Purchasing >$5000 on Amazon
I regularly purchase very large amounts of third-party inventory on Amazon.com, usually >$5000 and sometimes more.
I am trying to find creative ways of getting discounts on Amazon.com purchases.
I use my Canadian Fido credit card which gives 4% cashback on foreign purchases (which equates to 1.5% cashback after Forex fees). I am trying to build US credit history but have none right now and am not eligible for any US credit cards, especially the sought after Amazon.com credit card.
I understand people can buy Amazon.com gift-cards but I don't feel comfortable buying from private sellers for risk of being ripped off either through the transaction or the giftcards being stolen and having null value and/or getting my Amazon.com buyer account closed.
I thought about purchasing giftcards online at discount for brick-n-motor stores which sell Amazon.com giftcards such as Meijers. This way I can get ~3-8% off. Purchasing with my Fido card gives an additional 1.5% cashback for a total of ~4.5-9.5%.
From all the stores I've called so far to see if this is allowed im given the sassy "I dun' know, sir".
Has anyone else have any creative ideas?
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