Devaluation Amazon pay balance changes - Category based restrictions

[BhaiyaJi]

So now the only option is to use ICICI Apay for 2% CB

Upto 50k per month and now with fees. So no its not a good option now.

 

[Anindya98]

Convenience fee 🥹

upto 50K covered per month as of now

 

[Adith]

So now the only option is to use ICICI Apay for 2% CB

Tata neu infinity , and if you have amex plat travel then that with convenience fee .

 

[Joltpost]

Wowww, why amazon is devaluing tho.. keeping money in apay wallet benefits them only...

Probably because the cost to convert the balance to real money.

Amazon pay balance is the most used one for most expenses. Each time you use the balance to make payment it adds to the server costs.

Thankfully this doesn't apply for the gift balances...right?

 

[BhaiyaJi]

Time for CRED to come up with gift card with high limits.

 

[BhaiyaJi]

Reaction and reply ek baar mai, vaah

 

[sadhunath]

Tata neu infinity , and if you have amex plat travel then that with convenience fee .

For insurance payment?

 

[iamdhamo]

This is the biggest devaluation so far for majority and hope they don't devaluate it further

 

[Adith]

For insurance payment?

Yes tata neu infinity still gives 5% . Via the neu app.

Amex gives milestone benefits so if you have a good redemption, it's a good return.

 

[iSayyed]

Devaluation era indeed!

 

[Abhi21]

Amazon me itna load kar diye ki Amazon hi overload ho chuka hai 😂😂

 

[Kushagra_]

Mera to 1 lic premium 15462 rs ka hai 😭

30rs pay kardo alag se

15432 ho jayega

 

[Joltpost]

Convenience fee 🥹

And it's a problem because?

 

[Riya]

Image source : Amazon help section > Bill payments & Recharges > Bill payments > How do I make a bill payment? .

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New changes/limits set for usage of Apay balance in Utility bill payments .

1. First 5 payments in a calender month are permitted to be done with amazon pay balance . 6th payment onwards , only amazon pay UPI is permitted.
2. Amazon pay balance can be used only for bill amount less than 15k.
3. Maximum bill value for payment via Amazon is limited to 50k . ( apay balance cannot be used for 15-50k bill value )

Specific for below categories :

1. Electricity
2. Piped gas
3. Water
4. Municipal tax
5. Landline
6. Broadband
7. Cable tv
8. Mobile postpaid
9. LPG

Note : Savesage has mentioned that even Insurance payments above 15k aren't being allowed via apay balance although it is not specifically mentioned. Waiting on confirmation for the same. Conflicting reports are seen for this scenario .


Error message seen for 27k electricity bill . Courtesy of @Alex292929

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It's not devastation...
It's been in their rules since long...
You might not have paid attention towards it

 

[Kushagra_]

Each time you use the balance to make payment it adds to the server costs.

Lmao yeaaaaaaa
And amazon doesn't know servers and how to keep up with server costs probably

It's not like, a server service is their biggest money maker? Right? They're just a shopping website afterall, right?

 

[drvirag]

30rs pay kardo alag se

15432 ho jayega

Us se kya hoga. It will still be above 15k. Is it even possible to pay premium in parts

 

[Kushagra_]

Us se kya hoga. It will still be above 15k. Is it even possible to pay premium in parts

Hoga toh kuch nahi bas number accha lag raha tha 54321 bas 1 galat position pe hai

<Insert bas cool lag raha tha gif here>

And no can't pay in parts i was messing around bas

 

[Adith]

It's not devastation...
It's been in their rules since long...
You might not have paid attention towards it

If that's the case , then mods are free to delete the post. I've never seen this discussed before and I thought it's a new devaluation. If this has been in the rules for a long time , then someone from the mod team can delete or lock the post and id happily change the title to say it's misinformation.

 

[parasf]

Image source : Amazon help section > Bill payments & Recharges > Bill payments > How do I make a bill payment? .

View attachment 100086

New changes/limits set for usage of Apay balance in Utility bill payments .

1. First 5 payments in a calender month are permitted to be done with amazon pay balance . 6th payment onwards , only amazon pay UPI is permitted.
2. Amazon pay balance can be used only for bill amount less than 15k.
3. Maximum bill value for payment via Amazon is limited to 50k . ( apay balance cannot be used for 15-50k bill value )

Specific for below categories :

1. Electricity
2. Piped gas
3. Water
4. Municipal tax
5. Landline
6. Broadband
7. Cable tv
8. Mobile postpaid
9. LPG

Note : Savesage has mentioned that even Insurance payments above 15k aren't being allowed via apay balance although it is not specifically mentioned. Waiting on confirmation for the same. Conflicting reports are seen for this scenario .


Error message seen for 27k electricity bill . Courtesy of @Alex292929

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These terms applied a few months ago
Like above 15k transaction, you can't use apay balance
If you want to pay for any order, you can use any one method. (Earlier you could use apay balance + cc/dc/upi)

 

[Adith]

These terms applied a few months ago
Like above 15k transaction, you can't use apay balance
If you want to pay for any order, you can use any one method. (Earlier you could use apay balance + cc/dc/upi)

It's not devastation...
It's been in their rules since long...
You might not have paid attention towards it

Finally found a comment that discussed about this, from 2023.

Post in thread 'Which card/s to use for paying large utility bill.' https://www.technofino.in/community...r-paying-large-utility-bill.13906/post-241370

Looks like this has been there for a while. I put this on my status since ive never heard of this before and when a few more people dint disagree, I moved it into a post. Was a genuine mistake. Did not know this is a long standing change. My mistake. Sorry folks.