The Offer
- Spend $250 or more in store or online at bestbuy.com in one or more transaction using an enrolled card and get $25 back.
The Fine Print
- Offer Valid 11/1/16 – 12/31/16
- weet using #AmexBestBuy to add this offer to your connected American Express Card
- Not valid for e-gift card purchases
Our Verdict
This offer usually comes up twice per year, once in the summer and once at year’s end. It’s from the more useful Amex Offers since Best Buy stores, and even bestbuy.com, sell numerous gift cards which make it easier to maximize the offer.
Check out this comprehensive post Everything you ever wanted to know about Buying Gift Cards at Best Buy to learn more about which gift cards to buy at Best Buy in-store or online. Options include $200 Visa gift cards for $205.95, eBay gift cards, gas gift cards, restaurant gift cards, and more. The options are slimmer online, but they do now have eBay and dining gift cards (Starbucks, etc.) online. Here are 14 Things to Know about Amex Offer Deals.
I have tried most of the stores near me and all of them are saying the same thing. That they have stopped selling VGCs and will not get them back in stock. Great deal while it lasted.
Anybody successful in finding VGC at best buy ?
Checked two stores. No VGC, one manager said the don’t sell them anymore but I’m not sure he really knew what he was talking about… or maybe he did.
I didn’t see them in my store either. Still not positive they’ve been completely discontinued; might be store dependent.
will it work if I buy a best buy gc in store ?
Yup, I’ve done that. You can also buy any other gift card sold in the stores.
Have looked at 3 different BB stores and have not seen the usual VGCs. Have any others seen them?
Nope , I also looked at 3 best buy stores near my house and didn’t find VGC. One of the store managers told me that they have stopped selling VGC. Not sure if he was just making it up or indeed they have stopped carrying VGC.
My Best Buy also didn’t have. Might still be found in other stores.
The offer on multiple cards seems to be of no use without VGC unless someone is really interested in purchasing any electronic item or a bunch of third part GCs
Best Buy has a flyer hanging with the gift cards which get you a free photo book from Shutterfly for qualifying purchases. Gift cards work and you only have to pay shipping so it amounts to seven or eight dollars for a $30 photo book if anyone is into that sort of thing. In the past he’s free book deals have been limited to one per email address and physical . In the past he’s free book deals have been limited to one per email address and physical address i believe.
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This dead late morning on Nov 2nd. Never saw an Amex offer fill up so quickly,
Ibotta works for one time 5% cash back in store as well including gift cards (third party at least). So that’s an extra $12.50 along with the Amex statement credit.
When did you use Ibotta at Best Buy? When I tried on July 12, 2016, Ibotta didn’t count visa gift cards (and their terms say “Rebate NOT valid on gift card purchases”). It might’ve worked a while ago, with the take-a-picture-of-your-receipt method; but now that they use a QR code that Best Buy scans I think they do more checking. I haven’t tried non-visa gift cards though.
Yeah that’s what the terms said for me but I figured what the heck. Scanned the QR at the register per the instructions, nothing happened (no indication for me or the cashier so we were both confused). Received the full 5% a couple days later. As I said, this was all third-party stuff (ebay, HBO Now, etc), so didn’t try VGC or even Best Buy. On another note, an online order through Alaska shopping portal counted the third party (Hulu, Netflix, etc) as eligible spend for both miles & the holiday spending bonus, but NOT the Best Buy gift cards.
I use tweetdeck… keep a spreadsheet noting each linked amex card to which twitter handle/e-mail
Sometimes the responses do not come, and you have to retweet, slightly changing the original tweet for the ones you didn’t receive responses… probably because of volume some requests do not get processe correctly.
What is the highest denomination of eBay gift cards available at best buy? Assuming $100? Any higher?
can you change the amex card linked up to the twitter handle at any point in time?
does a card change like this void the amex offer – if amex already responded to your tweet?
Yes.
No.
Pretty sure Best buy carries variable 25 to 500 but I’m not 100% sure
How can you enroll more than one card? I opened 4 tabs with the same offer showing up on my each card and after adding one into deals I could not do the other ones, any suggestion?
I did the same thing last august and it had worked out that time.
Twitter
Tweeted Hilton, Best Buy, and New Egg offers. Received confirmation on Hilton and BB within a minute. No luck on New Egg
got Amex response for BB but no response for Newegg
Just be patient, you can also manually enroll in the direct link.