've sold my Amazon gift cards for bitcoins, I have always got the rate of 5% less than the face value (which makes it 95% face value). People here try to buy gift cards at unreasonable rates of 50-60% as well but since I waited, I got 95% of the value. If you want, you can also ask for Payza payments for your Amazon gift cards and then exchange Payza for bitcoins using the website itself. It takes 3 days for the same though but if you are open to more payment options, you get better rates.

How does Payza come into the picture?

But hey, 95% is a good rate. But the 3 day wait is a little long.. Sad

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January 01, 2016, 06:50:12 PM
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You can trade them in purse.io, but do not expect a high value for your cards... you will get around 80-85% of the card value in Bitcoins or so. I have done it with some gift card balance I got.

Do not know if there are other sites.

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January 01, 2016, 07:14:06 PM
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Since I've sold my Amazon gift cards for bitcoins, I have always got the rate of 5% less than the face value (which makes it 95% face value). People here try to buy gift cards at unreasonable rates of 50-60% as well but since I waited, I got 95% of the value. If you want, you can also ask for Payza payments for your Amazon gift cards and then exchange Payza for bitcoins using the website itself. It takes 3 days for the same though but if you are open to more payment options, you get better rates.

How does Payza come into the picture?

But hey, 95% is a good rate. But the 3 day wait is a little long.. Sad

Payza is an option which most buyers do accept and hence they can pay you via Payza for your Amazon gift cards (in case  you accept this payment method). I know 3 days is a long wait but it's better to get this amount rather than 20-30% less in bitcoins IMHO.

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January 02, 2016, 04:14:06 PM
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Since I've sold my Amazon gift cards for bitcoins, I have always got the rate of 5% less than the face value (which makes it 95% face value). People here try to buy gift cards at unreasonable rates of 50-60% as well but since I waited, I got 95% of the value. If you want, you can also ask for Payza payments for your Amazon gift cards and then exchange Payza for bitcoins using the website itself. It takes 3 days for the same though but if you are open to more payment options, you get better rates.

How does Payza come into the picture?

But hey, 95% is a good rate. But the 3 day wait is a little long.. Sad

Payza is an option which most buyers do accept and hence they can pay you via Payza for your Amazon gift cards (in case  you accept this payment method). I know 3 days is a long wait but it's better to get this amount rather than 20-30% less in bitcoins IMHO.

Thanks @Erikalui.

Maybe I should try to do one listing (Amz Gift card <-> BTC) in the Trading forum to see what result I can get.

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June 27, 2017, 01:32:25 AM
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You can trade via paxful. Their exchange rate is about 10 to 20%. It's the same rate I got the first time I buy my first bitcoins.
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