Online Gift Certificates

Amazon to Offer Online Gift Certificates to Coinstar Machine Users

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 13, 2005 - 4:02am.

Bellevue, Wash. -- Online retail giant Amazon.com announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Coinstar, which operates automated money-changing machines, to allow Coinstar users to exchange coins and bills for Amazon.com gift certificates with no transaction fee. Coinstar estimates the average American household contains approximately $99 in loose change -- or $10.5 billion across the entire country. The Coin to Card program will allow those without credit cards, such as children, or anyone redeeming loose change or cash to receive Amazon gift certificates good for clothing, music, books, movies or anything else sold at Amazon.com.