If you pay with red card, you'll see a $4 discount, i.e. $96 total.
This is how Target normally does promotions with gift cards.
Here is the breakdown:
1. $80 for the Apple gift card (5% red card discount)
2. $20 for the Target gift card (no red card discount)
So, using Discover 5% or Paypal+Chase 5% is better
How to redeem more than 8 Apple Gift Cards: wingroks
Yes, if you order through Apple.com online and pick up in store, the maximum giftcards that can be applied to the order will be 8 only. However, one way to work around that is added the giftcard into your AppleID account first www.apple.com/redeem - maximum amount you can have under your AppleID is $2000, then you can use the giftcards for the rest.
In able to add balance, either use apple.com/redeem and follow the steps or
go to Apple.com --> select shopping cart --> account --> "your apple balance account" --> Manage balance --> add money to balance/ redeem gift card voila!
Once you have added the giftcard into your "apple balance account" (reminder: only $2000 max), during the ordering process, make sure to sign in to your AppleID, and it will show that you have *insert how much credit you got here* and hit "apply", the credit will then apply to your order.
Scenarios 1:
Total order is $2200. Apply $2k credit from previous steps, then you "pay with Apple giftcard" to order…enter giftcard pin…and done!
Scenarios 2:
Total order is $2900 total. Apply $2k credit from previous steps, then "pay with Apple giftcard" to order …entering $100 gift card pin 8 times… pay $100 with debit/credit/paypal.
NOTE: you can use however many giftcard in Apple store to buy products if you want… however keep in mind, all shopping required reservations since they only allowed limited amount of people inside the store at once due to the pandemic.
NOTE **: Yes, you can use Apple gift card for anything, to pay for AppleCare+, books, apps, subscriptions, pay for accessories, etc. "treat it like cash" and yes, it has no expiration dates.
I dont know if this was posted in this thread or not, but people that have instantly fraudulently claimed Apple GCs, this class-action lawsuit may help you out: https://topclassactions
Obviously one customer reached out to ABC news, and Target then refunded him the money. We should make this public. Target should not discriminately process customers' cases just because we didn't go to the media.
https://www.abcactionne
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There is a 20 transaction limit on the RedCard when used at Target.com. In other words, you can place 20 online orders on Target.com per 24-hour period. There is no limit on the in-store purchase. Unknown if this limit apply to the RedCard with the MasterCard logo.
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- Each card needs to be purchased as a separate Target transaction in order to get the Target card bonus for each Apple card.
- You can use the same Target account, no need to make separate accounts (unless you are trying to circumvent the new limit that seems to have been added today).
- You will get an order confirmation email immediately.
- Apple cards will arrive via email several hours to a day later. The email has a link to Target's fulfillment site which will then take you to the actual gift card code. From there you can either manually copy/paste the code or simply click the link and it should open up the proper program on your computer or phone in order to load the card to your Apple account.
- You will receive another email at some point that informs you that the email with the Apple gift card was sent. This email doesn't have any value.
- Target bonus cards will arrive a day or so later via email. I've found that they generally arrive a few hours after you receive the email I mentioned in the previous point above. Sometimes the cards will already be loaded into your Target wallet in the Target app, but the majority of mine have not been preloaded. The email will contain a link that will load them into your Target account. The Target app also has a button that will allow you to combine all the cards into a single balance for easier use.
- The Apple gift cards will trigger the bonus offers on the Apple site (for instance, buy an Apple TV with the Apple gift cards you bought from Target and Apple will send you a $50 Apple gift card).
- You can use the Target gift cards to buy other items at Target that have a gift card bonus offer, but you can't use them to actually buy more gift cards. For instance, you can buy two packs of laundry detergent which has a $5 Target gift card bonus offer and you'll get the $5 bonus gift card, but you can't use the Target gift cards to buy more Apple gift cards.
- You can load up to $2000 in total balance to your Apple account. Additionally you are only allowed to load $2000 total per day. So even if you buy something using your Apple balance you'll still need to wait a day before you can load more gift cards into your balance.
- You can apply up to 8 gift card codes during checkout at Apple.
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Edit: some idiots have been replying to me on how they like this deal better than BB's since GC is more useful to them. I couldn't care less about your situation. I'm just letting people know about BB's deal.
20% would be if they were only charging you $80 for a $100 gift card. You're paying $100 for $120.
Edit: Unless you're including the Red Card 5% off, in which case it's more like 21%
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This has been mentioned hundreds of times on SD of what you can and can't do on every Apple gift card post.
Your situation sucks for sure, but it wouldn't have happened if you had read all 1000 posts in this tread or searched previous threads. Had you asked in this thread someone would have answered and many others would have down voted you probably. Lesson learned.
Maybe add to the wiki to help others too hard to find this so deep in the thread.
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Long time lurker - one of my times posting, but this has gotten me so mad....
I bought over 10pcs of the $100 apple gift cards and only 1 of them worked. The rest were already redeemed before I returned home to use them. Some data points:
- Similar to Yong0644, I purchased them in a Target store in the greater San Diego area. Others were scammed in NJ and San Jose based off what I can tell
- I called Apple. The rep was able to check the value of other cards without ripping the seal. Same situation as others. Money is gone so Apple can't do anything or provide additional info due to legal reasons. A case was created for investigation.
- I called Target Relations (1-800-275-2273 --> Option 4 then 3 then 2. Was told I needed to speak to a "gift card specialist" but they're closed for the night. Will call again tomorrow
- As far as I could tell, the normal shopper will not be able to tell the difference between the ones that have been tampered with. Looking back at them, they all look geniune.
- Planning on filing a police report at the store if they cannot refund tomorrow
- Tried finding all the other mentions of this scam/fraud in the thread and quoted them below as additional data points. I'm sure I'm missing people though.
Honestly, I fully blame Target. My suspicion is a group of people at Target are accessing the codes and re-sealing the gift cards.
Question for the community:
1) I saw some posts about the online codes as well. Does anyone have trouble redeeming the $100 Apple gift card if sent electronically?
2) Any help from those affected would be greatly appreciated. This is only the surface and I'm sure many more are affected who don't even realize they've been robbed.
Thanks in advance,
I've bought a few (luckily they were fine) and I noticed that Apple created this fancy, elegant package that is different from other gift cards. The envelope is sealed by some special tape but there is no protection on the card itself. And the thing after you open it, the envelope still looks pretty much intact. You can simply seal it up again with a larger tape (maybe some unusual colored tape, not regular Scotch tape), then people might not be able to tell it's been opened unless you already know how the original tape looks like.
This has been mentioned hundreds of times on SD of what you can and can't do on every Apple gift card post.
Your situation sucks for sure, but it wouldn't have happened if you had read all 1000 posts in this tread or searched previous threads. Had you asked in this thread someone would have answered and many others would have down voted you probably. Lesson learned.
Maybe add to the wiki to help others too hard to find this so deep in the thread.
I will tell you that apple employees, including Senior Applecare advisors are not yet up to speed on all the "nuances" of the apple account payment.
There is ZERO excuse that apple does not have a way to load your digital balance to your "wallet" app (yes they should force 2FA to do allow this over say $100).
Also, you can not pay to add a two year applecare+ plan with your balance at all and with the physical gift card unless you are in a physical store. You can subscribe and pay for months 2- ?? of applecare with your digital balance.
Also, as noted above you can only pay for a repair with a physical card and only in store.
Be sure to check back to make sure secure tab is sealed. Also, ask manager for Apple Card's from the back. They store ones in safe place. Let them know you are concerned with fraud.
Good luck.
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20% would be if they were only charging you $80 for a $100 gift card. You're paying $100 for $120.
Edit: Unless you're including the Red Card 5% off, in which case it's more like 21%
You can't use gift cards to buy gift cards
My online codes I had the same issue as you. I think I have read every post in this thread and have not seen anyone else mention it, so to the person that attacked you back off not everyone knows all of the ins and outs of the different types of apple gift cards. I redeemed mine on my iPad Pro on iOS 14 and when I tapped the Target link it opened a Blackhawk website and when I clicked on redeem it did exactly like yours launched iTunes and loaded it my account. What is worse I did this twice until I realized what was going on. Luckily I was buying a new Apple Watch series 6 Nike 44mm with trade in so apple was the best deal for me. I was able to use that balance and combine it with the gift card codes manually typed in online, but I had thought I just wasted $200 on software and subscriptions.
One possible option I saw that may work for you is using your iTunes credit to purchase and send yourself a new electronic giftcard but not sure if that would be allowed to be used in store. Maybe that "friendly" now it all guy could chime in.
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