# You might have some free credit at Amazon if you bought any ebooks in the last year. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 22, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586 "2017-06-22T05:14:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/1 "2017-06-22T05:14:49Z")
[I just learned about this a few minutes ago](https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/millions-got-free-amazon-credits-from-an-apple-lawsuit-and-it-all-expires-this-w.html), so I went to go check and, sure enough, I had about four bucks waiting for me. Basically, due to a lawsuit that Amazon lost, 400 million dollars in credits were just given back in small portions due to how much you may have spent on ebooks in the last year. A small percentage, anyway. The article says that affected users were emailed, but I didn’t get any email, so you might not have either. This is one of the reasons I figured I’d make a topic. So if you have bought ebooks on Amazon, find the place in the article where it shows how to check your Amazon account credit and let me know if you made any. 🙂 Also, it expires in four days (another reason I wanted to make this topic) ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/2 "2017-06-22T05:34:59Z")
I shall go and check. Thank you sir. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/3 "2017-06-22T05:37:53Z")
I have a $4.71 credit! Will put it towards a book. ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/4 "2017-06-22T11:33:45Z")
Yep, I my $72.00 was spent the minute Amazon emailed me about it. ---
**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 22, 2017, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/5 "2017-06-22T11:47:03Z")
Can someone post the entire link as to how to check on Amazon? Those squashed links that some websites do don’t work for me in my office. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/6 "2017-06-22T12:41:43Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Can someone post the entire link as to how to check on Amazon? Those squashed links that some websites do don’t work for me in my office. Don’t know if this will work… you may have to log in. I’m always logged in to Amazon, so my amount was showing already. > **[Amazon.com: Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement](https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=14741166011)** > > Online shopping from a great selection at Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement Store. I had $108.17 in credit–already spent. I buy a LOT of ebooks. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/7 "2017-06-22T12:52:46Z")
Bugger. Oh well. 🙂 ---
**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 22, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-might-have-some-free-credit-at-amazon-if-you-bought-any-ebooks-in-the-last-year/789586/8 "2017-06-22T13:22:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Don’t know if this will work… you may have to log in. I’m always logged in to Amazon, so my amount was showing already. > > [Amazon.com: Apple eBooks Antitrust Settlement](https://www.amazon.com/b/ref=as_li_ss_tl?node=14741166011&linkCode=sl2&tag=fairfaxexpo-20&linkId=90aaeaae34893b6514ea68cb5bbb826e) > I had $108.17 in credit–already spent. I buy a LOT of ebooks. That worked for me – thanks! I had about $18, but it was already used up.