# Did you get a credit from the Amazon e-books settlement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 21, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977 "2016-06-21T18:47:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/1 "2016-06-21T18:47:05Z")
I got $85.92! You might have a credit from the [settlement](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/06/check-your-spam-folder-you-might-have-some-new-amazon-credit/) if you bought e-books from Amazon from 2010-2012. They have sent out emails, or you can check your Gift Card Balance at [amazon.com](http://amazon.com). I saw one post on another forum from someone who got over $448. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/2 "2016-06-21T18:48:53Z")
I got an e-mail from them a couple of hours ago. $29.56, the result of my wife buying e-books from them for her Kindle over that time frame. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/3 "2016-06-21T18:50:53Z")
$45.26. Kewl. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/4 "2016-06-21T19:00:20Z")
Is this a new one? I got a credit a few months ago from a settlement. ETA: Just checked my account, $110 woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/5 "2016-06-21T19:03:26Z")
I got a rock… I mean I got $1.57. For the rest of you, I’d say don’t spend it all in one place, but I think you have to. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/6 "2016-06-21T19:04:34Z")
$78.26 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/7 "2016-06-21T19:32:43Z")
About $19! Not sure what I’m going to use it for. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/8 "2016-06-21T20:22:39Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > I got a rock… I mean I got $1.57. > For the rest of you, I’d say don’t spend it all in one place, but I think you have to. 😉 I got nothing. I guess I can’t sit at the Cool Kids’ Table. I’ll leave quietly. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/9 "2016-06-21T20:30:24Z")
75-ish bucks! ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/10 "2016-06-21T20:35:17Z")
$12 and change. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/11 "2016-06-21T20:52:22Z")
8 bucks, which I immediately used on Stephen King’s new book. ---
**Author:** ![mr\_wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@mr\_wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_wolf)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/12 "2016-06-21T21:02:35Z")
So Amazon gets 400 million United States dollars from Apple to pass on to e-book buyers and instead Amazon gives us Amazon money? Nice going Amazon! You’ve got the fees from the original purchase and now you get more fees from whatever people buy obligatorily through you. Or has Amazon money become legal tender recently? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/13 "2016-06-21T21:08:04Z")
I think there was actually an opportunity at some point long ago to request a check. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/14 "2016-06-21T21:09:35Z")
My wife got about $25. She is very happy. She has also spent it. Didn’t take long. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/15 "2016-06-21T21:43:06Z")
Hey, whaddya know—I got $15.70. Which I’m still not sure how or why I deserve anything. Sure, I’ve bought ebooks, but almost always cheap ones, and always I knew exactly what I was paying for them and wouldn’t have bought them if I didn’t think it was worth it. So it’s not like anyone’s cheated me or needs to reimburse me for anything. ---
**Author:** ![NeonMadman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@NeonMadman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NeonMadman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/16 "2016-06-21T21:45:28Z")
How come I got nothing? I buy lots of stuff from Amazon… ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/17 "2016-06-21T21:51:24Z")
Thirteen bucks and some change. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/18 "2016-06-21T21:52:35Z")
> [@NeonMadman](#): > > How come I got nothing? I buy lots of stuff from Amazon… Did you buy e-books? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/19 "2016-06-21T22:45:50Z")
About $13 from them, and $4 from Barnes and Noble. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/20 "2016-06-21T22:53:15Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Did you buy e-books? I bought a load of free e-books. How come I got nothing back? :mad: :smack: 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977.md?page=2)