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nook hd for 80 at officemax

Yes - seems that OM have the pricing wrong. So if one forego the gift card, one end up paying a net of $79. No need to deal with spending the OM gift card.
instore only please check om website for latest promotion

dealpapa1 said:
Yes - seems that OM have the pricing wrong. So if one forego the gift card, one end up paying a net of $79. No need to deal with spending the OM gift card.
instore only please check om website for latest promotion
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I just picked up two Nook HD+ 16 gig for $100 each, no gift card involved at
the Utica Park Place OM in Mich. As soon as they are done charging they are
getting modded. Sweet deal! Thanks!

dealpapa1 said:
Yes - seems that OM have the pricing wrong. So if one forego the gift card, one end up paying a net of $79. No need to deal with spending the OM gift card.
instore only please check om website for latest promotion
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Yep.. I got mine today.. $79 - $20 (instant rebate for trading in 20 ink catridges- test market)
Making it $59, plus I made some money at staples to even it out to $0

Cobjones said:
Yep.. I got mine today.. $79 - $20 (instant rebate for trading in 20 ink catridges- test market)
Making it $59, plus I made some money at staples to even it out to $0
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I tried today and was told I could not apply the gift card to the purchase

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I tried today and was told I could not apply the gift card to the purchase
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Mine wasn't using a gift card... it rang up at 79.99 and they couldnt get the gift card to work, so I told them that I would just take it without.
What is supposed to happen is 79.99 + 50 gift card... then you get the gift card back!!!

I picked up an HD+ 16gig today for $99 in Warren, MI.

At officemax?
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OfficeMax, yes.. if you don't live in a scavenger town like Las Vegas... every store sold out here...

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OfficeMax, yes.. if you don't live in a scavenger town like Las Vegas... every store sold out here...
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Thanks!
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Is this a clearance price which varies by location or is it valid nationwide?
Thanks.
Edit:
Never mind; checked the deals and realized what OP has posted. Damn, I just purchased one 3 weeks ago and got my wife another one last Saturday.

Confirmed
Picked one up for a friend yesterday (I already have 2 Nexus (Nexi??) 7's). I didn't even have to mention the gift card, the system automatically rang up for $79.99, took some of the awkwardness out of the transaction.

arionfrost said:
Confirmed
Picked one up for a friend yesterday (I already have 2 Nexus (Nexi??) 7's). I didn't even have to mention the gift card, the system automatically rang up for $79.99, took some of the awkwardness out of the transaction.
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It would seem not all cashiers are trained alike. When I got rang up yesterday (was able to get them to ship one in from out of state!), try as I might, I could not talk the cashier out of removing the stupid gift card. Tax even calculated on the discounted price, and they charged me for the gift card outright. Since the gift card is on a separate line, though, I am going to try and take it back at a different store, after I get my tablet.

Picked up an HD+ at the Loveland, CO store yesterday. It rang up as $99 -- no gift card issued or needed.

I am surprised that there is no store in San Diego, CA

I called my local Office max. They said the price was $99 but they didnt have any in stock.
The next store is 40 miles away.

i picked up three here in Phoenix. had to call around to multiple stores to find them, but got them for only $99 each. looks like the last three in town.

I visited the nearest Office Max and they had announced the nook hd for $129 and a free gift card of $50 with e purchase, they had the nook hd+ full price, but I asked one of the sellers and he verified and indeed it was $99 for the one with 16GB and $129 for the one with 32GB but he also told me there wasn't any gift card involved.

padawan_lp said:
I visited the nearest Office Max and they had announced the nook hd for $129 and a free gift card of $50 with e purchase, they had the nook hd+ full price, but I asked one of the sellers and he verified and indeed it was $99 for the one with 16GB and $129 for the one with 32GB but he also told me there wasn't any gift card involved.
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The real problem is to find one in stock. Called all three stores around me but no luck...

hirent said:
Is this a clearance price which varies by location or is it valid nationwide?
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this was a nationwide officemax clearance sale on nooks. barnes & noble shut down the manufacturing of nook HD & HD+ in late june. B&N's CEO resigned a few days ago after the nook division revealed huge financial loss for the last quarter. he had come up from B&N's website division, and his mission as CEO was to achieve viability for the company as a seller of digital books. they are abandoning their higher end tablets now. no more B&N color tablets, although the black & white nook e-ink tablets seem to have avoided the axe. there's some talk about B&N possibly leasing the nook brand out to other manufacturers of color tablets, but it sounds kind of vaporware-ish to me until somebody actually announces such a product. this situation doesn't bode well for the future of the company at all.
officemax offered the 50 dollar gift card "with purchase of any nook HD or HD+" in their weekly ads and then apparently adjusted the cash register price down by 50 dollars (intended to eliminate the need for the gift card?). but there was enough confusion in the officemax stores about the ad ("is the customer entitled to the gift card or not, even after the 50 dollar discount that's showing on the cash register screen?") that a few people may have been able to walk away with a nook HD for as little as $30 or $50 if the stories told on fatwallet are to be believed. anybody who managed to swing that deal really hit the jackpot.
i visited a couple of nearby officemax stores and the employees seemed to have no clue about any of this. neither of the stores had any nook HDs in stock though. saleswoman at one store offered to look it up (she verified that the 8GB nook HD was currently priced at $80 dollars) and she sounded fully prepared to place an order for it on my behalf AND give me the gift card without any objections after i showed her the page i printed from the weekly ad. but alas the online inventory system would not accept any orders for nook HDs.
even without taking advantage of the officemax employees' confusion, $80-$100 is still a price that's hard to resist for a tablet like this, especially for ROM users like the people of the XDA forum. other retailers will probably follow suit very soon and clear out their nook HD & HD+ for about $100 (give or take a few dollars), but i doubt there will be any more mistakes like the "$50 discount + $50 gift card?" thing that a few customers benefitted from.

Sorry about resurrecting this thread , but could anyone that bought it for 80 show me the receipt or anything like that? Thanks!
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Using ISIS to purchase gift cards...

Has anyone had any luck at CVS (or elsewhere) purchasing gift cards or vanilla reloads with ISIS? I've only tried one CVS so far, but they flat out denied me using ISIS to buy any gift cards...they said it was store policy that I would have to use cash.
A lot of ppl seem to be having no problem doing it so I'm guessing it's just strictly local store policy. I fought with the manager stating that it's EXACTLY like cash and that the funds came directly out of my bank account, but they didn't budge. :-\

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Has anyone had any luck at CVS (or elsewhere) purchasing gift cards or vanilla reloads with ISIS? I've only tried one CVS so far, but they flat out denied me using ISIS to buy any gift cards...they said it was store policy that I would have to use cash.
A lot of ppl seem to be having no problem doing it so I'm guessing it's just strictly local store policy. I fought with the manager stating that it's EXACTLY like cash and that the funds came directly out of my bank account, but they didn't budge. :-\
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Used isis to buy a 50 amazon gift card at cvs. Not sure why they would tell you no...
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mrlaigle said:
Used isis to buy a 50 amazon gift card at cvs. Not sure why they would tell you no...
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You mind telling me what area you live in? I'm hoping it was just that specific store. It's such a stupid ass store policy that they will only take cash for ANY gift card.
It's not even the amount that bothered them (I want to buy a $500 reload to get a quick $100 back, then do it again another day to get the max $200). Ugh. I know some Rite Aid stores have paypass but then they'd have to have gift cards too, and not the dumb cash only policy...

Successfully purchased 2 $500 vanilla reloads at CVS (finally). Third time's a charm I guess

siciliano777 said:
Successfully purchased 2 $500 vanilla reloads at CVS (finally). Third time's a charm I guess
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Just did the same today at CVS. Walgreens denied me, but because they said they had the terminals turned off because there was too much fraud. Not exactly sure what was going on, but CVS was happy to take my money. And I'm happy to get the $200 cash back.

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Just did the same today at CVS. Walgreens denied me, but because they said they had the terminals turned off because there was too much fraud. Not exactly sure what was going on, but CVS was happy to take my money. And I'm happy to get the $200 cash back.
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Awesome also don't forget about the extra $50 you can get for direct depositing $250 twice into your serve acct. This can be easily done with PayPal. Just set up the serve card as a bank within PayPal with the routing and acct# given on the serve website. Another $50 for freeeee.

I went to the VZW store and used it to pay my $250 bill... got 50 back plus 10 for using at the Verizon store.
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FYI, my $200 cash back just posted. Took about 36 hours.

Google Play gift cards = no

i have a problem with saving money and since i don't usually have $740 in spending money in a paycheck, i bought $100 in gift cards the other day to "save" for this phone. the writing on the cards says it can be used for more than just apps, games, music, and movies. it mentions the Google Wallet app, so that's what i tried to use to redeem them. the section for gift cards is just a place to make a note of the gift card code. i called customer service and was informed that they do not allow gift cards to be used for device purchases. it does list a link on the back for full regulations, but the rest makes reading that seem unneeded. the store will not take them back even though they were not redeemed, so i am disputing the charges. i just wanted others to know in case they had the same idea. someone at Google should really send out stickers that tell people up front that they are not good for devices.

common sense really... just because it doesn't say you can/can't buy devices doesn't mean you can. Knowing Google if you push hard enough they might refund you and disable the gift card.
It does suck... next time if you're going to spend that much money on something do a little research and it will help you in the long run.

I work in retail and I can tell you no store will ever take gift cards back. We make absolutely no money on those purchases. We are just the middle man. It's always recommended to check the full limitations of the cards before purchasing them because stores can't return them.
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Wow that smacks, but it really sounds like a case of no research done, i mean really i don't think anyone uses gift cards except in small amounts and during holiday season for novelty gifts.
Also if you can't save money in your current account why did you not set up a direct debit to another account ?????

funkyboy1281 said:
I work in retail and I can tell you no store will ever take gift cards back. We make absolutely no money on those purchases. We are just the middle man. It's always recommended to check the full limitations of the cards before purchasing them because stores can't return them.
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The stores make a commission on the sale of the cards, so they do make money. I manage a store, I see it on my bottom line at the end of each period. But we still don't take returns on them, but that is more the gift cards rule than hours because there is no way to deactivate a card.

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The stores make a commission on the sale of the cards, so they do make money. I manage a store, I see it on my bottom line at the end of each period. But we still don't take returns on them, but that is more the gift cards rule than hours because there is no way to deactivate a card.
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Well it's nothing really huge on profits, at least for my job, but yea the returns are slim to none. I've done them on very rare occasions
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i would get into further contact with google regarding your issue, if you speak to a regular rep, request to speak with a manager. Obviously they want your money in one for or another. If you apply yourself you may be able to strike some sort of conclusion to your problem

I remember someone trying to do this before. Like you realized, it's a no go. Hopefully Google can do something for you, but at the end of the day, you might be be stuck with the gift cards. Maybe you can take a hit, and sell the gift cards for $90?
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For those saying do research, it's only because you already knew. I knew because I had read it before. I mean think about it. Who would think a store would limit what you could buy with a freak'n gift card? This isn't the OP's fault. It's a stupid rule and google should refund him.

just a couple thoughts on this...
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i have a problem with saving money
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maybe you should start trying to save money instead of blowing it on a phone? there are these really cool things called savings accounts, they let you transfer money into them so you can save money, and some even earn you a tiny bit back too.
i bought $100 in gift cards the other day to "save" for this phone
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why would you ever think that buying something is equal to saving? the two actions are complete opposites.
the store will not take them back even though they were not redeemed, so i am disputing the charges.
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gotta love fraudulently disputing charges because you made a mistake. sounds a lot like "the boy who cried wolf"
i just wanted others to know in case they had the same idea. someone at Google should really send out stickers that tell people up front that they are not good for devices.
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it's called "fine print", it details everything that you can and can't do with the card that they sell.
sorry for being an a-hole... but you brought this on yourself, and are now committing a fraud by disputing charges that you willingly made.

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For those saying do research, it's only because you already knew. I knew because I had read it before. I mean think about it. Who would think a store would limit what you could buy with a freak'n gift card? This isn't the OP's fault. It's a stupid rule and google should refund him.
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Exactly.. we know because we have read it.. something he should have done.
If you sign a contract for something then get f**ked over because you didnt read it all.. whose fault is that? Yours of course.
You can't have everything dished out on a plate for you in life.

Savings????
I know that Savings are important but if you get addicted to purchase something, it is not that easy to save money.....
Although Best of Luck with your savings.

https://play.google.com/about/card-terms.html
The terms aren't that long. And it's stated pretty clearly.
Chalk it up to a lesson learned and be glad it was only a hundred bucks and not a car, home or other large purchase.
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That's like buying an iTunes gift card and trying to buy an iphone with it.. Just seems common sense
Anyways.. Your fault for assuming with such a large amount of money

not to play devils advocate but Ive never understood the thought process behind not accepting gift cards as cash.
If you pay $100 to get a google play gift card.. google gets that $100. $100 is $100 regardless of how its paid so why would google say Hey we will take your $100 in cash/credit card/paypal etc which has credit card processing fees associated with it and not take gift card balances which were paid the same? they already have the money so what gives? Maybe I myself dont understand how gift cards work with Google and iTunes. Is there more to the actual money exchange and where it ends up then most people know about?

Lucke said:
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maybe you should start trying to save money instead of blowing it on a phone? there are these really cool things called savings accounts, they let you transfer money into them so you can save money, and some even earn you a tiny bit back too.
why would you ever think that buying something is equal to saving? the two actions are complete opposites.
gotta love fraudulently disputing charges because you made a mistake. sounds a lot like "the boy who cried wolf"
it's called "fine print", it details everything that you can and can't do with the card that they sell.
sorry for being an a-hole... but you brought this on yourself, and are now committing a fraud by disputing charges that you willingly made.
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Give him a break, he wants to buy this phone out right. Is it the smartest thing in the world? No, but what ever we live in a capitalist society.
He made it quote clear that he want to save just enough to buy this phone. People save a set amount of money with full intention of spending it on a purchase they can't afford upfront.
I think you should be able to use these cards, but you can't so nothing you can do about it?
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There are a few options, t mobile prepaid, any prepaid debit card, savings...in the meantime I would sell these cards for cash and expect a loss....or go crazy google play store purchases lol

Very sorry that your purchase did not work.
XDA does not condone fraudulent actions.
This is why the first rule of XDA is to search first.
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Convert the $50 Google Play credit to Gift Cards

I already have about $50 in Play Store Credit. I'll get another $100 from two Nexi purchases. I wish there was a way to convert that credit into Google Play Store Gift Cards so I can gift them. It's still a Google Play Store Gift card and goes straight to Google. I just don't understand why Google doesn't allow us to do something this simple and obvious. Anyone have any workarounds to make something like this possible?
I saw some suggestions on creating an App that takes in-app payments and using it. Seems convoluted and I'd lose 30%. But I guess I may just try that.

That is convoluted, but if you were going to not be able to use it at all in a year it would be better than losing it.
Edit: does it work to pay for Google Music? Maybe try that?

Because if they allowed you to exchange them for a physical gift card you can resell them to a number of sites that buy gift cards. Most if not all of them do not accept e-gift cards or cards that expire like the Nexus gift.
Ebay does not allow selling e-gift cards either (although plenty do). I'm not sure what happens if you get flagged on eBay selling an e-gift card.

To be honest I don't really know what the credit can be used for. I guess whatever crap that's on the play store like music and movies which I can probably get for free otherwise?
I'll likely just use it to support app developers and buy paid versions of their stuff.
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I'm pretty sure you are just emailed a code for the $50 when ordering the phones. So all you have to do is give that code to the person you want to gift it too and they redeem it

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I'm pretty sure you are just emailed a code for the $50 when ordering the phones. So all you have to do is give that code to the person you want to gift it too and they redeem it
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That's right. I already got the code for the 6P which will arrive tomorrow. The problem with the $50 code is that it's a lot for a single person. But if I could have split it into 2 $25 or the $100 into 5 $20, it would make a much easier gift to give to family and friends.
I already have paid apps for any apps that I use. I have a few in the wish list, but nothing really compelling. I'm never going to buy any of the ridiculously priced movies. I get most of my music from Amazon. But most of my music is really ripped from my CDs. Google doesn't have a particularly good India music collection.

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Because if they allowed you to exchange them for a physical gift card you can resell them to a number of sites that buy gift cards. Most if not all of them do not accept e-gift cards or cards that expire like the Nexus gift.
Ebay does not allow selling e-gift cards either (although plenty do). I'm not sure what happens if you get flagged on eBay selling an e-gift card.
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That's a good point. I hadn't considered that. Gift cards don't expire. These would. But I wish I could have at least split up the Play Credit. Oh well.

Samsung Pay $30 giftcard Promo

Samsung if offering a $30 GC to Bestbuy, Whole Foods, Reval Cinema, Nike or ebay when you make your first purchase with Samsung Pay. I just signed up for the offer and got a BesrBuy GC see attached image

Sweet. Between this $30 gift card, the free wireless charger for registering my first card on Samsung Pay, the free Gear VR, the year of Netflix, and 30% off an accessory, the Samsung giveaways with my S7 Edge have truly been impressive. [emoji108]

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Sweet. Between this $30 gift card, the free wireless charger for registering my first card on Samsung Pay, the free Gear VR, the year of Netflix, and 30% off an accessory, the Samsung giveaways with my S7 Edge have truly been impressive. [emoji108]
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Yep in the same boat with T-Mobile I got my free charger a few days ago, and my GC this morning. No word get in my gear VR or Netflix code despite filling out the form right when it opened up
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booo.. doesn't work with BofA debit card...

Did i miss the charger promo or do something wrong?
Ok so registered for samsung pay and understand that I'll receive a pop with with the $30 gift card promo on first use but i didn't see anything about the charger? Did i miss out on this?. Just got my s7 edge today.
Thanks in advance

dakjones said:
Ok so registered for samsung pay and understand that I'll receive a pop with with the $30 gift card promo on first use but i didn't see anything about the charger? Did i miss out on this?. Just got my s7 edge today.
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The Free Charger expired March 10. They ran out of supplies earlier than that.

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The Free Charger expired March 10. They ran out of supplies earlier than that.
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Oh that makes sense. thank you for your response.

It works! Made a purchase at the Grocery store and before I got back to my car I got the notification for my $30. Went with Best Buy.

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It works! Made a purchase at the Grocery store and before I got back to my car I got the notification for my $30. Went with Best Buy.
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Worked for me too. I just made a $1 purchase at a gas station and had my $30 best buy gift card within seconds. Make sure that you install the Samsung Pay updates released today before you make the purchase.

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Worked for me too. I just made a $1 purchase at a gas station and had my $30 best buy gift card within seconds. Make sure that you install the Samsung Pay updates released today before you make the purchase.
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Since I've been using Samsung Pay for the last 14 days it gave my the GC instantly without making another purchase I bought a case with it today.

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Samsungs website says it works with BOFA Cosumer Credit and Debit cards...

Loaded both my BOA debit and credit cards

Excellent promotions only took about 5 days to get the wireless charger and it also included the same wall charger and usb cable that came with the s7 and was able to purchase a samsung s-view cover with the $30 ebay gift card and eventually will get the vr headset and the year of netflix that's a lot of cool free stuff

just got mine. went to best buy, and it failed horribly lol go figure. tech store, and fails with samsung pay. it failed to read card like 3 times in a row so i gave up. went to stop and shop and it worked right away lol stupid best buy
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Is there a limit you need to buy to get the $30 gift card? Can I just go and buy and a candy bar or bottle of pop and will that be enough to qualify for the gift card? Also do I get the gift card in the mail? I'm assuming because my CC information is stored and it will be sent to my house. I'm hopiong there will be a note on my Samsung Pay app that I bought something and and there will be a note saying I get the gift card. Gotta love Samsung and the S7 Edge. :victory:

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Is there a limit you need to buy to get the $30 gift card? Can I just go and buy and a candy bar or bottle of pop and will that be enough to qualify for the gift card? Also do I get the gift card in the mail? I'm assuming because my CC information is stored and it will be sent to my house. I'm hopiong there will be a note on my Samsung Pay app that I bought something and and there will be a note saying I get the gift card. Gotta love Samsung and the S7 Edge. :victory:
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Just make any purchase and you'll get 2 choose which gift card you want if i doesn't credit it launch the Samsung pay app and click the more button on the top right and click events
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Kilroy672 said:
Is there a limit you need to buy to get the $30 gift card? Can I just go and buy and a candy bar or bottle of pop and will that be enough to qualify for the gift card? Also do I get the gift card in the mail? I'm assuming because my CC information is stored and it will be sent to my house. I'm hopiong there will be a note on my Samsung Pay app that I bought something and and there will be a note saying I get the gift card. Gotta love Samsung and the S7 Edge. :victory:
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This information is available inn the apps promotion and via the Samsung pay website. However, I can tell you how it worked for me. There was no minimum limit to the purchase and as soon as Samsung pay was used (I bought a Jimmy John's), a popup in the app let's you know that the gift card is available. You then get to choose which card you want and select it. You then get the option to add it to your Samsung Pay app. I already spent the Samsung gift card I chose and it worked like a charm. But you really should check the website for further info and card eligibility.
Oh, and make sure you have the latest update of Samsung Pay on your phone before you make a purchase so the promotion will be pre-loaded. You can see if it is there checking the "events" part of the app.

You'll get the gift card right away added to the Samsung pay app used mine immediately on ebay
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scott14719 said:
This information is available inn the apps promotion and via the Samsung pay website. However, I can tell you how it worked for me. There was no minimum limit to the purchase and as soon as Samsung pay was used (I bought a Jimmy John's), a popup in the app let's you know that the gift card is available. You then get to choose which card you want and select it. You then get the option to add it to your Samsung Pay app. I already spent the Samsung gift card I chose and it worked like a charm. But you really should check the website for further info and card eligibility.
Oh, and make sure you have the latest update of Samsung Pay on your phone before you make a purchase so the promotion will be pre-loaded. You can see if it is there checking the "events" part of the app.
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Thanks. Oh its updated because that's where I see the promotion for the gift cards. Since I've never used Samsung pay before can I use it anywhere that has a credit card machine or will there be a logo I need to look for?

Kilroy672 said:
Thanks. Oh its updated because that's where I see the promotion for the gift cards. Since I've never used Samsung pay before can I use it anywhere that has a credit card machine or will there be a logo I need to look for?
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Pretty much anywhere that has a magnetic strip reader or a tap to pay terminal. The kind that you swipe the card yourself. I'm not sure about gas pumps though. That's one of the things that makes Samsung Pay better than Android Pay or Apple Pay (in my opinion). MST tech means there doesn't need to be a NFC terminal involved.