$100 Lowe's Gift Card (Email Delivery)

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09-17-2020 at 04:43 PM #3

been a while since I've seen these, thnx. But is it only a limit of 1?

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09-17-2020 at 05:19 PM #4

It's not a good deal unless you use it right away. Bought several over the course of a year and was going to save them for a big project. Well, someone stole the money off the cards.

Buyer beware. Unless you use a well backed credit card, you're manure outta luck when it comes to recovering that theft.

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09-17-2020 at 05:32 PM #5

Quote from dabargainhunter :

It's not a good deal unless you use it right away. Bought several over the course of a year and was going to save them for a big project. Well, someone stole the money off the cards.

Buyer beware. Unless you use a well backed credit card, you're manure outta luck when it comes to recovering that theft.

Thanks for the reminder, and that's generally the case with all gift cards. Sometimes I will buy a big ticket item, using these gift cards and return it asap, to get a legit gift card to use with funds that don't expire or get "stolen"

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09-17-2020 at 06:07 PM #6

Don't forget about Discover 5%

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09-17-2020 at 06:09 PM #7

PErfect timing used pp discover card thx

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09-17-2020 at 06:10 PM #8

Quote from dabargainhunter :

It's not a good deal unless you use it right away. Bought several over the course of a year and was going to save them for a big project. Well, someone stole the money off the cards.

Buyer beware. Unless you use a well backed credit card, you're manure outta luck when it comes to recovering that theft.

I've had that happened to me too.

How do ppl steal these? They hacked into emails?

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09-17-2020 at 06:11 PM #9

This is a bad idea with Lowes.

When you return GC purchased goods, you will get a store credit card that you can not use online, therefore you are stuck with a store credit that can only be used in physical stores.

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Thanks for the reminder, and that's generally the case with all gift cards. Sometimes I will buy a big ticket item, using these gift cards and return it asap, to get a legit gift card to use with funds that don't expire or get "stolen"

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09-17-2020 at 06:13 PM #10

This is very true with Paypal sold gift cards. After a year or so, the paypal gift card link will expire and you can not access the GC you bought.

You must access the real GC and save it to a PDF right away.

Got burned many times by Paypal.

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It's not a good deal unless you use it right away. Bought several over the course of a year and was going to save them for a big project. Well, someone stole the money off the cards.

Buyer beware. Unless you use a well backed credit card, you're manure outta luck when it comes to recovering that theft.

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09-17-2020 at 06:31 PM #11

Quote from ck128 :

This is a bad idea with Lowes.

When you return GC purchased goods, you will get a store credit card that you can not use online, therefore you are stuck with a store credit that can only be used in physical stores.

Except that if you order online using gift cards and then cancel it, you will get a new gift card mailed to you.

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09-17-2020 at 06:40 PM #12

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Except that if you order online using gift cards and then cancel it, you will get a new gift card mailed to you.

Do tell.

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09-17-2020 at 06:49 PM #13

Yeah, beware with these lowes gift cards. I ordered pretty expensive specialty item with a bunch of saved up gift cards Online for in-store pick up... we it came in damaged and they could only refund me an in store credit.... that of course i could not use to reorder the item online... terrible gift card system.

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09-17-2020 at 07:09 PM #14

Yep, the extra 5% savings (assuming you normally can get 5% from cc) isn't worth the risk of money tied up in a gift card. However with the lockdown, business is booming at HD and Lowes, so this is good if you have to buy something in the next month or two. Heck, I don't even get those Lowe's coupon mail offers any more like I used to.

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