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Using GameStop PUR $5 certificates on digital currency was a popular slick deal, turning a $15 membership into a $45 profit.

Effective immediately, $5 monthly reward certificates are no longer applicable to digital currency. I just tried to use it in store and was told it no longer works and I have linked a post from someone posting the internal memo.

Hopefully this PSA can save people some gas or rile up some protests from customers to change their policy.

https://reddit.com/r/GameStop/com.../cooooool/

https://www.gamestop.com/contact/

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Intincrum
01-04-2022 at 01:17 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:17 PM.
Well there goes my reason for joining GS rewards with the FP deal from a few months ago. TU to op for the heads-up.
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Nirokogaseru
01-04-2022 at 01:19 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:19 PM.
Quote from Antics :
If you're smart, there is a way around this. You can still use the $5 monthly code on a certain product to effectively use it the same way. Not sharing this on SD though.

Regardless though, still a bummer.

How? Does that work
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hypercoyote
01-04-2022 at 01:27 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:27 PM.
Quote from Nirokogaseru :
How? Does that work

He doesn't know.
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Mr.Enigma
01-04-2022 at 01:28 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:28 PM.
Well that explains the issue yesterday for me. End up using the credit on back 4 blood and flipped it.
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cho9736
01-04-2022 at 01:31 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:31 PM.
then at least let us use the monthly $5 online
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samurais
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
Is this same for Nintendo eshop code? If so, then sucks
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ChrisO8117
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
Quote from Nirokogaseru :
How? Does that work

Go to Reddit post and read the comments. It's still YMMV.
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animeeee
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:33 PM.
This was the whole reason I signed up in december when they had the $10 pro member deal. I instantly used the $10 sign up bonus to get my moneys worth, but still kind of annoying that they changed this.
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erictom
01-04-2022 at 01:35 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:35 PM.
Quote from Antics :
If you're smart, there is a way around this. You can still use the $5 monthly code on a certain product to effectively use it the same way. Not sharing this on SD though.

Regardless though, still a bummer.

monthly psn or xgpu membership voucher?
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Last edited by erictom January 4, 2022 at 01:38 PM.
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LavenderPear833
01-04-2022 at 01:35 PM.

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01-04-2022 at 01:35 PM.
Quote from Antics :
If you're smart, there is a way around this. You can still use the $5 monthly code on a certain product to effectively use it the same way. Not sharing this on SD though.

Regardless though, still a bummer.

This sounds like you're buying stuff and returning to get your reward returned as a store credit.
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TheRedEyeBandit
01-04-2022 at 01:38 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:38 PM.
Can you still use the credit to
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yellowfeverlime
01-04-2022 at 01:39 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:39 PM.
Yesterday I literally used $20 in my rewards on PSN gift cards. It was at like 8p PST yesterday so I was probably one of the last people to do this legally. It was super convenient, RIP.
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SuplexCity
01-04-2022 at 01:40 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:40 PM.
Quote from yellowfeverlime :
Yesterday I literally used $20 in my rewards on PSN gift cards. It was at like 8p PST yesterday so I was probably one of the last people to do this legally. It was super convenient, RIP.
This thread is talking about PUR credit, not your regular rewards points.
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smartt
01-04-2022 at 01:47 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:47 PM.
Barely works with anything as it was. I wouldn't have even signed up for it if it didn't pay for itself when trading in my PS4 pro. Seems to only work on new merch and the only really good deals (to me) at GameStop are the B2G1 on used games.
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SuplexCity
01-04-2022 at 01:48 PM.
01-04-2022 at 01:48 PM.
Quote from Antics :
If you're smart, there is a way around this. You can still use the $5 monthly code on a certain product to effectively use it the same way. Not sharing this on SD though.

Regardless though, still a bummer.
This is one of the stupidest comments I have read on SD and I have been here for more than 7 years. "There is a way around this" "but I am not gonna share it on SD". This is why you stay away from drugs kids.
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