i got an 850 amazon gc and a 150 lowes gc for the full discount of 150
Your saving $150 in a $1000 worth of spending, in the long run your saving $150, but in the short run your down $850 so ETO.
Not disagreeing about it being a crazy deal. (either you plan on buying something worth the value of $1000 (saving $150) or buy to resell, or even sell the gc on those sites which buy your gc or even right here on ddf.)