Amazon just sent me an email with a $20 certificate code for buying a certain product during a promotion period (happened to be my brother’s wedding gift). They sent me a $20 certificate code for that same purchase about a week or two ago.
Got to fight the temptation to use both - I know it is a mistake on their part to send it.
Susan
You also get thirty dollars or thirty percent or something off the first time you use the amazon card. I do enough damage with my regular credit card that I don’t need to sign up for more.
My recommended list, I’ve noticed they’ll have something ridiculous like children’s ladybug underpants, but then the rest is much too accurate. Last week I recommended myself into spending three month’s allowance.
Thanks for the reccomendations… I’m actually completely new to the genre (is it trip-hop?) due to the Garden State soundtrack (go see the movie) and Zero 7 and Frou Frou might very well wind up being my gateways to the genre.
I’ll have to bookmark this page to look at later when I have more disposable income. Right now, with trying to find a different apartment and replacing this POS computer, my finances aren’t really up for a splurge at Amazon.
By the way, where in the Seattle area are you?
Well, It’s better than getting nothing back, like my old credit card. I just put everything on the card. And it adds up much quicker than you’d think. (hm, for me anyway) Of course I’d rather have a Southwest credit card, but there’s an annual fee. 
The eastside. Glad I could help :).
I think the worst thing is that Amazon has my credit card number. Now all it takes is a couple of mouse clicks and cool stuff arrives at my apartment. Where’s the harm in that? …written as I order enough books to fill up a freaking Uhaul…
The related items often dig up interesting stuff. For example, I ordered a book on Php and Mysql the other day and it came up with a couple of Lacuna Coil albums I’d been interested in but never got around to checking out. I didn’t order them, but it was a close thing. Other times, they’ve pointed out new authors I’ve never heard of but sounded kinda cool. More often that not, it works for me.
What always gets me is the used hardcover books. What happens is that I’ll look something up that I’m interested in. I’ll see that it’s $10 for a paperback version. And then right below that, some entrepeneur is selling the hardcover, probably in mint condition but remaindered. For a price of $5. I don’t like paperbacks, especially at $10, so it’s an easy choice. More importantly, Amazon gets the money either way. Nicely played.
I actually bought a vacuum cleaner from amazon.com. They had the lowest price I could find anywhere, and there was no tax or shipping charges. And it arrived in less than a week.