Author Topic: Amex Gift Chain, surprise gift with $25 or more spend at select online stores (Read 140720 times)

AJK · « **Reply #260 on:** November 30, 2011, 11:32:53 AM »

Quote from: S G on November 30, 2011, 11:32:06 AM

Does anyone know how to use the shareable gift cards? I sent it to my friends but they get an error saying that "this gift isn't for you.."..

I got that on 1 out of 6 gifts. Never figured out how to fix it.

MnM1130 · « **Reply #261 on:** November 30, 2011, 12:08:23 PM »

Quote from: S G on November 30, 2011, 11:32:06 AM

Does anyone know how to use the shareable gift cards? I sent it to my friends but they get an error saying that "this gift isn't for you.."..

i kept refreshing it and gave it time.. and it ended up working.

AsherO · « **Reply #262 on:** November 30, 2011, 12:33:37 PM »

Quote from: clownaparte on November 30, 2011, 11:11:46 AM

Anyone confirmed that buying dell egift cards from dell.cashstar.com counts?

Does the CC charge show up as Dell? Isn't CashStar a 3rd partythat just sells Dell GCs?

newcomer · « **Reply #263 on:** November 30, 2011, 12:51:13 PM »

Just got one of the gift I was missing. It is a $25 statement credit when I shop $25 or more at BB&B. So.... I could buy another $25 gc, get a gift and get a statement credit?! Does that make sense?

clownaparte · « **Reply #264 on:** November 30, 2011, 12:54:05 PM »

Quote from: AsherO on November 30, 2011, 12:33:37 PM

Does the CC charge show up as Dell? Isn't CashStar a 3rd partythat just sells Dell GCs?

I guess that's a better way to phrase my question. I know it appears to be a third party handling the order, but the links directly from Dell's site for an egift card go to cashstar's site. I'm guessing it processes via cashstar as well, but I was hoping someone might know otherwise.

Plastic cards can be bought directly from Dell, but in $50 minimums...

smurf · « **Reply #265 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:01:16 PM »

Quote from: newcomer on November 30, 2011, 12:51:13 PM

Just got one of the gift I was missing. It is a $25 statement credit when I shop $25 or more at BB&B. So.... I could buy another $25 gc, get a gift and get a statement credit?! Does that make sense?

should work

smurf · « **Reply #266 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:05:46 PM »

I just got this message after making a purchase at BBB

Quote

Congratulations! The next time you shop at you
will receive a $25 Off Next Purchase, courtesy of The Gift Chain from American

Express.

Simply use your registered American Express® Card again at
to make a minimum purchase of $
by no later than February 29th, 2012, and you will receive a $ credit on your Card statement. It's that easy.

It doesn't clarify which store or how much needs to be spent? Nor does it say which purchase triggered the gift.

UPdate; Now I got the standard Gift EMail saying that my purchase at BBB earned me a $20 statement credit?

Dan · « **Reply #267 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:07:57 PM »

Quote from: smurf on November 30, 2011, 01:05:46 PM

I just got this message after making a purchase at BBB
It doesn't clarify which store or how much needs to be spent?

It's for shopping at BBB. I'm not sure if there's a minimum spend.

smurf · « **Reply #268 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:11:23 PM »

Quote from: Dan on November 30, 2011, 01:07:57 PM

It's for shopping at BBB. I'm not sure if there's a minimum spend.

Saw my update? I also got a regular gift email.

I saw doublejay report this happening too. I wonder if it was triggered by the fact that I bought at BBB after getting a gift for $25 credit after $25 spend at BBB???

did anybody try buying at a store after getting the gift for a statement credit after purchase? Was there a notification that you'll get the credit?

newcomer · « **Reply #269 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:21:32 PM »

Quote from: smurf on November 30, 2011, 01:11:23 PM

Saw my update? I also got a regular gift email.

I saw doublejay report this happening too. I wonder if it was triggered by the fact that I bought at BBB after getting a gift for $25 credit after $25 spend at BBB???

did anybody try buying at a store after getting the gift for a statement credit after purchase? Was there a notification that you'll get the credit?

Also got the e-mail for $25 statement credit at BB&B, bought another gc for $25, got the same e-mail as you with the blanks, and then a second e-mail with a $25 statement credit.

smurf · « **Reply #270 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:22:31 PM »

Quote from: newcomer on November 30, 2011, 01:21:32 PM

Also got the e-mail for $25 statement credit at BB&B, bought another gc for $25, got the same e-mail as you with the blanks, and then a second e-mail with a $25 statement credit.

was the second email a new gift or confirmation for the previous gift?

smurf · « **Reply #271 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:24:13 PM »

I just bought a Jcrew giftcard expecting a $15 credit earned from a previous gift and lo and behold

Quote

Congratulations! The next time you shop at you
will receive a $15 Off Next Purchase, courtesy of The Gift Chain from American

Express.

Simply use your registered American Express® Card again at
to make a minimum purchase of $
by no later than February 29th, 2012, and you will receive a $ credit on your Card statement. It's that easy.

I think we find the trigger for these blank emails.

Also in both cases I got another email with the standard gift language. i doesn't make sense that the blankn ones are actually gifts because then I my total gifts would be 12, They're probably messed up confirmations for earning the statement credit with the purchase.

newcomer · « **Reply #272 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:24:54 PM »

Quote from: smurf on November 30, 2011, 01:22:31 PM

was the second email a new gift or confirmation for the previous gift?

It seems to be a new gift. Why shouldn't it be? The previous gift was a $25 statement credit after spending $25 at BB&B. This is just a $25 statement credit.

smurf · « **Reply #273 on:** November 30, 2011, 01:26:37 PM »

Quote from: newcomer on November 30, 2011, 01:24:54 PM

It seems to be a new gift. Why shouldn't it be? The previous gift was a $25 statement credit after spending $25 at BB&B. This is just a $25 statement credit.

Same happened to me

Quote from: smurf on November 30, 2011, 01:24:13 PM

I just bought a Jcrew giftcard expecting a $15 credit earned from a previous gift and lo and behold
I think we find the trigger for these blank emails.

Also in both cases I got another email with the standard gift language. i doesn't make sense that the blankn ones are actually gifts because then I my total gifts would be 12, They're probably messed up confirmations for earning the statement credit with the purchase.

AsherO · « **Reply #274 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:19:38 AM »

Just got s $2 statement credit from a walmart purchase, I guess that means Walmart is dead. One more store, who should I hit?

Spiffster · « **Reply #275 on:** December 01, 2011, 03:32:25 AM »

Wal-mart is done. I made a purchase and got a $2 statement credit, which is only available from the rollover pool, which are only awarded when the store's pool is exhausted.

I guess what they meant by time seeding was that they "shuffled" the pool of gifts and gave them away in that order.

If anyone else gets something _other_ than a $2 sc, that would contradict what it says in the rules (see below, last sentence).

Also, if anyone gets a $2 statement credit from another store, post it here so we know that store is done.

>>>
...Gifts in each Qualifying Merchant Gift Pool are randomly time seeded throughout the Promotion Period and distributed to the first person who completes a Qualifying Purchase and/or a Free Participation (as applicable) for the applicable Qualifying Merchant on or after the time the Gift is randomly seeded. Once the randomly seeded Gifts are exhausted in a particular Qualifying Merchant Gift Pool, “Rollover Gifts” will be distributed. The Rollover Gifts will only be available to be distributed in a particular Qualifying Merchant Gift Pool when, and if, a particular Qualifying Merchant Gift Pool has been exhausted....
>>>

AsherO · « **Reply #276 on:** December 01, 2011, 04:07:06 AM »

Quote from: MarkS on November 27, 2011, 11:48:46 PM

Ya. Although I just realized that Toysrus, Dell and Walmart have much more $$ being given out than the smaller ones.

Thanks MarkS!

Toys 'R Us (hereafter TRU) has the 2nd biggest prize pool, and while Walmart is dead TRU is very much alive!

I just got 4x$50 via TRU, pity I didn't do more TRU purchases...

Should a go for another 10x$25 TRU?

smurf · « **Reply #277 on:** December 04, 2011, 03:49:42 PM »

MY gift chain store specific statement credits posted already

AsherO · « **Reply #278 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:23:28 PM »

Quote from: smurf on December 04, 2011, 03:49:42 PM

MY gift chain store specific statement credits posted already

+1, I got $15 and $25 credits.

elikay · « **Reply #279 on:** December 04, 2011, 04:30:01 PM »

so did anyone do AUs?