@mistercheap said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@cheapcharlie9 said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@MISTERCHEAP Yes, that may be. I need to learn to read the terms better, but it was easy to miss as before, for the longest time, you could redeem only 1 cent in Am Ex rewards and it would go through just fine. This new change is a recent change and easy to be overlooked.

It looks like the offer is still on my account as it got kicked off my last order. Maybe I should not try to get the other $20 back after my order ships and just use the offer on a $100 gift card instead.

These offers are somewhat fool proof, it will reflect in your total, so if you’ve done something wrong (say too few points redeemed), no credit gets applied and your total is your red flag. Unlike Amex Offers that you get back AFTER the fact, these are immediate discounts.

And yes, gift cards are the way to go, however they have to be plastic ones, not EGC’s as those aren’t considered ‘sold by AMZ’ where these offers go.

Not exactly fool proof for me, MC. The $40 was reflected in the subtotal before I submitted my order and it showed that I was getting $40 off with the American Express offer, but sometime after I placed my order the promotion was kicked off and it reverted to my gift card so it’s not exactly fool proof. That’s the whole reason why I challenged it because it showed it was coming off before I submitted and then sometime later the offer got kicked off my order, so why wouldn’t you complain about it?.

@my4mainecoons said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@mrvietnam now I’m sad that I bought GG on Amazon, lol. $2.59 with 40% off vs. $3.99 on sale at Shaw’s.

Yeah the $1.99 price at CVS is a great deal. I plan on stocking up maybe with a dozen boxes if I can find that many in stock.

@my4mainecoons said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@mrvietnam I bought grocery items on Amazon including a couple of boxes of GG. Mostly I bought Asian groceries that aren’t available locally. Thanks for the HU re: CVS. I never go there. Can I just buy them for $1.99 or is that deal price?

Yes you can just buy them for $1.99. That’s the sale price no extra bucks involved.

So did you use Amazon Fresh? Is there an extra charge for shipping when you use Amazon Fresh? I’m a prime member

How much were great grains going for on Amazon

@my4mainecoons said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@mrvietnam I looked at gift cards but ended up buying groceries instead. It was a better deal for me to get e.g. 40% off Great Grains cereal than an Albertsons gc to pay supermarket sale price. I used to get Great Grains at RA.

I’m not quite understanding what you’re saying that you bought groceries instead. I was talking about redeeming the American Express offer. So how could you buy groceries without getting a grocery gift card from Amazon?

By the way, I like Great Grains cereal too. It’s only $1.99 a box this week at CVS. Thanks for reminding me. I think I’ll pick up some boxes today on the way home from work

@penguin110 said in Office Depot 12/8-12/14: 100% back in Bonus Rewards on Duracell Coppertop AA/AAA 16-pk & 24-pk batteries. Limit 2 items per member.:

Earn 3 General Depot Dollars when you recycle your ink and toner cartridges and make a qualifying minimum purchase of $10 made in the same month. Limit of 10 recycled cartridges per month.

How does a “General Depot Dollar” differ than the rewards we receive with a “regular” rewards account?

I asked the same question to the cashier who was trying to sign me up and he made it seem like they were the same as Rewards. I wonder why they call these rewards by another name. I bet you can’t use both types of rewards on the same transaction.

I highly doubt with the new administration coming in in Washington that any of these mega-mergers are going to make it through but for deal seeker like ourselves that’s good news more competition

@my4mainecoons said in Amazon - up to 50% off (max $80) when using Amex MR pts - YMMV - exp 12/31/24:

@cheapcharlie9 Third party cards aren’t sold by Amazon.

I vaguely remember buying gift cards like to Albertsons and such using offers similar to this in the past and I got my discount but who knows maybe things have changed now on that front also. I’m willing to do $100 gamble at a grocery store because I would spend the money there anyway so it’s worth a try. I think, as long as the discount shows on your order before you submit then you should most likely get it for that price. I think the reason the current offer didn’t work for me is I only paid a penny with rewards rather than a dollar so they probably kicked out that payment method completely and reverted back to my store gift card balance. At least that’s my working theory the interesting thing is the discount showed up before I hit submit so I haven’t quite figured that out yet.

Just a follow up to what I wrote yesterday. Amazon customer service gave me a $25 courtesy credit and they said the other $20 they can give me as soon as the item ships so they are refunding me the $40 I should’ve got from the promotional credit plus the extra tax liability that I had to pay since the credit didn’t post correctly And she gave me a free $1.30 for my trouble and trouble it was I think I had to call about five times to get that credit

Your Additional Settlement Payment
$8.91

Just got the e-mail today.

Maybe that answers my question that you must pay at least one dollar in American Express rewards points. I placed my order on November 29 and I only paid one penny in rewards points towards my purchase and at the time it looked like the order was gonna work and the discount came off but then shortly there after I noticed it said I paid by gift card and the amount I paid went up by $40 so I guess they kicked off the promotion because I only paid one penny in rewards

That was a fast one they pulled. I didn’t see anywhere where it said you had to pay at least one dollar in rewards. Before when they had these offers several times I paid one penny and it worked out fine.

I called Amazon customer service today to find out why my payment method was switched from my American Express card to my gift card balance and why my promotion didn’t come off and nobody could give me a straight answer. Finally, the third person said that she would credit my account with $45 promotional gift car to make up for it. But she said it would post within two hours. It has been 5 hours since then now and I’ve yet to see it post to my account. Hopefully it will. Another option I have since the item hasn’t shipped yet id I can go and change payment method and change it back to my American Express card and this time pay one dollar in points instead of one penny and see if the promotion will come off or not

I just went back to my order and I tried to change the payment method and it lets me change it back to the American Express card, but it says I can’t apply my shop with points balance to this order so since they’re not letting me apply my shop with points balance to the order then I think I will just hope that the Customer Service $45 credit actually materializes