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I bought these Apple gc at Target so many times without problem although I heard people's story all over. Finally today it's happened to me and I'm out of $200 that I can't get back.
I opened 1 of them right in the store to load them to Apple account. Doesn't work. Go to Customer Service. They told me to fk off and call apple basically. Because of their "policy". No refund no support. No matter what I say
I opened the other 3 in front of them (all $50). All does not work. They see it. And keep saying the same thing, even rude to me, like nothing's gonna happen. Basically they're fine with selling you shit they know doesn't work (they see it with their eyes - its not like i went home and redeem them - I opened in front of them). And they said without flinching it's not their responsibility and tell me to call Apple - which I'm 100% sure Apple will tell me to call Target.
I knew their was a scam going on, but I expected Target to stand behind what they sell, especially if I open the gc right in front of them. Kayla from Target, I hope you will get what coming to you for what you said to me today. See how you like when you bought $200 of product from a store that is broken right after the register and the store refuse to do anything about it. Gotta warn people that Target won't support you. Apple will be even less likely.
*Update: called apple, provided them the serial of both the sleeves and the inside cards. A customer service agent confirmed that the sleeve was indeed loaded money and the card inside was different and does not match. The money was also still there. She blocked the card associated with the sleeve so the scammer can't get the money. Then her supervisor take over, tell me to send receipts and photos and such, thought i was going to get a refund but then he said nope, this is target fault, go back to target, they have the money we don't have the money, although i already told him target won't help. He told me to contact Target Corporate (WTF ? how ?). I told him the money is in the gc that I purchased and activated, they just have to load that to my apple account. He said i dont' get it, then the call disconnected.
So 2 big corporation stiffled $200 out of me today, in the USA. unbelievable.
So people need to be aware that you're taking a gamble with this: If you got scammed, they WON"T support you. YOU WILL LOSE the money.
Do you have your Apple Account Balance added as a card in the wallet app? It was a feature released in iOS 15.
If you don't, add it by tapping on the +. This might solve your issue. Let me know if it does.
Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't when I started this odyssey, but I did add it later to no avail.
For anyone who may stumble upon this thread in the future, the 5th customer service rep ended up having me charge it to my credit card, and then transferred me to a 6th who was supposed to refund my card and apply the Apple Account Balance to it. She couldn't get that to work so she had to put a request on it.
At this point I'm fully expecting to have the $500 just sitting in my Apple account forever.
Mine applied without incident but I did pay the tax on credit card all the rest on apple balance.
I bought the target gift cards and within 15 minutes had the redemption links email to me.
So just to clarify, you were able to buy multiple online with the free $5 via the same Target account? Past deals enforced a limit of 1 online, but this one doesn't have those written terms.
Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't when I started this odyssey, but I did add it later to no avail.
For anyone who may stumble upon this thread in the future, the 5th customer service rep ended up having me charge it to my credit card, and then transferred me to a 6th who was supposed to refund my card and apply the Apple Account Balance to it. She couldn't get that to work so she had to put a request on it.
At this point I'm fully expecting to have the $500 just sitting in my Apple account forever.
Sorry you're in this situation. Interesting to know that they can shift the gc balance over like that. I would expect your request to be honored since it's being escalated to someone with more tools. Post a reply to this when you have one.
Good if you need to buy something from Apple, add to your Apple balance or pay for AppleCare service like new battery, etc. I've used on all three. Once upon a time Apple had two separate gift cards: iTunes and then a gift card for Apple product purchases. So glad they just combined into one card some years ago.
So just to clarify, you were able to buy multiple online with the free $5 via the same Target account? Past deals enforced a limit of 1 online, but this one doesn't have those written terms.
Yes I ordered 10 $50 target gift cards all as separate transactions. All got the $5 target gift credit.
Good if you need to buy something from Apple, add to your Apple balance or pay for AppleCare service like new battery, etc. I've used on all three. Once upon a time Apple had two separate gift cards: iTunes and then a gift card for Apple product purchases. So glad they just combined into one card some years ago.
I wish I had know that this would happen. iTunes gift card discounts/promotions were pretty readily available. Discounts are smaller now, which I'm sure is not a coincidence due to the gift card change.
This was much better than the last deal around the holidays which I think was limited to a single 10$ Target gift card per account. I bought 6 today and now have my subscriptions paid up for over a year with an effective 15% discount after red card.
Talked to a rep and they said they will put in a request to check why I can't checkout (24 hours). So going that route for now
I was finally able to complete my checkout. What I did was change to in-store pickup and try to checkout. The site complained that it's only available for delivery. I went back and checkout out again for delivery and it finally worked. What I noticed was that the site changed my billing address to the pick-up store address. Not sure if the billing address is the caused of the issue.
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I bought these Apple gc at Target so many times without problem although I heard people's story all over. Finally today it's happened to me and I'm out of $200 that I can't get back.
I opened 1 of them right in the store to load them to Apple account. Doesn't work. Go to Customer Service. They told me to fk off and call apple basically. Because of their "policy". No refund no support. No matter what I say
I opened the other 3 in front of them (all $50). All does not work. They see it. And keep saying the same thing, even rude to me, like nothing's gonna happen. Basically they're fine with selling you shit they know doesn't work (they see it with their eyes - its not like i went home and redeem them - I opened in front of them). And they said without flinching it's not their responsibility and tell me to call Apple - which I'm 100% sure Apple will tell me to call Target.
I knew their was a scam going on, but I expected Target to stand behind what they sell, especially if I open the gc right in front of them. Kayla from Target, I hope you will get what coming to you for what you said to me today. See how you like when you bought $200 of product from a store that is broken right after the register and the store refuse to do anything about it. Gotta warn people that Target won't support you. Apple will be even less likely.
*Update: called apple, provided them the serial of both the sleeves and the inside cards. A customer service agent confirmed that the sleeve was indeed loaded money and the card inside was different and does not match. The money was also still there. She blocked the card associated with the sleeve so the scammer can't get the money. Then her supervisor take over, tell me to send receipts and photos and such, thought i was going to get a refund but then he said nope, this is target fault, go back to target, they have the money we don't have the money, although i already told him target won't help. He told me to contact Target Corporate (WTF ? how ?). I told him the money is in the gc that I purchased and activated, they just have to load that to my apple account. He said i dont' get it, then the call disconnected.
So 2 big corporation stiffled $200 out of me today, in the USA. unbelievable.
So people need to be aware that you're taking a gamble with this: If you got scammed, they WON"T support you. YOU WILL LOSE the money.
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If you don't, add it by tapping on the +. This might solve your issue. Let me know if it does.
For anyone who may stumble upon this thread in the future, the 5th customer service rep ended up having me charge it to my credit card, and then transferred me to a 6th who was supposed to refund my card and apply the Apple Account Balance to it. She couldn't get that to work so she had to put a request on it.
At this point I'm fully expecting to have the $500 just sitting in my Apple account forever.
I bought the target gift cards and within 15 minutes had the redemption links email to me.
For anyone who may stumble upon this thread in the future, the 5th customer service rep ended up having me charge it to my credit card, and then transferred me to a 6th who was supposed to refund my card and apply the Apple Account Balance to it. She couldn't get that to work so she had to put a request on it.
At this point I'm fully expecting to have the $500 just sitting in my Apple account forever.
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