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Dollar General has Lowe's gifts cards for 15% off, in store, today only.
The manager of our local store told us that each store only allows 6 Lowe's transactions without locking the system. However, there is a number that the clerk can call, if they are willing to, that will unlock the system again.
We purchased $2,000 in gift cards for $1,700.
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EXERCISE CAUTION if you are buying the type which has a peel-off sticker over the code on the back of the card, rather than a scratch-off coating or a paperboard overwrapper. There is a scam where someone will go through through the entire stack of Lowes gift cards in the stores inventory and peel off the stickers, record the gift card info, then replace the sticker.
This allows the scammer to use an automated tool to constantly check the balance of the gift cards, and once the purchaser loads money onto the card, the scammer will quickly spend the balance --- leaving you empty handed. Lowe's and Dollar General are both completely useless for making you whole after this happens; both companies will refuse to refund you. To be fair, there is a ton of verbiage about "no refunds no matter what" from both DG and Lowe's regarding these gift cards.
I've been personally screwed by this before (only for a 50$ card that I received as a gift once). After receiving the card, I did notice that the sticker was a little wrinkled, as though it had been removed and replaced. When I went to the DG to try to talk to them about it, I inspected the stack of Lowe's gift cards on the rack, and I found that every one of them had stickers which had obviously been tampered with (usually by someone scratching up the upper right corner of the sticker, along with wrinkles and slight mislocation of the sticker from their imperfect replacement)
AFAIK this is only a problem with the type of cards that have a sticker over the code, and a lot of DG locations carry the other types.
15% off is a great deal, especially considering that it can be combined with the 10% off coupons or military discount, and I am not at all trying to cast shade on this deal.
But please be careful, especially those of you who are buying thousands of dollars worth of these cards.
Heads up for people who havent been through this deal before:
(this info may be outdated since they've just updated the DG checkout counter recently, however in the past, this is how it worked): You can only purchase $500 on a single card at any single store. (I'm not familiar with smaller denominations, someone else please chime in if you have more details for that). If you attempt to buy more than 1 x $500 at a single store, the register will lock out and tell the employee to contact corporate because of potential fraud. It causes a big headache for the minimum wage worker, don't do that to them. You CAN however go to the next dollar general 5 miles up the road and get another $500 card. Repeat as necessary.
I got 6 this morning and nobody has asked about the type of card to use, while 1 person asked me to verify my ID to the name on the card. I used a CC for all transactions.
If you plan on getting multiple, I'd recommend giving your bank's fraud department a heads up, and they still might lock your card on the second/third store, so be prepared to call them back anyway.
For our military vets, firstly thanks for your service, but also this deal means you get 25% off any regular (and some sale) items at lowes, since this isn't an offer that changes your 10% off discount.
This is today only and only while supplies last, most stores have 20-40 cards on the shelf, some have <5. The sooner you go, the better your chance...although, who really reads the DG flier anyway?
Good luck, this is the largest quantity Lowe's gc at the best discount generally that happens once/year.
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Same boat in RI...full ad online has fine print showing sale prices good until the 26th
No, these are 2 different stores. Family Dollar is yet another store as well.
As the OP, we went into our store this morning and bought $3000 worth of cards. The manager says it is until 7pm today and the desk will stop.
There is a limit of 8 per store. We went to 2 stores to buy be a gift card hog. We also left a gift card to Burger King (20% off) as a thank you
I think they messed up some of my returns and I think the loss is more than 15%. Used to buy a lot of lowes giftcards, but now unless I am sure an big project coming up, I would not touch lowes gift card any more.
Anyone manage to buy with credit card?
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There is a limit of 8 per store. We went to 2 stores to buy be a gift card hog. We also left a gift card to Burger King (20% off) as a thank you
Do they let you pay with credit card or other payment besides cash? I want to get 5k worth but that's a lot of cash to take
Yes, you can use a credit card. I bought 4 x $500 on two different credit cards this morning at my store.
Heads up for people who havent been through this deal before:
(this info may be outdated since they've just updated the DG checkout counter recently, however in the past, this is how it worked): You can only purchase $500 on a single card at any single store. (I'm not familiar with smaller denominations, someone else please chime in if you have more details for that). If you attempt to buy more than 1 x $500 at a single store, the register will lock out and tell the employee to contact corporate because of potential fraud. It causes a big headache for the minimum wage worker, don't do that to them. You CAN however go to the next dollar general 5 miles up the road and get another $500 card. Repeat as necessary.
I got 6 this morning and nobody has asked about the type of card to use, while 1 person asked me to verify my ID to the name on the card. I used a CCiui for all transactions.
If you plan on getting multiple, I'd recommend giving your bank's fraud department a heads up, and they still might lock your card on the second/third store, so be prepared to call them back anyway.
For our military vets, firstly thanks for your service, but also this deal means you get 25% off any regular (and some sale) items at lowes, since this isn't an offer that changes your 10% off discount.
This is today only and only while supplies last, most stores have 20-40 cards on the shelf, some have <5. The sooner you go, the better your chance...although, who really reads the DG flier anyway?
Good luck, this is the largest quantity Lowe's gc at the best discount generally that happens once/year.
Anyone manage to buy with credit card?
last year they wouldnt take credit card as it got flagged so i didnt bother trying today...
still had alot left on the rack
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