Amazon Store Card
Get a $10 Amazon Gift Card upon approval. Terms and conditions apply.
Amazon Store Card
Amazon Store Card
Get a $10 Amazon Gift Card instantly

if approved for the Amazon Store Card.1
If not, be considered for the Amazon Secured Card.
See both cards' info below.

Or, see if you prequalify for the Amazon Store Card
0% APR financing

0% APR financing9

Buy now and pay over time with equal monthly payments on qualifying purchases
No annual fee

No annual fee10

We’ve got your back - no annual fee
Zero fraud liability

Zero fraud liability11

You are protected from any unauthorized charges
Join Prime to get 5% back

Join Prime to earn 5% back7

Prime Store Cardmembers can earn 5% back on Amazon.com
prime card exclusive

Promotional financing offers

You can choose to pay with promotional financing on eligible purchases.

Equal Monthly Payments:
Pay equal monthly payments on Amazon.com purchases, at 0% APR, over the financing offer period.

  • 6 equal monthly payments on purchases between $50 and $599.999
  • 12 equal monthly payments on purchases of $600 or more9
  • 24 equal monthly payments on select purchases9

Special Financing:
Special financing options are available on purchases of $150 or more.

  • 6 months on purchases between $150 and $599.999
  • 12 months on purchases of $600 or more9
  • 24 months on select purchases9
Promo financing
prime card exclusive

Join Prime and earn 5% back every day on millions of items

Prime Store Cardmembers can earn 5% back on Amazon.com purchases. Plus, Prime Store Cardmembers can access exclusive offers on select items. If you cancel your Prime membership at any point, you will remain an Amazon Store Cardholder and can still access promotional financing offers.

New to credit?
The Amazon Secured Card could be right for you

If Synchrony Bank can't approve you for the Amazon Store Card, you'll automatically be considered for the Amazon Secured Card, a card built for people who are new to credit, or who would like to rebuild their credit.
Amazon Prime Secured Card

How it works

This card has two sets of features. You’ll first be required to provide a security deposit to activate the Secured Card features.

After 12 months of responsibly building your credit, you may be eligible based on your credit profile to opt-in to activate the Store Card features of your account. The Secured Card features will then be permanently disabled.
Secured Card features
Store Card features
Security deposit Yes No
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)9 10% non-variable 29.99% variable
Late fee Up to $5 Up to $40

Frequently asked questions

How do the 5% back rewards work for Amazon Prime Store Cardmembers?
Where can I spend, or what can I spend on, with the Amazon Store Card?
If I am approved for the Amazon Store Card how do I get my account opening gift card?
How is my data kept secure?
How can I pay my Amazon Store Card bill?
How do Special Financing and Equal Monthly Payment offers work?

IMPORTANT DETAILS ABOUT OFFERS AND BENEFITS OF AMAZON CREDIT CARDS ISSUED BY SYNCHRONY BANK: 

  • THE AMAZON STORE CARD AND PRIME STORE CARD (EACH, A “STORE CARD”), and
  • THE AMAZON SECURED CARD AND AMAZON PRIME SECURED CARD (EACH, A "SECURED CARD")

 

Store Cards and Secured Cards are issued by Synchrony Bank. Use of these cards constitutes acceptance of these terms, as they may be updated or revised from time to time. If you have questions about any of these cards, call 1-866-634-8379, available 24 hours a day. Store Card accounts and Secured Card accounts may be used for most purchases at Amazon.com and select physical Amazon stores that accept such card accounts as payment options (see About Store Card and Secured Card Restrictions for a complete list of exceptions). In addition, Store Card accounts may be used for purchases from other merchants who have enabled such card accounts as payment options using Amazon Pay.

1. Limited Time Offer Details. Upon approval of a Store Card application, an Amazon Gift Card with the value described above will be loaded into your Amazon.com account. Amazon Gift Cards are issued by ACI Gift Cards, Inc., a Washington Company. See Amazon Gift Card Terms and Conditions for complete terms and conditions. 

2. Amazon Store Card Accounts. The Store Card is available to customers with an Amazon.com account, subject to credit approval. The Prime Store Card, an upgrade from the Amazon Store Card, is available to customers with an Eligible Prime Membership only, subject to credit approval. Special financing and equal monthly payments offers may apply to purchases made using a Store Card. The 5% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) made using a Store Card (i) when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Prime Store Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Prime Store Card, in each case including 1-Click orders and purchases made at select physical Amazon locations (in all cases, where 5% back is selected as the default option or where special financing or equal monthly payments is selected as the default option but is not available for the particular purchase). We may, from time to time at our discretion, provide a % back benefit to Amazon Store Card Cardholders for certain purchases; in such cases, the terms of Section 7 (% Back Benefit) and Section 8 (Rewards Points and Redemption) below will apply, along with and notwithstanding any other terms and conditions also provided to govern such a % back benefit. 

3. Secured Card Accounts. The Amazon Secured Card is available to customers with an Amazon.com account, subject to credit approval. The Amazon Prime Secured Card, an upgrade from the Amazon Secured Card, is available to customers with an Eligible Prime Membership only, subject to credit approval. Equal monthly payments offers may apply to purchases made using the Secured Card. In addition, special financing offers may apply to purchases made using an Secured Card account opened before January 1, 2021. For Secured Card accounts opened after January 1, 2021, the 2% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) (i) made using a Secured Card when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Amazon Prime Secured Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Amazon Prime Secured Card, in each case, including 1-Click orders and purchases made at physical Amazon locations (in all cases, where 2% back is selected as the default option or where equal monthly payments is selected as the default option but is not available for the particular purchase). For Secured Card accounts opened before January 1, 2021, the 5% back benefit may apply to purchases (less returns and other credits) (i) made using a Secured Card when signed into an Amazon.com account with an Eligible Prime Membership, or, (ii) in the case of the Amazon Prime Secured Card, when signed into any Amazon.com account so long as the cardholder maintains their Eligible Prime Membership on the Amazon.com account from which they originally applied for the Amazon Prime Secured Card, in each case, including 1-Click orders and purchases made at select physical Amazon locations (in all cases, where 5% back is selected as the default option or where special financing or equal monthly payments is selected as the default option but is not available for the particular purchase). 

4. How the Two Sets of Features of the Secured Card Work. Secured Card accounts have two sets of features: the Secured Card features and the Store Card features. Each set of features has a different Purchase APR and Late Payment Fee as shown below and may have different rewards available.

  • The Secured Card features include a standard purchase APR of 10% and a Late Fee of $5. The Store Card features include a standard variable purchase APR of 29.99% and a Late Fee of up to $40. These APRs and fees are accurate as of 04/01/2024. The purchase APR under the Store Card features will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate, pursuant to your credit card agreement).
  • Upon approval for the Secured Card, you will only be able to activate the Secured Card features. To activate the Secured Card features, you will be required to provide Synchrony Bank with a security deposit, the amount of which will equal the credit limit on your Secured Card account.
  • After you have been an accountholder for 12 months, Synchrony Bank will consider whether you are eligible to opt in to activate the Store Card features of your account, based on specific eligibility criteria and your credit profile. If you are eligible, Amazon will notify you and provide you with important information to help you decide whether to retain the Secured Card features or convert to the Store Card features. The Store Card features do not require a security deposit, but have a higher Purchase APR and Late Payment Fee and may have different rewards.
  • If you choose to convert to the Store Card features: 
    ✓   Your access to the Secured Card features will be permanently disabled.
    ✓   Your security deposit will be returned, minus the amount needed to pay off any: (a) existing non-promotional balance, (b) expiring (within 2 months) deferred interest promotional balances and required payment due on an equal monthly payments balance, and (c) remaining minimum payment due on the account if not covered by (a) and (b) above
    ✓   Synchrony Bank will provide you with a replacement card and card number to access the Store Card features. Your replacement card will be automatically added to your Amazon wallet.

 

5. Updating from the Amazon Store Card to the Prime Store Card or from the Amazon Secured Card to the Amazon Prime Secured Card. At the time you become both (i) a cardholder of an Amazon Store Card or an Amazon Secured Card and (ii) a customer with an Eligible Prime Membership, your card will automatically be updated to the Prime Store Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card, respectively. “Eligible Prime Memberships” only apply to Amazon.com accounts (and not accounts on any other affiliated websites outside the U.S.) and may include, in Amazon’s sole discretion: annual and monthly Amazon Prime subscriptions and members of their Amazon Household (excluding Amazon Prime Video and invited guests of an Amazon Prime account), Amazon Prime Fresh, Amazon Family, Amazon Prime Student and trial memberships of Amazon Prime. The Prime Store Card and Amazon Prime Secured Card are governed by the same Synchrony Bank terms and privacy policy as the Amazon Store Card and Amazon Secured Card, respectively. If you cease to be a customer with an Eligible Prime Membership, your Prime Store Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card, as the case may be, will be changed back to an Amazon Store Card or an Amazon Secured Card, respectively, without any change to the set of features applicable to your account. 

6. Setting and Using Default Benefits. To view or adjust your default option between % back (if available), special financing (if available), or equal monthly payments, visit www.amazon.com/storecard (for Store Card accounts or Secured Card accounts that have activated the Store Card features) or www.amazon.com/securedcard (for Secured Card accounts that have not activated the Store Card features), sign in to ‘Your Account’ (if not already signed in), and select the radio button for your desired option. Your default option will also be applied to your 1-Click orders and purchases made at physical Amazon locations. If your default option is special financing or equal monthly payments and neither is available for a specific purchase, then (if available) the applicable % back benefit, if any, will apply. The % back benefit cannot be combined with any special financing or equal monthly payments offer. You will have the option to apply the applicable % back benefit (if available) or the longest available equal monthly payments or special financing offer(s) displayed during checkout to your purchase. If your default benefit is equal monthly payments or special financing, and multiple equal monthly payments or special financing offers are available for a specific purchase, the equal monthly payments or special financing offer, as applicable, with the longest available promotion length will apply. If special financing was your default benefit prior to June 26, 2019, then from and after that date, equal monthly payments will automatically become your default benefit; to change your default benefit, visit www.amazon.com/storecard, sign in to ‘Your Account’ (if not already signed in), and select the radio button for your desired option. If no change is made during the checkout process, and your default benefit is available for your purchase, your default benefit will be applied to your purchase.

7. % Back Benefit. All purchases (less returns and other credits) to which the % back benefit applies will result in your receiving rewards points equal to the applicable % of such purchases on your Store Card or Secured Card, as the case may be, except as provided below. We may, from time to time at our discretion, supplement the % back benefit by offering bonus rewards points for certain purchases. In such cases, the total rewards points offered for such purchases will be noted on the relevant product page or during checkout, and this section will apply to the % back benefit inclusive of any bonus rewards points. The % back benefit cannot be combined with any special financing or equal monthly payments offer; you will have the option to apply either (a) any available special financing or equal monthly payments offer or (b) the % back benefit, but not both, to your purchase. If no selection is made during the checkout process, your default option will be applied to your purchase, provided such default option is available. The % back benefit is the default option for all purchases of less than $50, if the % back benefit applies to your Store Card or Secured Card account. We reserve the right to remove any person from the % back benefit in the event of any fraud or abuse in connection with the benefit. We reserve the right to discontinue or alter the terms of the % back benefit at any time subject to applicable law. Amazon Pay purchases made using your Prime Store Card are not eligible to earn reward points.

8. Rewards Points and Redemption. You may see rewards points referred to simply as rewards and reflected as a dollar balance (versus a points balance), with $1 of rewards being equivalent to 1 rewards point. You may redeem your rewards points for eligible purchases at Amazon.com. Alternatively, you may also elect to either (a) redeem your rewards points as a one-time statement credit or (b) automatically redeem your available rewards points balance as a statement credit at the end of each subsequent billing cycle, in each case by visiting your Synchrony Bank online account management page (www.syncbank.com/amazon) or by directly contacting Synchrony Bank. Your Store Card or Secured Card account must be open and in good standing to redeem rewards points and at the time any statement credit is posted to that account. Subject to Section 12, if your Store Card or Secured Card account is closed for any reason, including fraud or misuse of your Store Card or Secured Card account, you will forfeit any unredeemed rewards points. Please allow three (3) days, but in some unusual circumstances up to two billing cycles, (a) for your earned rewards points to be credited to your Store Card or Secured Card account and (b) if you elect to redeem your rewards points as a statement credit, for such statement credit to be applied to your Store Card or Secured Card account. If any of the products related to your original order are returned, subject to Amazon’s returns and refunds policies, you will receive any refund due to you by first refunding the amount charged to your card and, if any refund is still due, then by the return of rewards points. If a refund of your rewards points cannot be processed by Synchrony Bank for reasons including, but not limited to, closure of your Store Card or Secured Card account, then Amazon will issue an Amazon Gift Card to you for an amount equal to the value of the rewards points used towards your returned purchase. If you return a purchase made with rewards points, allow up to three (3) days, but in some unusual circumstances up to two billing cycles, for the value of the rewards points redeemed to be credited back to your account. 

9. SPECIAL FINANCING AND EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS: These offers are subject to credit approval.

  • For Store Card accounts and Secured Card accounts that have converted to the Store Card features: The standard variable purchase APR is 29.99% and is accurate as of 04/01/2024 and will vary with the market based on the Prime Rate, pursuant to your credit card agreement. Minimum interest charge is $1.50.
  • For Secured Card accounts that have not converted to the Store Card features: The standard purchase APR is 10%. Minimum interest charge is $1.50.

Existing cardholders should see their credit card agreement for their applicable terms. We reserve the right to make special financing and/or equal monthly payments unavailable on any purchase at any time in our sole discretion; in such cases, and if special financing and/or equal monthly payments would otherwise have been available, we will notify you of such unavailability prior to or during checkout. We reserve the right to discontinue the special financing and equal monthly payments offers or alter the terms applicable thereto at any time. 

Special Financing Offers: No interest if paid in full within 6, 12 or 24 months. Available using Store Card accounts, Secured Card accounts opened prior to January 1, 2021, and Secured Card accounts that have converted to the Store Card features (each, a "Special Financing-Enabled Card account’). Interest will be charged to your Special Financing-Enabled Card Account from the purchase date if the promotional balance is not paid in full within 6, 12 or 24 months respectively. Minimum monthly payments required. If products are eligible for a special financing offer, such eligibility, together with the applicable promotion length, will be noted during checkout. The special financing offer will apply to the qualifying product, and all other items in the same order, when payment is made using a Special Financing-Enabled Card account. No interest will be assessed on the promotional balance if you pay the promotional balance in full within the applicable promotional period. If you do not, interest will be assessed on the promotional balance from the date of the purchase. Promotional balance includes the purchase amount, taxes, shipping charges and any optional debt cancellation charges related to the relevant purchase. The subtotal, which excludes shipping, handling and taxes, is used in determining whether the applicable minimum purchase amounts shown above have been met. If Amazon-sold products are eligible for 24 months special financing, such designation will be noted during checkout. If you have chosen special financing as your default payment option and special financing is available on your purchase, 1-Click orders and purchases made at physical Amazon locations will default to the special financing offer with the longest promotion length for which the purchase is eligible. Special financing offers cannot be combined with any equal monthly payments offer or the % back benefit. If your purchase includes a recurring subscription, then the first month’s subscription fee (but not any subsequent monthly subscription fees) will also be included in the promotional purchase balance. Your first Subscribe and Save order using a Special Financing-Enabled Card Account is eligible for a special financing offer; subsequent Subscribe and Save orders are not. Depending on purchase amount, promotion length, and payment allocation, the required minimum monthly payments may or may not pay off the purchase by end of promotional period. Regular account terms apply to non-promotional purchases and, after this special financing promotion ends, to promotional purchases. Special financing offers are not available on Amazon Secured Card or Amazon Prime Secured Card accounts opened after January 1, 2021 while the Secured Card features are being accessed.

Equal Monthly Payments offer: Pay for your purchase of eligible products with equal monthly payments and 0% APR. Available using all Store Card accounts and Secured Card accounts (each, an "Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account"). No interest will be charged on the promotional purchase balance (which includes the purchase amount, taxes, shipping charges and any optional debt cancellation charges related to the relevant purchase) and equal monthly payments are required in the amount of the total initial promotional purchase (including the purchase amount, taxes and shipping charges) divided by the designated number of equal monthly payments, until the promotional balance is paid in full. If you do not make a required equal monthly payment on time, a late fee may be added to the minimum amount otherwise due on your Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account in the following billing cycle; such late fees will accrue interest at the applicable standard purchase APR listed above. If products are eligible for an equal monthly payments offer, such eligibility, together with the designated number of equal monthly payments, will be noted during checkout. The equal monthly payments offer will apply to the qualifying product, and all other items in the same order, when payment is made using an Equal Monthly Payments-Enabled Card Account. Optional debt cancellation charges will not be included in the calculation of the equal monthly payment, but such charges may require you to make payments for additional months. The equal monthly payment may be higher or lower than the minimum payment that would be required if the purchase was a non-promotional purchase. The equal monthly payment calculated will not be increased to but may be included in the minimum amount otherwise due on your account or will be added to your minimum payment for other balances on your account. If you have chosen equal monthly payments as your default payment option and equal monthly payments is available on your purchase, 1-Click orders and purchases made at physical Amazon locations will default to the equal monthly payments offer with the longest promotion length for which the purchase is eligible. Equal monthly payments offers cannot be combined with any special financing offer or the % back benefit. A monthly payment, if shown in advertising, should allow you to pay off the qualifying purchase (excluding taxes, shipping charges, or optional debt cancellation charges) within the promotional period if: (1) the purchase is and will be the only balance on the account during the promotional period (this means that you do not incur any additional fees or charges on your account and no other items are purchased with this order), (2) you make the payment by the due date each month, and (3) the purchase is subject to the equal monthly payments offer. Taxes and shipping charges imposed at checkout on this order will require you to make a higher monthly payment than shown. The monthly payment calculated for each equal monthly payments offer will be added to your minimum payment for other balances on your account, and will only apply if the equal monthly payments offer advertised is selected or set as the default benefit on your account. Amazon may designate any product as eligible for an equal monthly payments offer, and may designate the number of equal monthly payments associated with such equal monthly payments offer, in its sole discretion. If your purchase includes a recurring subscription, then the first month’s subscription fee (but not any subsequent monthly subscription fees) will also be included in the promotional purchase balance.

10. No Annual Fee. There is no annual fee associated with a Store Card or Secured Card account. See the APR for new accounts at the beginning of Section 9 (SPECIAL FINANCING AND EQUAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS) above.

11. Zero Fraud Liability. You will not be held liable in the event of unauthorized use. You agree that unauthorized use does not include use by a person to whom you have given authority to use your Store Card or Secured Card account, as the case may be, and that you will be liable for all use by such a person.

12. Change to Terms and Account Features.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, we may update or revise these terms or features of your account at any time. Use of your account or cards following any change constitutes acceptance of such change.

You will be notified of such changes (and, if applicable, provided a grace period) if required by applicable law. Not all changes require such a grace period, and we reserve the right to modify these terms without notice or any grace period in the case of suspected fraud or misuse regarding Store Card or Secured Card accounts. Notifications regarding a change to your account features or these terms will indicate if a grace period is applicable.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2024
I have EXCELLENT credit (over 800), never late, no issues on timely payments whatsoever. This year, I tried to make a payment using an account where the routing # was wrong. I was notified the payment couldn't be processed, so I made the payment using a different source. I thought the routing # issue was fixed, so I tried to use that bank source again...but it was still wrong, so, again, I paid using a different source.

TODAY...I get into my account and it says, "This account has been closed. No further purchases will be allowed. Continue to make payments until your balance is paid in full." WHAT THE HECK???? Rep says that any payment not processed FOR ANY REASON is viewed as an "insufficient funds" issue. Again, WHAT THE HECK??? I am advised they cannot reopen my account, and I will have to reapply. Now I have to get into the credit bureaus to make sure I don't have wrong ("nonpayment/insuff funds") info showing on my credit. I HAVE NEVER had this happen before and I am BEYOND frustrated and angry right now...this is SO wrong on SO many different levels. I have LOVED my Amazon card...UNTIL NOW!!!!!! Make sure your banking info is COMPLETELY CORRECT before trying to make a payment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
It's a credit card. There is no real flash or difference, in general, that sets credit cards apart from each other except in terms of provided benefits. The Prime Card's outstanding benefit is excellent, with 5-6% cash back. That one extra percent is offered a lot on orders I have placed and helps out shipping significantly. Synchrony Bank manages the card. Synchrony Bank's mobile app is pretty simple and easy to use. The only caveat for me so far is that the payments take soooooo long to process. I spend a lot each month through Amazon ($2000 and up), so when payments get slow and with a low credit limit of $4000, I can bump up against that a lot and have over the last few months due to some home projects that required a bit more shopping than average. Besides slow payments, this is an excellent merchant card to posses. One star off is for those paralytic ETF payments.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
I wanna preface this by saying all my bad experiences with this card comes from the bank that hosts most of the shenanigans that I've had to deal with. Having the ability to have my credit update to reflect all payments immediately would be quite nice. For example I have a chair in my orders because I am waiting on the update of credit because the cash back is basically required for taxes and all other stuff, but after week one it just sits there and sometimes the website 404s.

Basically all you've got if you want to get decent cashback from amazon purchases, the financial institution backing it is lacking on all fronts.
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
Overall, the credit Card is good, but the thing that I do not like about it is that they go ahead and attempt to charge your account one dollar every so often To make sure your account is still active, which is ridiculous seeing that you’re making purchases throughout the month no other credit card does that but they do and then when you do question them about it they try to say they do it to everybody so with that being said an eye out on it now for the record it does end up falling off your account, but the point of matter is I believe it’s an unauthorized transaction and I get it. Some people are going to be like it’s only a dollar but I personally feel that they don’t have any authorization to do so in any amount without your consent!
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2024
It was my understanding that I was going to receive a card in the mail within 4-5weeks after being approved, but that never happened? I haven't ever received a card. After being approved I went on Amazon to make a purchase that I was going to pay for, but it was applied to my store card. I was a bit confused that this happened but after looking in depth I found that my store card had been saved by Amazon as my preferred method of payment, which was automatically used without me selecting it to pay for my purchase. This appears to be a kind of trap in order for the card to be used as much as possible whether you need to or not, and it becomes a habit, an easier way to pay and before you know it, your limit is reached, you can't pay the minimum due, you fall behind, and so the story goes.
7 people found this helpful
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Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2024
The Prime Store card is one if not the best thing Amazon ever came up with. I have only one complaint and I don't think it's the Store Card's fault...it's Amazon Fresh's fault. I can not use my Prime Store card to renew the grocery subscription. When I talked to an Amazon Fresh rep, she told me they did not accept gift cards for payment...Prime Store card is not a gift card. Amazon Fresh needs to get with the program.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2024
I’ve tried to use my Amazon Store Card at out local Whole Foods and ran into difficulties with employees not knowing how to ring up my purchases using the Amazon Store Card. One employee told me to use a different credit card. My store has gotten better at ringing up my purchases using the card but it was a rough start. I also would love it if the card holder got 1-2% of the Prime discount as a bonus to the Amazon Card holder.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024
Prompt delivery. For most part, is good quality product. Easy to return if required. Like ability to “charge” easily and pay monthly. Thanks.