[Expired] Amazon: Purchase $100 Apple Giftcard, Get $15 Amazon Credit

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• This credit can't be combined with all the other "Use points" or "add a card" discounts.

• Worked for me. Did not enter a promo code or anything. Got an email with the below message after the purchase:

  “You have qualified for a $15 promotional credit which has been automatically applied to your account and will only be visible at checkout and not in your gift card balance. It can be used on eligible products sold by Amazon on Amazon.com until January 31, 2025.”

• Getting promo code can’t be applied even though it worked a few minutes ago. May be dead?

  • Same. APPLEGIFT wasn't getting accepted for me in the promo code box. I left it and bought another Apple GC from Target instead (for the same $15 bonus).

    • Use a desktop browser or set your mobile browser to "desktop mode" (instead of using the app) -- you'll see the promo during checkout if its saved to your account alrdy

      Physical GC has promo code "APPLEGC"
      Digital GC has promo code "APPLEGIFT"

      You can do 1 of each since promo codes are different

      Desktop browser will show during checkout:

      Qualifying offers:
      APPLEGIFT
      One per account. Purchase USD 100.00 or more in Apple Gift Cards, get a $15 Promotional Credit towards your next eligible purchase. You will receive the credit and email confirmation that the credit has been applied to your account within 24 hours; this credit does not show in your gift card balance. It can be used on eligible products shipped and sold by Amazon.com until January 31, 2025.

• Important note: you have to enter code APPLEGIFT at checkout.

  • Nah

    • You got the credit without entering the code?

      I ordered the gift card but didn’t get the credit. Then I went back and found the message on the product page about entering the code. But I also did use the Amazon Shop with Points 40% off deal with AMEX Reward Dollars, so that could have been the issue too according to some other comments here.

• Careful with these cards (not the usual scam warning, keep reading please).

  If you live in a state that charges sales tax and you attempt to use these cards in a state that doesn't charge sales tax (AK, OR, DE, MT), after having loaded them into your account, you will not be able to use them, online or in-store using tap-to-pay. Apple has instituted some new checks and balances with this, probably due to pressure from states that lose on the tax revenue to people who cross state lines to Apple stores with no sales tax.

  You miiiight be able to redeem them if you don't add them to your account. But, if they associate a state with the redemption code at the time of sale, then there's nothing you can do.

  • Ignore my post above. It turns out I had a block on my account from making any purchase, not just store pickup. Had to call apple to get it looked into. Within a few hours I was able to make a purchase again for store pickup.

    • The smoothest brain on the internet.

    • @guest_1959762 The block is a well-known issue. If you load a bunch of gift cards into your Apple balance, you are blocked from making any purchase until the account is unblocked. I ran into this about a year and a half ago when trying to buy a laptop for P3, and again for P2. Had to call, wait, and then buy within the 24-hour unblocked window. The second time I did not get their message in time, missed the 24-hour window, and had to start the process over again.

      Incidentally, I can confirm that Apple does not care about crossing state lines. P2 wanted a very pricey MBP, so I picked it up in NH during a business trip to Boston -- drove 45 min to save $350.

    • bruh

      • @guest_1961329 My post was predicated on the fact that when I went to go buy them in-store at a no-tax Apple store and tried to use my balance, the guy at the store told me that it was probably a tax issue. Considering the error was new to me (usually I expect to see the "payment declined" error when blocked), I figured it was the truth. Had I tried to do shipping before making the post above, I would have received the "payment declined" issue and then known it was in fact a block.

        • If you went to the DE store, those associates are notorious for being annoyed by people who come from elsewhere to avoid tax and often make up stuff to discourage that or call people out who do it. I would never take anything they tell me at face value, especially on the topic of tax.

        • They are very much hypocrats, many of them live in Philly and Maryland. If you go to DE anyway, just order to pick up.

• Can you do this across many Amazon accounts or do you get quantity limit restriction cancelations?

• These "credits" are horrible. Hard pass.

  • Amazon should make these promo credits redeemable for a year at least, I believe Target rewards earned stays on account for a year.

  • Exactly! what are we supposed to do with Amazon credits? Does Amazon even sell anything good or useful?

    • There are exclusions on what Amazon lets you use the credits for. Most notably, it has to be bought and sold by Amazon. Only about a quarter of the stuff we buy from Amazon fits that bill. That, combined with the short expiration, combined with the uncertain nature of even receiving the credit, makes the deal much less enticing than straight discounts.

• Is there a limit on how many you can get

• I still have 1k apple credit since 2020... Amazon always has better price than Apple anyway except some customized macs which Amazon doesnt carry.

  • The best value is in Apple certified refurbished items that are sometimes less than similar items on Amazon or eBay. YMMV...Good Luck!!!

    • Yup. (Official) Apple refurbs are the only refurbished products that I buy. They’re indistinguishable from new, come with the full product warranty, and are eligible for AppleCare if that’s important to you. Plus, you can use gift cards that you’ve stockpiled through these sorts of offers.

    • Yup, but i rarely buy refurbished products. Good to keep in mind. Thanks.

  • Amazon often has better prices. However, you do have a $1000 Apple Balance. You have essentially already bought the equivalent of an M4 Mac Mini and a 10th Gen iPad… except you haven’t received the products yet. Eventually you just gotta, you know, spend it (regardless of whatever sale price Amazon has).

    • thats true. I bought an AppleTV from Apple since there was no lower prices anywhere else. I am planning to upgrade my Macbook but luckily it's still working well (macbook pro 2018 with 32gb RAM which is pretty much future-proof). I don't use Apple Music or iCloud either. So, i am still figuring out what to buy lol...

      • Refurbished store. Edu store

• Cool. Thank you for the info. I wonder why they are waiting until the 29th when other retailers have similar deals up already. Either way:

  I already have the $100 gift card in my cart. Was waiting for this typical Black Friday sale to stack it with my AMEX offer.

  • what’s your AMEX offer?

    • Just $10 with a minimum spend of $75.

      I haven’t been getting the percentage offers recently . Just the specific dollar amount offers. Not sure why, but a stackable offer is still a stackable offer.