PSA: No more buying gift cards with gift cards at best buy soon..

[srac84]

sorry guys for the bad news but...not sure if this also applies to RZ points eg..using points to buy psn cards etc...apparently this will go into effect soon..

https://www.doctorofcredit.com/gift-card-conversion-at-best-buy-no-longer-works/

 

[.Beowulf]

Hello darkness my old friend

 

[n64ra]

It would be totally stupid to ban BB GCs from working on PSN, eShop, or Xbox cards.

 

[BryanDGAF]

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder. One of the 4 beasts saying come and see and i saw

and behold, a white horse

 

[toasterMekong]

Still working in store

 

[Ubiiquitous]

What about simply buying any product with the Best Buy gift card and returning the product for a gift card? So, in effect, just incorporating a middle man??


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[qwerty401]

Surprised to see a DoC post here lol.

Btw, 99% chance Xbox, PSN, eShop won't be a part of this restriction. Amazon doesn't allow GC to GC either. Game cards are typically treated as retail products rather than cash converters to other retailers.

 

[YoshiFan1]

I'm glad I cashed out most of my points for gift cards last month. I haven't been buying much at BBY lately and it was nice to be able to buy a restaurant gift card with reward points and gift cards when I couldn't find anything else I wanted to get.

 

[CheapLikeAFox]

I'm down with OPP, yeah you know me. 

 

[chrome3333]

No more free gas.... Least I won't have to go out of my way to Exxon and it gives me more reason to do a remodel.

 

[ubiquetous]

And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder. One of the 4 beasts saying come and see and i saw
and behold, a white horse

Pestilence! Oh no!

 

[barlush23]

I can confirm that this went into effect yesterday (at least in FL). I just tried to buy an iTunes card and was denied by the system.

 

[Timbobway]

Oh buggers!

 

[srac84]

I can confirm that this went into effect yesterday (at least in FL). I just tried to buy an iTunes card and was denied by the system.

Thanks for confirming so if iTunes doesn’t work maybe psn etc won’t either ?

 

[Pericynthion]

Thanks for confirming so if iTunes doesn’t work maybe psn etc won’t either ?

I tried to buy a digital PSN card from bestbuy.com - took the order then they cancelled it 5 mins later and refunded the gift certs.


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[Abeja]

Yep I just tried to buy a Steam gift card and it didnt work. Completely forgot about this until an employee said something.

 

[tomwaits1]

Just tried buying a $10 PSN card in-store with a BB gift card and was denied.

 

[Shady Hombre]

I just used store credit (works like a gift card, entered in the gift card field) on bestbuy.com to buy a $20 Nintendo eShop code. No problems.

 

[randamin]

What about simply buying any product with the Best Buy gift card and returning the product for a gift card? So, in effect, just incorporating a middle man??


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Best Buy is one of many retailers that report this behavior to a third party company. Doing this too often may cause them to deny returns in the future not only at Best Buy but other stores that use the same database. Proof

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[thesuzukimethod]

I just bought over $100 of PSN credit (online order, digital delivery) with a mix of BBUY gift cards and reward certs.  

The catch was it only let me buy one of each denomination per day (50+20 yesterday, 50 today).  But i know it worked, i already spent some of the money on PSN.