expired Posted by musicjunkie • Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021 10:08 AM
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expired Posted by musicjunkie • Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021 10:08 AM
Costco Members: $100 Microsoft Xbox Gift Card (Email Delivery)
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Will Xbox gift cards go to 25% off or more too?
I lucked into a Series X Halo LE pre-order when it went live back in August/September. I didn't have an account balance at that time, so it was tagged for credit card. The Preorder was supposed to arrive 11/15. Total after tax was a couple dollars shy of $600.
I then went to Costco and got the gift cards back when it was $90, limit 3. I also got the 4-$25 for $90 set as well. It was a horror story because I tested with 1, then tried to by 3 because the system let me. It flagged my account as 'over limit' and cancelled my 3 order. I then tried to order 2 and it still rejected me with 'over limit'. I got on the phone with Costco to clarify: Basically, once I got flagged as 'over limit', I was stuck in immediate-cancel mode. Took them around 2 hours on hold to help me remove the limit and order the cards... in the end, I had $600 of Microsoft money in my account.
Then I talked to Microsoft online customer service... they were able to, 'from the back end', change my payment method to use my $600 credit, leaving me with around $8. What they didn't tell me (or maybe not realize) was that it would now dump my order into nowhere land.
11/15 came by, no shipment info, nothing. 11/20, still nothing. I contacted Microsoft... on hold for an hour or so, they had no idea why my LE wasn't shipping... (maybe they ran out). They escalated up and told me to wait 48 hours. 48 hours later, I contact them again... nothing. The next day, I get an email that they're escalating my case again, wait 48 hours more. Eventually, I got the LE shipment/tracking info on 12/5.
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I lucked into a Series X Halo LE pre-order when it went live back in August/September. I didn't have an account balance at that time, so it was tagged for credit card. The Preorder was supposed to arrive 11/15. Total after tax was a couple dollars shy of $600.
I then went to Costco and got the gift cards back when it was $90, limit 3. I also got the 4-$25 for $90 set as well. It was a horror story because I tested with 1, then tried to by 3 because the system let me. It flagged my account as 'over limit' and cancelled my 3 order. I then tried to order 2 and it still rejected me with 'over limit'. I got on the phone with Costco to clarify: Basically, once I got flagged as 'over limit', I was stuck in immediate-cancel mode. Took them around 2 hours on hold to help me remove the limit and order the cards... in the end, I had $600 of Microsoft money in my account.
Then I talked to Microsoft online customer service... they were able to, 'from the back end', change my payment method to use my $600 credit, leaving me with around $8. What they didn't tell me (or maybe not realize) was that it would now dump my order into nowhere land.
11/15 came by, no shipment info, nothing. 11/20, still nothing. I contacted Microsoft... on hold for an hour or so, they had no idea why my LE wasn't shipping... (maybe they ran out). They escalated up and told me to wait 48 hours. 48 hours later, I contact them again... nothing. The next day, I get an email that they're escalating my case again, wait 48 hours more. Eventually, I got the LE shipment/tracking info on 12/5.
Figured it would be some iteration of hell trying to get them to change the payment, well it is just to get in touch with them in the first place. Thanks for the share.
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