We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video.
In an effort to compensate you for the inconvenience, we have applied a £5.99 Amazon Gift Card to your account. The Gift Card amount is equal to the amount you paid for the Prime Video purchase(s). To apologize for the inconvenience, we've also added an Amazon Gift Certificate of £5 to your account. Your Gift Card balance will be automatically applied to your next eligible order. You can view your balance and usage history in Your Account here:
They refund in the same format the purchase was made
If you read the message from the screen shot it says in the form of an "Amazon gift card".
Yes, which strongly suggests the initial purchase was via Amazon gift card.
He then got an additional $5 amount, doubling what he "spent."
This post is rage bait over nothing consequential.
This is some clarification we need. Is this an original post?
It's from around this thread, and you can see the additional credit in the image above.
It wasn't a refund.