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We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video.

In an effort to compensate you for the inconvenience, we have applied a £5.99 Amazon Gift Card to your account. The Gift Card amount is equal to the amount you paid for the Prime Video purchase(s). To apologize for the inconvenience, we've also added an Amazon Gift Certificate of £5 to your account. Your Gift Card balance will be automatically applied to your next eligible order. You can view your balance and usage history in Your Account here:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He received what he paid for and then got his money back

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the form of Amazon exclusive currency*

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They refund in the same format the purchase was made

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you read the message from the screen shot it says in the form of an "Amazon gift card".

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yes, which strongly suggests the initial purchase was via Amazon gift card.

He then got an additional $5 amount, doubling what he "spent."

This post is rage bait over nothing consequential.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is some clarification we need. Is this an original post?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's from around this thread, and you can see the additional credit in the image above.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It wasn't a refund.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Textbook example of the frog in boiling water. No one would have accepted this behavior before, but now we're so used these big companies doing whatever they want, we have no problem shrugging off whatever they do.

I'm slowly coming to the conclusion that if you're not actively sabotaging these companies (through piracy at least), you're morally in the wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No one would have accepted this behavior before

Are you suggesting no one has used Steam in the past 20+ years?

I’m slowly coming to the conclusion that if you’re not actively sabotaging these companies (through piracy at least), you’re morally in the wrong.

Lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Right, because the phrase "digital purchase" clearly indicates that you don't own the media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think people already understand this, they just don’t care as long as their devices play the media they want to consume.

I think you are too optimistic on this.