Payment Information

 

CHECK, MONEY ORDER, CREDIT CARD

We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, JCB, and checks or money orders denominated in U.S. dollars as payment for book orders. There are two ways you can order from us without having to enter your complete credit card number on the Web:

1. Paying by check or postal money order
   You can select "pay by check" on the order form, and send us a personal check or money order in U.S. dollars for the amount of your order. PLEASE NOTE that currently we are only able to accept postal money orders denominated in U.S. dollars or checks denominated in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. Checks must have a valid nine-digit bank routing number (ABA code) micro-encoded on the bottom of the check. Paying by check does slow down your order somewhat, as we don't order your books until your check is received, and we don't ship the books to you until your funds clear. If you are in the United States, paying by personal check typically delays your order about seven to ten days.
2. Calling in or faxing your card number
   We have a way for you to use your credit card without ever having to enter the complete number on the Internet. When filling out the order form, you can enter just the last five digits and the expiration date of your credit card on the order form. This gives us a way to track your order but guarantees your security. Then you can call or fax us to give us the rest of your credit card number. You can do this even if you can't use our secure server, and your credit card number will be totally protected.

Phone:
(800) 201-7575 (toll-free in the U.S. and Canada)
(206) 694-2992 (outside the U.S. and Canada)

Fax:
(206) 694-2950

To give you an additional layer of security, all credit card numbers are stored on a computer that is not connected to the Internet. After you type, fax, or call it in, your complete credit card number is transferred to this secure machine across a proprietary one-way interface. This computer is not accessible by network or modem, and the number is not stored anywhere else.

Every credit card purchase you make at Amazon.com is backed by our security guarantee. Amazon.com's secure server software encrypts information, ensuring that Internet transactions stay private and protected. If any unauthorized use of your credit card occurs as a result of your credit card purchase from Amazon.com, simply notify your credit card provider in accordance with its reporting rules and procedures. If, through no fault of your own, your credit card company finds credit card fraud but does not waive your entire liability for unauthorized charges, Amazon.com will reimburse you for the remaining liability, up to a maximum of fifty dollars U.S. ($50.00). This guarantee applies to credit card purchases made using Amazon.com's secure server.

We do not now sell or rent our list of customers to anyone. If you would like to make sure we never sell or rent information about you to third parties, just send e-mail to never@amazon.com.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

To redeem a gift certificate, select the payment option marked "Gift certificate (or gift certificate and credit card)." We will ask you to enter your gift-certificate claim code in step 6.

• If your gift certificate covers the cost of your order, we will place the balance in your gift certificate account. You will never have to re-enter your claim code to apply your balance toward future orders.
• If your order exceeds the value of your gift certificate, you will be given the opportunity to provide a credit card number to pay for the balance, to redeem another gift certificate, or to change your order.
• To redeem more than one gift certificate, just click the link marked "Click here to add another gift certificate to your account" on the "Completing Your Order" page.

INVOICES

We do not currently accept purchase orders since all orders must be pre-paid. We do have many corporate and organizational customers who take advantage of one of the following alternatives:

Pro Forma Invoice
After you make an order marked to be paid by check, send a brief e-mail message to orders@amazon.com, asking for a pro forma invoice. We can either mail or fax it to you, and your accounting department can send a check for the order.

Deposit on Account
You may pre-pay orders by depositing a sum of money in an Amazon.com account. Create an account by making your first order. Then, simply send a check for a larger lump sum, noting your email address, and we will place the funds in your account. As long as you access the same account, we will automatically draw on the available funds for future orders marked to be paid by check.