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How to Redeem Your $5 Amazon MP3 Music Downloads Credit:

To Qualify:

* Add at least one qualifying video game product to your Shopping Cart and complete the purchase or complete the purchase through 1-Click ordering. The products that qualify are all products Video Games category including downloadable content and hardware sold by Amazon.com that display the offer message on their product information pages. Items not displaying the offer message and all other types of items fail to qualify for this promotional offer.
* After completing your purchase, you will receive an e-mail indicating that a $5 credit for Amazon MP3 music downloads has been applied to your account automatically and providing instructions for redeeming your credit.
* Promotional offer is valid from August 5, 2009 through August 31, 2009 and subject to change. You must redeem the credit by September 30, 2009.

To Redeem:

1. Browse for your favorite music.
2. Find the music you want, click the "Buy" button, and your credit will automatically be applied to your purchase.
3. If you have not used the full value of the promotional credit, we will automatically apply the remaining balance of your credit on each of your additional Amazon MP3 purchases until you have used its full value or until the credit expires, whichever occurs first. You can check your credit balance by clicking "Redeem Your Amazon.com Gift Card or Promotional Code and View Balance" button, visible on every MP3 detail page. You can check the expiration date of the credit in the confirmation email message we sent to you regarding your credit.
4. After your purchase, you can confirm that your credit was applied by checking your order confirmation, which will be sent to you by e-mail.

Terms and Conditions

* Limited time offer. You must redeem your credit or code by no later than the expiration date indicated in the promotional offer message for this promotion.
* If the promotion provides you with a promotional credit, the credit will be automatically applied to your account until you have used its full dollar amount value. Your credit card will not be charged for Amazon MP3 purchases made through the expiration date until the full dollar amount of the credit has been used.
* If the promotion provides you with a promotional code, follow the redemption instructions provided with your code. Once you have entered your code, the code will be automatically applied to your account until you have used its full dollar amount value. Your credit card will not be charged for Amazon MP3 purchases made through the expiration date until the full dollar amount of the credit has been used.
* If you received a credit or code as a result of a qualifying purchase, then Amazon MP3 downloads redeemed by this promotional offer will not be reflected on the final order checkout page. If you received a credit, you will receive an email from Amazon at the time of purchase of the qualifying product that indicates the dollar amount of the promotional credit for MP3 download has been added to customers account and provides instructions on how to redeem the credit and download Amazon MP3 products. If you received a code, you will receive an email from Amazon at the time of purchase of the qualifying product that indicates the dollar amount of the promotional credit for MP3 download and provides instructions on how to redeem the credit and download Amazon MP3 products.
* You may need to have, or download from Amazon, MP3 software in order to download certain Amazon MP3 products.
* Offer valid for customers located in and with billing addresses in the one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia only. Customers must open an amazon.com account and accept the Amazon MP3 Service Terms of Use to redeem the promotional credit or code.
* Promotional offer limited to one Amazon MP3 promotional credit or code perpurchase.
* If you pre-order or order the qualifying product and place it in your Shopping Cart but do not complete your purchase of the qualifying product, or if you return the qualifying product, you will not qualify for the promotional offer.
* Promotional offer applies only to qualifying products sold by amazon.com displaying the offer message on their product information pages on the amazon.com website. Qualifying products not displaying the offer message, or sold by other merchants or third parties, and all other types of items, do not qualify for this promotional offer.
* Offer good while supplies last; no substitutions or rain checks permitted if supplies of any particular qualifying product run out prior to expiration of promotional offer period.
* Offer is not transferable, not exchangeable, and not redeemable for cash, and is void where prohibited by law.
* Additional taxes apply in certain jurisdictions to physical items and/or digital items ordered.
* We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate or modify this promotion.

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Everyone make sure you keep tabs on how much MP3 download credit you get. I have often had problems with Amazon not giving me the credit. But to check your balance click on any MP3 download. For example this link:

http://www.amazon.com/I-Gotta-Feeli..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=171XR8YHA747HTYFDW52

On the right side under the Cart button, you will see this green panel. See the "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & View balance" make sure your signed-in and click on that, it will tell you, your download balance.


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Here is a list of Cheap ($5.00) XBL Games
Assault Heroes
DOOM
DIG DUG
Geometry Wars Evolved
Zuma
Feeding Frenzy
GALAGA
Worms
Gauntlet
Golden Axe
Jetpac Refuelled
Robotron: 2084
Marble Blast Ultra
MS.PAC-MAN
Paperboy
Joust
Small Arms
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
UNO
Sonic The Hedgehog
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989
Streets of Rage 2
Space Giraffe
Ultimate MK3
Undertow

Link: http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1249663...642,n:!44263011,n:979417011,n:14220271&page=1
 
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[quote name='jcp42877']ahhhh, cause i preordered. That makes sense. Since i coudl just opt out of buying Batman, i'd still have the $5 mp3 credit.

gotcha. no worries though :)[/QUOTE]

Yep, I did the same.
 
I already had gift card credit. So if I buy an MP3 it won't use my earlier regular gift card balance before the new mp3 credit, will it?

[quote name='Ichigo1993']Does anyone know how to see how much promotional credit they have on their account?[/QUOTE]
From the OP: ***********************IMPORTANT****************** *******
Everyone make sure you keep tabs on how much MP3 download credit you get. I have often had problems with Amazon not giving me the credit. But to check your balance click on any MP3 download. For example this link:

http://www.amazon.com/I-Gotta-Feelin...YHA747HTYFDW52

On the right side under the Cart button, you will see this green panel. See the "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & View balance" make sure your signed-in and click on that, it will tell you, your download balance.
 
I sent an email to CS about $5 credit from Big Kahuna Reef.

Events:

1) I download/order Big Kahuna Reef
2) I email CS
3) I get MP3 Credit around this time.
4) CS replies stating that I will receive a code for a $5 GC in the next 2 - 3 days.

Are they keeping touch on me, and going to send a code in 2-3 days, or are they just stating the guidelines of the MP3 credit?

Should I reply to another CS representative in 2 - 3 days if I don't receive a $5 GC?
 
[quote name='J7.']I already had gift card credit. So if I buy an MP3 it won't use my earlier regular gift card balance before the new mp3 credit, will it?


From the OP: ***********************IMPORTANT****************** *******
Everyone make sure you keep tabs on how much MP3 download credit you get. I have often had problems with Amazon not giving me the credit. But to check your balance click on any MP3 download. For example this link:

http://www.amazon.com/I-Gotta-Feelin...YHA747HTYFDW52

On the right side under the Cart button, you will see this green panel. See the "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & View balance" make sure your signed-in and click on that, it will tell you, your download balance.[/QUOTE]

Thank you!

I totally forgot to read the OP before posting.
 
[quote name='J7.']

From the OP: ***********************IMPORTANT****************** *******
Everyone make sure you keep tabs on how much MP3 download credit you get. I have often had problems with Amazon not giving me the credit. But to check your balance click on any MP3 download. For example this link:

http://www.amazon.com/I-Gotta-Feelin...YHA747HTYFDW52

On the right side under the Cart button, you will see this green panel. See the "Redeem a gift card or promotion code & View balance" make sure your signed-in and click on that, it will tell you, your download balance.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that! I checked my balance and realized I have only received credit for 2 out of my last 5 game purchases. I emailed customer service to inquire about my credit for these other games.
 
You're welcome, hopefully someone knows the answer to my question I posted earlier. Also, did anyone buy any MP3's yet, what did you get?
 
[quote name='caltab']the fine print says one per purchase, I dont see anything about per order, might not be seeing it though.
"Promotional offer limited to one Amazon MP3 promotional credit or code perpurchase."[/QUOTE]


That's what I explained to them, how it's different from the language in their other promos which are 1 per order, customer, household. No go. I didn't want to argue any more. I hardly buy music downloads anyway, I still like having CDs around. ;)
 
[quote name='J7.']You're welcome, hopefully someone knows the answer to my question I posted earlier. Also, did anyone buy any MP3's yet, what did you get?[/QUOTE]
I bought the new Third Eye Blind album, Ursa Major http://www.amazon.com/Ursa-Major/dp/B002LFRXFC/

I received one code (for Wii Sports Resort) and am still waiting on one (Madden 2010). I will give it a few more days and then contact amazon about it.

With the second credit I am thinking of waiting to see what Septembers $5 deals are or else use it on Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here or Animals.
 
Sweet thanks for the Big Kahuna Reef info. I had previously bought this months ago at home when they offered it free, but I figured out how to rebuy it on my work pc and I got the free MP3 credit they are currently offering.

I won't post how to rebuy it on here, but I'm sure one of you will figure it out, post it here and at SD and FW, and everyone will exploit it to pieces with no shame. :nottalking:
 
Is anyone else getting grief from Amazon about the MP3 credits? I purchased 6 items so far and have only received 2 credits. I sent several emails and then they made me call. They keep telling me it's one per person, but keep quoting one per purchase. And won't give me the credits.
 
[quote name='theangryrobot']Is anyone else getting grief from Amazon about the MP3 credits? I purchased 6 items so far and have only received 2 credits. I sent several emails and then they made me call. They keep telling me it's one per person, but keep quoting one per purchase. And won't give me the credits.[/QUOTE]
Yes I was having trouble too. So I took someone else's advice and made one long email to Amazon's customer service.

I wrote something like:

I recently made several purchases offering a $5 Promotional MP3 credit. I only received the credit for 2 of my 4 recent eligible purchases.

I got the $5 MP3 promotional credit for these:
###
###
I did NOT get the $5 MP3 promotional credit for these:
###
###

I would like the missing credit please.

Thank you,
OJ Simpson
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I never got a response, but I checked my balance this morning and had all the free MP3 credit in my account I was missing.
 
Got shot down on the credits as well. Got 1 credit automatically from Wii Sports Resort , but when emailed about credits on my other recent purchases was told that it was 1 credit per account and was told to "in the future , read the fine print more carefully".:wall:
 
[quote name='StarKnightX']Got shot down on the credits as well. Got 1 credit automatically from Wii Sports Resort , but when emailed about credits on my other recent purchases was told that it was 1 credit per account and was told to "in the future , read the fine print more carefully".:wall:[/QUOTE]

That sucks. To update my post above as promised, I now have $80 of MP3 credits in my account. I think that covers my orders and more.

I'd try again. Maybe you got the rare clueless Amazon rep or maybe one having a bad day? There is no fine print that limits it like that is there?
 
[quote name='turls']That sucks. To update my post above as promised, I now have $80 of MP3 credits in my account. I think that covers my orders and more.

I'd try again. Maybe you got the rare clueless Amazon rep or maybe one having a bad day? There is no fine print that limits it like that is there?[/QUOTE]

I already shot them back a reply email looking for more clarification , and arguing that the application of the promo seems intentionally vague.
 
Well I got my response from my second email and was shot down again. They basically told me there was no way they could give me the credit since it is one per customer. They also implied that if others are getting "extra" credit then that is wrong and that other customer service reps are just giving out freebies.:bomb:

I'm done arguing about it. It wasn't that big of a deal to me , I just thought that I wasn't getting something I was owed , but apparently not.
 
I also only got one credit for multiple games. Checking the original terms in the OP, it doesn't mention one per customer, but now they changed the terms to say this:

Promotional offer limited to one promotional credit per customer.
 
Well, the tip about showing your promotional balance works but it is very confusing as it just adds the value of your MP3's into your total credit balance. I should say it is confusing if you have Amazon credit (like from the video game trade-in program). However, if you go to your account and view your gift card balance you can see what your actual credit amount is. Mine is exactly $5 less than my "promotional balance" which works out since I have gotten one confirmation of the $5 MP3 credit being applied (though I have other orders I would think it would have worked with too).

And yes, J7, I can verify that it uses your promotional MP3 credit before the gift card/trade-in credit if that is what you are worried about. I also got the $5 worth of MP3s on my wife's account and have also done some trading with that account. I've bought 2 99 cent MP3s and my "promotional balance" is exactly $3.02 more than my gift card balance, which is as it should be if it is using the MP3 credit first.

So, wait, are they claiming that the $5 MP3 promo is supposed to only be given out ONCE no matter how many separate game orders you make? Or are people just saying they only get one per order no matter how many games are in that order (which is not nearly as bad)? I have a lot of orders coming in over the next month and it will suck if I don't get another MP3 credit after the one I just got. I mean, they weren't really a factor in the purchase but it was a nice benefit.

Edit - Well, I just "bought" Big Kahuna Reef and instantly got another $5 MP3 promo credit email. I checked my balance and I have $10 more than my gift card balance. So apparently you can get more than 1 promo credit so hopefully it continues to be at least one per order which is fine with me. If I get another $5 from one of my other recently shipped orders then I'm all over that Who's Next Deluxe Edition CD. I have the original CD of that from way back (when it first came out on CD - I'm sure I have the record somewhere too ;)). I didn't even know there was a deluxe (with what I gather are alternate versions of many of the songs) till I started poking around looking for things to spend this credit on.
 
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They have changed the offer details now to one per customer. But, I placed several orders last week and they will not honor the offer. I have the original text saved on my computer and it said one per purchase.

Really disappointed with Amazon on this one. I don't have a problem that they changed the offer, but to not honor it for earlier purchases is very wrong.
 
[quote name='io']So, wait, are they claiming that the $5 MP3 promo is supposed to only be given out ONCE no matter how many separate game orders you make? Or are people just saying they only get one per order no matter how many games are in that order (which is not nearly as bad)? I have a lot of orders coming in over the next month and it will suck if I don't get another MP3 credit after the one I just got. I mean, they weren't really a factor in the purchase but it was a nice benefit.

Edit - Well, I just "bought" Big Kahuna Reef and instantly got another $5 MP3 promo credit email. I checked my balance and I have $10 more than my gift card balance. So apparently you can get more than 1 promo credit so hopefully it continues to be at least one per order which is fine with me. If I get another $5 from one of my other recently shipped orders then I'm all over that Who's Next Deluxe Edition CD. I have the original CD of that from way back (when it first came out on CD - I'm sure I have the record somewhere too ;)). I didn't even know there was a deluxe (with what I gather are alternate versions of many of the songs) till I started poking around looking for things to spend this credit on.[/QUOTE]

The bolded is exactly what I was saying. The Customer service reps (rep? no idea if it was the same one or not) said that the offer only applies to each customer/account 1 time. I never tried "buying" Big Kahuna Reef to see if I would get a second credit that way, but seeing as how the terms of the deal have been actually changed , it probably wouldn't work now.

If the terms were like that from the very beginning , I wouldn't be so bothered , but it's annoying that it's been unevenly handled. When some (most?) people are getting multiple credits , and others like myself only get 1 , it seems just a tad unfair. But oh well , I've probably gotten in on my fair share of deals that others didn't so I guess this was one of those times I wasn't set to be lucky.
 
Well, I bought a cassette adapter a few weeks back and got the $5 credit pretty quickly. Got the Big Kahuna Reef earlier today, got another $5 credit right after. So I got $10 total, and I checked before I got BKR and after and saw the credit applied.
 
I just "bought" Big Kahuna Reef on my wife's account and got the $5 MP3 promo there as well. So at least I got $10 worth of MP3s from this free game. Sucks, though, that my 3 other recently shipped orders don't appear to be getting the credit as they were made when it was supposed to be one per transaction.
 
[quote name='io']
And yes, J7, I can verify that it uses your promotional MP3 credit before the gift card/trade-in credit if that is what you are worried about. I also got the $5 worth of MP3s on my wife's account and have also done some trading with that account. I've bought 2 99 cent MP3s and my "promotional balance" is exactly $3.02 more than my gift card balance, which is as it should be if it is using the MP3 credit first.
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Sweet. Thanks for checking on that.
 
Bullshit is what this is. I had thought--mistakenly, I see--that Amazon is above this sort of bush-league nonsense. If it helps, Google's cached version of the terms of this promotion doesn't have the one-per-customer limit.

If you call customer service, don't let the rep "resolve" the issue by sending an e-mail to the marketing department. That's just a smokescreen to end the call. It's within the rep's ability to issue a general credit on the spot.
 
[quote name='11440']Bullshit is what this is. I had thought--mistakenly, I see--that Amazon is above this sort of bush-league nonsense. If it helps, Google's cached version of the terms of this promotion doesn't have the one-per-customer limit.

If you call customer service, don't let the rep "resolve" the issue by sending an e-mail to the marketing department. That's just a smokescreen to end the call. It's within the rep's ability to issue a general credit on the spot.[/QUOTE]

You are pissed because you cannot scam amazon.com? WTF dude...
 
If anyone cares, and I'm sure you've seen it, but...Coldplay's Viva La Vida Prospekt's March album is only $2.99 today.

That's over 20 songs for $3. Great effin deal for $3 of your free $5 for anyone who appreciates Coldplay, like myself :D
 
[quote name='oasisboy']You are pissed because you cannot scam amazon.com? WTF dude...[/QUOTE]

It's not a scam if you ordered when the promo said one per transaction and not per person. That's called bait-and-switch on Amazon's part.

Having said that, I'm not sure I'll bother calling - just doesn't seem worth the hassle.
 
[quote name='jcp42877']If anyone cares, and I'm sure you've seen it, but...Coldplay's Viva La Vida Prospekt's March album is only $2.99 today.

That's over 20 songs for $3. Great effin deal for $3 of your free $5 for anyone who appreciates Coldplay, like myself :D[/QUOTE]
I'm confused by all the versions. Does this one have the regular versions on the first disc or is it some remixed stuff?
 
[quote name='J7.']I'm confused by all the versions. Does this one have the regular versions on the first disc or is it some remixed stuff?[/QUOTE]

This is the original Viva La Vida, which has like 15 or so songs, PLUS the little 8 song Prospekts March EP which includes a few remixes and unreleased stuff.

Both are great!


EDIT: oops, 10 songs on the first CD, but a few go past like 6 mins, so they're pretty lengthy..and one is actually 2 songs labeled as 1
 
[quote name='oasisboy']You are pissed because you cannot scam amazon.com? WTF dude...[/QUOTE]

The word "scam" does not mean what you seem to think it means. Yeah, I'm pissed, because Amazon could have automatically issued a credit for each qualifying purchase pursuant to the original terms of the promotion, which stated a limit of one credit per purchase. Instead, Amazon applied the promotion differently than the terms stated by issuing only one credit per customer and then changing the terms of the promotion to match. I don't appreciate having to call customer service to force Amazon to honor the terms that were in effect at the time of purchase.

I find it amusing that you accuse me of scamming, considering that when the customer service rep offered me a credit, I pointed out that I was owed $5 less than what she offered and asked for the lower amount, because I had been awarded the credit once.
 
I didn't get credit for my most recent order (360 wireless controller) so I just fired off an email. I've already gotten $20 worth of credits, but I placed this last order before they changed the terms so I feel like I should still be eligible for it. We'll see what they say. I included a link to the cached version of the promotion terms that doesn't include the "one per customer" line.
 
Does anyone have a link to the terms for this deal before they changed it to one per customer? I think I saw somewhere in here that there is a website that has a screen shot of this.
 
[quote name='bizman316']Does anyone have a link to the terms for this deal before they changed it to one per customer? I think I saw somewhere in here that there is a website that has a screen shot of this.[/QUOTE]

Just pull up a cached version from Google. I included the link in my email to Amazon.

They just got back to me and said they would apply $5 promotional credit to my account good towards my next purchase. Beats $5 MP3 credit any day!
 
[quote name='Eric1285']Just pull up a cached version from Google. I included the link in my email to Amazon.

They just got back to me and said they would apply $5 promotional credit to my account good towards my next purchase. Beats $5 MP3 credit any day![/QUOTE]

This may be a dumb question but how do you pulled up a cached version of this. I tried doing this and I wasn't successful. Thanks
 
[quote name='jcp42877']This is the original Viva La Vida, which has like 15 or so songs, PLUS the little 8 song Prospekts March EP which includes a few remixes and unreleased stuff.

Both are great!


EDIT: oops, 10 songs on the first CD, but a few go past like 6 mins, so they're pretty lengthy..and one is actually 2 songs labeled as 1[/QUOTE]
Very good deal.
 
Does anyone have a screen shot of the deal where it said 1 per purchase? I was trying to find a cached version on google but couldn't. I would like to have this as proof when I sent them an e-mail. I have about 6 different purchases that should be getting this credit and I would like the credit.
 
This may be a dumb question but how do you pulled up a cached version of this. I tried doing this and I wasn't successful. Thanks
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Google the URL you want and then at the bottom of the correct search result next to the URL there's a link that says "Cached".
 
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