Turns out that I had to register the card with my name and billing address before I could use it for an online purchase. I couldn’t get the registration process to work on the bank’s website, so I called the 800 number on the back of the card and from then on it was super easy.

The customer service person quickly registered the Visa card to my name, address, and phone number, and then I loaded that card with those details as a payment option on my Amazon account, and then selected that card as my payment method when I was checking out with an Amazon gift card. Worked perfectly, and for the full amount.

Then I was able to purchase my original Amazon order with the $50 Amazon gift card and the balance on my debit card. So if all else fails just dial the 800 number and they’ll get it straightened out.

This his been up here a while, hopefully there are still listeners out there!

Anyways, I tried with a visa reward card through bank of america and had no luck, I used my name (didn’t work) and the “happy holidays” on the card (didn’t work).

Made sure numbers were right 3x’s lol. They are, and expiration date entered was correct as well.

Also tried $1.00 less (didn’t work)
and $0.01 less for kicks (didn’t work)…..

Any help? Think I’ll email amazon soon.

Thanks all.