Best Buy Gift Card Deal

[labgeek]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Doesn't work for me.

Confirmed... It worked earlier (at least the discount showed up in the cart - I didn't check out), and now it doesn't.

1. find deal
2. tell everyone
3...
4. not profit
(5. get cancel email
6. threaten to sue)

 

[Anarin]

I purchased one last night around 8pm and got an email today saying that my order was canceled because "the Digital Dollars used for this purchase were not available for the items you ordered."

I called tech support, they spent 2 hours "researching" and got no where. No one even KNEW what Digital Dollars were...!
They are in trouble

 

[Demon-Xanth]

"How do I use Digital Dollars?

Occasionally, we offer promotional online coupons such as Digital Dollars--a form of discount you can use towards online purchases.

It's easy to use new Digital Dollars for your online purchases. Enter the provided promotional codes provided via email either when you sign in to Your Account or during the checkout process.

You must have an account and a valid credit card to redeem Digital Dollars. Your credit card will be charged only if the total amount of your purchase exceeds the total value of your Digital Dollars, however you must enter your credit card during the checkout process.

If you have saved Digital Dollars into Your Account, these credits will automatically be applied to your order, up to the total purchase amount. Keep in mind that Digital Dollars are one-time use only and cannot be applied toward future purchases."

...sounds like they used the random excuse dart board to come up with that one

 

[Ghettocowboy]

hmmmm, any decent deal on the video card for $300?? I was hoping they have the 7800GT for that price, then I would buy this gift card and I have over $15 bestbuy bucks collected from McDonalds, hmmmm, what should I do what should I do??

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
hmmmm, any decent deal on the video card for $300?? I was hoping they have the 7800GT for that price, then I would buy this gift card and I have over $15 bestbuy bucks collected from McDonalds, hmmmm, what should I do what should I do??

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp...ctCategoryId=cat01151&id=1118843714616

$450 - $15 in BBBs and $15 discount on the gift card is $420, which is about $50 more than you can get the same card for online. Not hot.

Plus, the gift card orders are being cancelled.

 

[AUMM]

very lame... order cancelled due to use of digital dollars??

 

[ramuman]

Wow, they actually shipped my $430 in cards that I bought with $400 in cards - not a bad way to make $30.

 

[BornStar]

Did anyone else that got in on this deal get an email from BB saying that the card was messed up and to expect another card? I haven't checked to see if anything was wrong with my first cards. The real kicker is, for my inconvience, they're sending me another $25 gift card. I just got $225 in gift cards for $185. Crazy.

 

[Vasp]

Originally posted by: BornStar18
Did anyone else that got in on this deal get an email from BB saying that the card was messed up and to expect another card? I haven't checked to see if anything was wrong with my first cards. The real kicker is, for my inconvience, they're sending me another $25 gift card. I just got $225 in gift cards for $185. Crazy.

Lots of folks have received this email in addition to another email saying they are shipping the gift cards again.....jackpot???

 

[divide by zero]

Messed up because they have too much money on them so they are cancelling the id# for that card?

Try the card to see if it is really all that messed up?

 

[AMD K9]

They are selling the gift cards again but you don't get the -$15 off discount for the $200 gift card like before. Bummer...

 

[BornStar]

I'm going to go in eventually and see how much money is on each card because I'm curious if they cancelled the old ones. From what my shipping statement says, they new ones theyre shipping me are both $200 as well and they didn't bill me any extra. I'm going to double check that though. This is pretty cool for those who got in on this.

 

[AMD K9]

Born Star how much did those new cards cost you though $185 like before or the full $200? If the full $200, then there is no deal, its the same as cash only worse since you need to use it at BB and $200 of your money is tied up...

 

[BornStar]

Originally posted by: AMD K9
Born Star how much did those new cards cost you though $185 like before or the full $200? If the full $200, then there is no deal, its the same as cash only worse since you need to use it at BB and $200 of your money is tied up...

They didn't cost me anything to speak of (other than the original purchase price of $185). They're just reissuing the cards to me. There's no current way to get in on this deal that I can see. This is just to correct a glitch that they had in the card setup, this is not meant to correct my purchase price or alter the amount for the gift cards.