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YahComb
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Citi Forward Amazon TYP: NW Trolling, False Alarm

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‎08-26-2012 07:49 AM - edited ‎08-28-2012 01:33 PM

For all the Forward users that make regular purchases @ amazon, do any of you notice on your latest statements if it still considers all amazon purchases eligible for 5TYP? Just read where it was supposedly "confirmed" that it doesn't work with non-book purchases as of now.

 

EDIT- NW has completely deleted that blog entry now. Perhaps they just wanted to scoop all the other Credit Card sites and just ran with some faulty info hoping to be first to break the story. Jokes on them now.

 

Edit 2-Article is back up, with a retraction posted. Seems they took the words of a few CSR's as gospel and ran with it. Oops

http://ficoforums.myfico.com/t5/Credit-Cards/Citi-Forward-Amazon-TYP-NW-Trolling-False-Alarm/m-p/156...

 

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Crashem
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‎08-26-2012 08:22 AM

Wow I hope not.  Makes card way less interesting especially since amazon is going to start collecting state tax in California soon.

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‎08-26-2012 09:29 AM

YahComb wrote:

For all the Forward users that make regular purchases @ amazon, do any of you notice on your latest statements if it still considers all amazon purchases eligible for 5TYP? Just read where it was supposedly "confirmed" that it doesn't work with non-book purchases as of now.

I know that Amazon Marketplace and Amazon Payments do no fall into 5TY category. Purchase from Amazon directly still gets 5TY though.

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‎08-26-2012 09:35 AM

trumpet-205 wrote:
YahComb wrote:

For all the Forward users that make regular purchases @ amazon, do any of you notice on your latest statements if it still considers all amazon purchases eligible for 5TYP? Just read where it was supposedly "confirmed" that it doesn't work with non-book purchases as of now.

I know that Amazon Marketplace and Amazon Payments do no fall into 5TY category. Purchase from Amazon directly still gets 5TY though.

Trumpet, have you tested this out recently?

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‎08-26-2012 09:45 AM - edited ‎08-26-2012 09:46 AM

Yes I have. Bought some SD cards from Amazon directly and still got 5TY points.

 

Sadly I won't be shopping at Amazon once CA starts to collect tax from Amazon (damn it, leave Amazon alone).

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‎08-26-2012 09:51 AM

Same here, no more amazon purchases for me either.

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‎08-26-2012 10:19 AM

Yeah. California is bankrupt and is looking for easy sources of income.  Amazon looks easy to them.  Additionally, Facebook IPO hasn't produced the income that was projected.  How freaking incompetent.  They were literally using a once a decade, if you are lucky, tax event to help close the budget deficit of a single year.  What a joke.  I wish banks would let me run my finanaces that way.  I would be living rich but really be poor and on my way to bankruptcy.  Wait a minute.  That is California.

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‎08-26-2012 10:26 AM - edited ‎08-26-2012 10:30 AM

trumpet-205 wrote:

Yes I have. Bought some SD cards from Amazon directly and still got 5TY points.

 

Sadly I won't be shopping at Amazon once CA starts to collect tax from Amazon (damn it, leave Amazon alone).

Trumpet how long ago is recently? the supposed "confirmation" of the change is only from the last couple days.

 

Also glad i live on the MD side of the potomac. We get the benefits of having a nearby fulfillment center (northern virginia) without the state sales tax from having a physical presence. Still a year out from that happening in Virginia, but its coming.

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‎08-26-2012 10:28 AM

Darn, never realized the Forward gets 5x points on amazon.  I had thought it was only for dining.  Can't believe I missed out on this for 3 or 4 years.

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‎08-26-2012 10:30 AM

Open123 wrote:

Darn, never realized the Forward gets 5x points on amazon.  I had thought it was only for dining.  Can't believe I missed out on this for 3 or 4 years.

Well if Yahcomb is right, you have missed it permanently.

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