True, but if you're going to use this, it would be easy to put together your purchase, use the barcode to add that much money to Amazon, then complete your purc

True, but if you're going to use this, it would be easy to put together your purchase, use the barcode to add that much money to Amazon, then complete your purchase. Yes, it would probably be simpler over the long term to get a bank account or a credit card, but this is perfectly usable if someone is already planning not to do that.