YSK you need to keep your Amazon UK account login and recovery details updated at least every 5 months
Amazon UK account vs other regions account confusion
UK worker with .co.uk & .com Amazon account
You can only spend your gift card balance on the .com site. It's completely stupid and makes it probably not worth the effort if you're in the UK to be honest because you get burned badly on shipping/duty.
I paid $35 for a $17 hat but gotta spend it on something. Occasionally good deals pop up where the price will be similar to what you'd pay locally, so you may as well just build up a balance rather than buy random things.
More on reddit.comUnknown purchases made on my Amazon account with an unknown card UK
‘Why would someone use another card on my account instead of mine ‘
Stolen card probably.. that then gets traced back to you through your account details and not them.
More on reddit.comWhy YSK: Amazon UK accounts having made no purchases via the main website for six months are marked as 'inactive' and receive significantly limited account recovery support. This still applies even if you have regularly logged in during the six month period and have accessed Amazon content and services. Only purchases from the Amazon website reset the timer. Amazon does not warn you ahead of the change in status via email or their message centre before it happens.
Amazon will refuse outright to modify or remove email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, or two-factor authentication associated with the account. If you lose access to the email, phone, or 2FA then you most likely cannot recover your account at all. Amazon will instead direct you to open a new account under a different phone number and email address. Customer support aren't allowed to redirect you to the accounts team who usually carry out the necessary changes with ease for 'active' accounts.
This means the total loss of all digital purchases on the account as well as a lockout for any services that require an Amazon account to be linked. When websites, games, apps, etc. link to Amazon, it is Amazon who handles the login to complete the link. As your account still exists but you are unable to recover it, you are unable to unlink most services to associate them with any new account. This means the loss of whatever services or content were provided by the link. Amazon will not refund or compensate you for anything lost as a part of their policy.
Keep your information up to date regularly.
Hi guys!
My fiancee is planning to buy a kindle PPW 6.8" 32GB while in the UK this summer, but we currently live outside of the UK. Where we live gets a really limited, and honestly poor, selection of books - something to do with the region licensing maybe? How can we be sure that when we buy a kindle, we can gain access to the UK list of available books to download?
Sorry if I haven't phrased the question well, and TIA for the help!