Gift Cards

evansjc · 10-30-2008

One of my favorite ways to get Upromise dollars is to buy gift cards from participating restaurants and using those as gifts for friends and family.

MonaVieMom · 10-30-2008

That's a great idea, never thought of that! Thanks!

0717 · 10-30-2008

I just bought a Home Depot gift card through u-promise. We were going to buy a new front door anyway.......They send the gift card to you free. That got me $20.00 for a purchase I was going to make anyway.

cands · 10-30-2008

I am a general contractor, and buy gift cards for Home Depot in bulk for my use, and for my workers(so I do not have to send my credit card with them!). As MonaVieMom said...I am going to spend the money there anyway, so why not get the bonus, especially in a month like this when Home Depot is 4%. My contributions from Home Depot so far: over $950.

possumcowboy · 10-30-2008

Great idea! I'll keep this in mind!

arcilma · 10-30-2008

That is a great idea. Can you buy gift cards from anywhere and still get points? I was reading on the Walmat page and says points cannot be obtained when buying gift cards. Is this true?

Marcie · 10-30-2008

Hi arclima. Different participating companies and online affiliates have different program details and terms and conditions. You're correct, Walmart.com does not reward members for the purchase of gift cards at this time, but other online affiliates do. I encourage you to read the pop-up that is displayed when clicking through to our online affiliates for any exclusions or special offers.

Cheers-
Marcie

emry88 · 10-30-2008

I purchased a Gift Card from Bed Bath & Beyond and did get a contribution for the purchase-So for BB&B it does pay.

Suzannehome · 10-30-2008

How can I find out more about the gift card program with Home Depot?

Marcie · 10-30-2008

Hi Suzanne-
Special terms and conditions are generally referenced in the pop-up you see when clicking through to an online affiliate. In the case of Home Depot, the only restrictions are the following:
Contributions are currently not available for Installation Services and for purchases made from links where the customer is leaving the Homedepot.com web site.
So you can earn contribution on the purchase of gift cards.
As a side note (and I may have posted this here before, I apologize if I have), when my husband and I remodeled our kitchen we purchased our cabinets & an appliance or two through Home Depot. We purchased a few $1,000 gift cards online to get our college savings, then used the gift cards to purchase the cabinets in our local store. My only advice is to always call and make sure that you can use the gift cards for whatever items or services you're looking to buy, for some reason I feel like we were told we couldn't use them for certain installations or something like that. My advice is to just double-check to make sure you'll be able to use them before over-buying gift cards, that's all!

Cheers-
Marcie

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Message 3 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply cands New Member Posts: 2 Registered: 10-30-2008 1 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 09-25-2007 03:30 AM I am a general contractor, and buy gift cards for Home Depot in bulk for my use, and for my workers(so I do not have to send my credit card with them!). As MonaVieMom said...I am going to spend the money there anyway, so why not get the bonus, especially in a month like this when Home Depot is 4%. My contributions from Home Depot so far: over $950. Message 4 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply possumcowboy New Member Posts: 7 Registered: 10-30-2008 0 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 09-25-2007 09:46 PM Great idea! I'll keep this in mind! Message 5 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply arcilma New Member Posts: 1 Registered: 10-30-2008 0 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 10-20-2007 02:53 AM That is a great idea. Can you buy gift cards from anywhere and still get points? I was reading on the Walmat page and says points cannot be obtained when buying gift cards. Is this true? Message 6 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply Marcie Upromise Posts: 88 Registered: 10-30-2008 0 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 11-01-2007 07:18 PM Hi arclima. Different participating companies and online affiliates have different program details and terms and conditions. You're correct, Walmart.com does not reward members for the purchase of gift cards at this time, but other online affiliates do. I encourage you to read the pop-up that is displayed when clicking through to our online affiliates for any exclusions or special offers. Cheers- Marcie Message 7 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply emry88 New Member Posts: 4 Registered: 10-30-2008 0 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 11-14-2007 08:10 AM I purchased a Gift Card from Bed Bath & Beyond and did get a contribution for the purchase-So for BB&B it does pay. Message 8 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply Suzannehome New Member Posts: 1 Registered: 10-30-2008 0 No Subject Options Mark as New Bookmark Subscribe Subscribe to RSS Feed Highlight Print Email to a Friend Report Inappropriate Content 08-14-2008 02:46 PM How can I find out more about the gift card program with Home Depot? 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My only advice is to always call and make sure that you can use the gift cards for whatever items or services you're looking to buy, for some reason I feel like we were told we couldn't use them for certain installations or something like that. My advice is to just double-check to make sure you'll be able to use them before over-buying gift cards, that's all! Cheers- Marcie Message 10 of 15 (4,563 Views) Reply « Previous 1 2 Next » « Message Listing « Previous Topic Next Topic »
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