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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Another example: if you go to Target, hand the cashier $100, and receive from them a $100 Apple gift card and a $20 dollar bill, would you say you paid $100 for $120 worth of good (which yields a 16.67% discount)?
So in your case, you're buying a $100 Apple gift card and two $10 boxes of tampons for $100. That's a 16.67% discount ----> $120 worth of goods for $100.
Rest who can do both, are cashing in on this deal.
Kudos to those who bought 25+ Apple GCs and redeemed it to their account balance. Last day guys, buy more while this slick deal lasts.
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Purchase from Apple w/GC
$999 phone
94.91 sales tax
-1100 pay with gc
1045 paid for gift cards (5% red card discount)
- 250 Apple trade in for iPhone X
-150 rebate from T-Mobile
-220 gc from Target promo
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$418.91 out of pocket, counting $220 in Target gc as cash
Purchase from Costco
$899 phone
85.41 sales tax
-370 for iPhone X Trade-In
-39.38 rewards from Executive membership/CitiCard
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$575.03 out of pocket
Am I calculating this right?
Also, are phones from Apple factory unlocked, while the phones from Costco can only be locked after 40 days use on the network?
Are there any other deals I am missing?
It also might be worth noting that the 11 Target GC's you get won't give you 5% back on your purchases like you would get if you spent that $220 from your Red Card, so you could say you lost $11 in savings there.
I'd say you're looking at more like $440.91 from Apple, but still it's the better deal.
So in your case, you're buying a $100 Apple gift card and two $10 boxes of tampons for $100. That's a 16.67% discount ----> $120 worth of goods for $100.
I was treating target gift card as cash. It doesn't expire and eventually I will need toilet paper, paper towels, food etc. (I won't need tampons) so it's cash to me,
But I do see your point now thanks for explaining.
So in your case, you're buying a $100 Apple gift card and two $10 boxes of tampons for $100. That's a 16.67% discount ----> $120 worth of goods for $100.
That is a sub-optimal calculation.
Man walks into Target to buy two $10 boxes of Tampons.
Cost is $20.
Man walks into Target to buy two $10 boxes of Tampons.
Instead buys one $100 Apple Gift Card for $100. Gets one $20 Target gift card included.
Immediately buys two $10 boxes of Tampons and uses the $20 Target gift card.
Now he has the $20 of Tampons for $20 that he was going to buy anyway and a $100 Apple gift card that he spent and additional $80 on.
$80 additional investment in the apple gift card provides a 25% return with $100 spending power at Apple. The $20 is irrelevant as you were spending that $20 anyway.
She was not very polite at all, I think she could have been a little more discrete and nicer about it but whatever, Thanksgiving weekend can be stressful and 2020 has been a stressful year.
I didn't give her any resistance other than saying "The circular doesn't say there is a limit" (which is true) and she said "It says it online" - which it only says limit 1 per guest transaction - which is likely a limitation of their system being able to issue you multiple gift cards when you purchase more than 1 Apple Gift Card.
I didn't argue past that point, I just handed her the gift cards because it wouldn't have helped the situation at all.
I ended up going back to my local Target and just suffering through buying $25 gift cards at self-checkout, but nobody cared that I did it there.
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Does this mean only one GC can be bought per account ??
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