[bisq-network/bisq] Add Amazon Gift Card as payment method (#1866)

[pazza]

Thanks @jmacxx I think the problem with only "Only allow the direct in-Amazon method as mentioned above by @aicbaicb". Is that it limits people that are paid in Amazon Gift Card Credit from sending Gift Cards to others as a means of payment.

> It is not possible to transfer your Amazon gift card balance to another account, as stated on Amazon's Terms and Conditions. However, by contacting their Customer Service, they are able to un-redeem your gift card, and you should be able to redeem it to another account.
_Reference Amazon website_

I thought the potential from adding Amazon Gift Cards as a payment method would allow those paid in them to exchange them for BTC.

As an experiment I sent myself an Amazon Gift Card. Redeemed the card and now have the credit in my amazon account. However when I go to send a gift card to someone it says: "Your gift card balance can’t be applied to orders that contain Amazon.com or Visa or Mastercard gift cards, or collectable coins."

If I was instead able to use the code I received (looks like) "WDSL-Y7KUCY-B2BZ" I could send the payment onwards to a BTC seller. However this would introduce the double spend risk. In the case of a dispute how would the mediator know who redeemed the voucher code?

Looking at Purse.io for example you are unable to purchase Amazon vouchers on the platform: https://imgur.com/a/W7WTvlD

They will instead get the Buyer of BTC to purchase an item for the Seller of BTC. This makes it more achievable to verify the transaction took place.

In summary I am not sure what use payment direct by an In-Amazon method would have. I cannot think of a use case? Maybe if @aicbaicb is about they could also suggest one.

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