I have a Quandary ...

[dizzojay]

... and I was wondering if one of my US f-listies might be able to help me out?



A little while ago, I sent some stuff to one of my US f-listies and she offered to reimburse me for the postage - $65.00 (about £40.00).

We discussed how best to do this because she didn't have a Paypal account and we didn't want her to incur bank charges to send such a relatively small amount of money, so in the end, I suggested that she just send me an Amazon voucher because I get loads of stuff from there, and I would make good use of it sooner or later.

She happily agreed to this, and sent me the voucher straight away, exactly as we agreed.

What I didn't realise was that because the voucher was originated in the US, it would only be applicable on Amazon.com, not Amazon.co.uk, and that Amazon won't transfer vouchers between the two (which seems ridiculous considering it's all the same company).

What this effectively means is that to spend my voucher, I've got to buy something on the US site and get it shipped over here to the UK which, I've now realised is completely impractical, the Amazon shipping costs from the US are $50 upwards every time!

So, I'm stuck with $65 which my friend sent me in all good faith and that I can't use. :(

I can't transfer the voucher to anyone else because it's applied to my account, but I was wondering if maybe any of my US f-listies would be prepared to get me to order an item, next time they wanted something from Amazon and have it delivered to their home address, and they can then reimburse me through Paypal.  It seems a totally arse-about-face way of doing things but I can't think of getting my money any other way.

If anyone DOES have a more sensible idea, I'm all ears!!!

Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I've got an Amazon US account and a UK account - have you tried opening a US account?

Oh ignore that - I didn't read what you said properly! The postage is a bit of a problem...

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Oh! Just had a thought - if you buy music or film you get it delivered as a download and hence - no postage! You could buy SPN season 11...

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That's a possibility I guess, I've never downloaded from Amazon before - only from I Tunes!
:)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

I've done music from both - it's just as easy from Amazon as from iTunes, and it automatically imports whatever you download into your iTunes too.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

I was going to suggest perhaps sending the voucher to a US flistie and then having them paypal you the money, but that is ridiculous, it's all the same company after all! O_O

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

I know, stupid isn't it :)

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Did you figure it out honey?

[heavenli24.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the US in about 6 weeks for DallasCon (and to stay with my aunt) - if you want, you could order something for yourself and have it delivered to my aunt's house... then I can bring it back home with me :).

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea, thank you!! I'd have to make sure it was something small and light because I don't want to land you with excess baggage!

Let me have a think and if anything comes to mind, I'll let you know :)

[heavenli24.livejournal.com]

No problem :). Just let me know

I usually bring tons of stuff home with me when I visit, so I will be anticipating leaving plenty of space in my suitcase :P.

Last year I had a whole list of stuff to buy for my mum - including 2 pairs of trainers, a large pack of socks and various bags of chocolate and sweets... and I also had 2 more pairs of trainers for myself, a load of clothes, more chocolate, and several large bottles of shampoo, conditioner and body lotion, plus deodorant and make-up :P.

[vexed_wench]

No real advice about the card, but I do download all of my digital stuff from there. They have an awesome free section.

Also the kindle for desktop( or kindle) is great. and there are a ton of books.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

That's good to know, thanks!