Amazon Follows Suit, Offers $50 to HD DVD Player Owners

Following suit with Best Buy and other retailers, Amazon will be offering $50 off a future purchase to anyone who purchased a qualifying HD DVD player through the online retailer. Emails were sent out to those who qualify (all you had to do was buy an HD DVD player before February 23, 2008), so check your spam inbox if you think you qualify and haven’t gotten any notification.

The $50 off has a few caveats, but nothing particularly unreasonable. That amount can’t be applied towards special-order titles, e-books or downloadable e-content, wireless service plans, gift certificates, gift-wrap, taxes, or shipping and handling charges. And to prove that Amazon really cares about its customers, it’ll allow you to receive up to $500 credit, just in case, you know, you bought 10 HD DVD players though Amazon for some bizarre reason.