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Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by szlwzl@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video.

In an effort to compensate you for the inconvenience, we have applied a £5.99 Amazon Gift Card to your account. The Gift Card amount is equal to the amount you paid for the Prime Video purchase(s). To apologize for the inconvenience, we've also added an Amazon Gift Certificate of £5 to your account. Your Gift Card balance will be automatically applied to your next eligible order. You can view your balance and usage history in Your Account here:

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[–] uis@lemmy.world 87 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Gift card. GIFT CARD! Those bastards "refund" with gift card instead of actual money! I hope EU will haunt their asses. Big corpro hunting season is open.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"Sorry we fucked you over on your previous purchase, but here, as compensation we're giving you the illustrious privilege of spending money with us again!"

[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 3 points 1 year ago

Nope, even in EU the only option is a gift card (or a coupon) if you need to reinburse someone if more that a certain time is passed (usually about a week). There are fiscal reasons to this.