I wonder, what about the "after-Black Friday / Holiday" deals like B2G1 on PS4 / Xbox One and BOGO 40% / 50% on Nintendo titles, or Deals of the Day like these? IMO, they usually work out better than the Black Friday price cuts.
Wow, you must have one hell of a Sears near you then. My local Sears is a falling apart crapshack with a revolving door of employees who either disappear because they were smart enough to leave or got canned because they were crap.
Also bare in my kmarts suffice just as well.
I think the eGift cards are just weird. I remember a while back trying to buy them and getting a financing offer with my Amazon store card and it was a no go, but buying physical gift cards and getting a financing offer worked just fine.
I haven't noticed a change in their terms and conditions, but I originally found out through a random post through some random blog (very detailed source I know) that showed up in the little news cards on my Google app on my Android smartphone. This change / error has been active since at least...
Not a deal per say, but useful for those who do trade-ins or flips with them and hate being locked in with them. They offer Gamestop, Nordstrom, Starbucks, and various restaurants to name a few.
Last time an offer like this was going on or a Gamestop trade promo or something people had mention they were getting denied for trying to purchase a gift card with trade credit / gift card so beware YMMV.
You can use it to pay, just not as the $5 down deposit for a pre-order. If you can't get it to take for the pre-order customer service can just do an adjustment on release day.