# Did you get a credit from the Amazon e-books settlement?

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/81 "2016-06-27T05:00:20Z")

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> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
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> I got $85.92!
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> 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.
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> They have sent out emails, or you can check your Gift Card Balance at [amazon.com](http://amazon.com).
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> I saw one post on another forum from someone who got over $448.

Based on a GCB of $0.00 at this time, I apparently did not buy ebooks from Amazon in the relevant time period.

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**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/82 "2016-06-27T14:34:40Z")

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> [@Mama\_Zappa](#):
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> For those of you that got hundreds of dollars in refunds: how many books did you buy during that time frame???

I got over $100 from this and I buy _a lot_ of books. Enough that I don’t know the actual number. I have a couple 100 books on my Kindle and I have had it for about 4 years.

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**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/83 "2016-06-30T19:56:46Z")

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Well, as the saying goes, “the house always wins.” My Kindle Fire started acting up, so I used some of the money to snag a new one. I’ve been wanting one anyway, since you can add a memory card to the new ones and store seasons worth of vid. Had a ‘d’oh’ moment, though - went with the 8GB model figuring the extra space would cover everything then found out books will only use the native storage space, not the card. A 400 titles currently, it’s not an issue yet but…

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**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-get-a-credit-from-the-amazon-e-books-settlement/757977/84 "2016-06-30T21:52:56Z")

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I got $75.20 from Barnes and Nobel. I’m doing all right with the Nook, I bought the first one ever made, and 10 minutes before the warrantee expired it broke, and they upgraded me to the Nook HDPlus for free.

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