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The extra 10% for dining and participating grocery items is usually posted a few weeks after...more

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evansjc
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Gift Cards

09-20-2007 01:52 AM

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.
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MonaVieMom
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09-20-2007 03:46 AM

That's a great idea, never thought of that! Thanks!
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09-20-2007 04:39 PM

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.
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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.
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possumcowboy
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09-25-2007 09:46 PM

Great idea! I'll keep this in mind!
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arcilma
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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?
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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

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emry88
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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.
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Suzannehome
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08-14-2008 02:46 PM

How can I find out more about the gift card program with Home Depot?
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08-14-2008 04:42 PM

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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