Every once and a while, some big box retail pricer huffs a little too much of Apple’s pixie dust and goes mad enough to start selling iTunes gift cards for less than their actual value. Ladies and gentlemen, now is just such a time of madness, as Best Buy is now selling iTunes Gift Cards for 20% off (digital delivery only). That means every $25 of iTunes credit — useable on songs, movies, Mac software, iOS apps, iBooks and in-app purchases — can be had for just $20.
That’s a pretty swank deal if you make most of your purchases in Apple’s digital ecosystem, which is most of us. Get buying here, but be fast about it: you only have until 7PM!
Thanks, Dave!
John Brownlee is a writer for Fast Company, and a contributing writer here at CoM. He has also written for Wired, Playboy, Boing Boing, Popular Mechanics, VentureBeat, and Gizmodo. He lives in Boston with his wife and two parakeets. You can follow him here on Twitter.
12 responses to “Best Buy Goes Insane, Starts Selling iTunes Gift Cards For 20% Off [Deals]”
Just bought mine
This is the second time I tried this and it’s the second time Best Buy screwed up. I place the order, get a confirmation email then never get the redemption code. I’ve been on the phone for an hour today so far and spend 4 hours on the line last month. This sucks. It may be a good deal but I don’t think I’ll try a third time. JMO
Same thing happened today again. After an hour and a half, 4 representatives, two managers – still no code. Like the last month, “we’ll re-send your code. It’ll take 24-72 hours for you to receive it.” And like last time it won’t arrive. Even after giving a second email address I never got the code. Last time I got a refund. This time they’re saying they can’t do that. I told them you got my money, I want a product. Blah, blah, blah from them. Not a happy BB customer today.
Shame on you.
(They fooled you twice.)
Indeed! But not thrice!
There appears to be a bug in the system specifically for your email and Best Buy. Might want to check your spam filters or folders. I know the confirmation is making it through, but perhaps there is something in the code email that is triggering a filter.
FWIW, which is probably nothing at all, I ordered mine, got a
confirmation email about a minute later, and the code email about 7 minutes after
that.
If all else fails, take your LT for a nice long road trip.
If all else fails, take your LT for a nice long road trip.
Thanks for posting this! I picked up the $100 for $80, and combined with a BB gift card I had, only ended up spending $13. Also did my shopping through the Delta Shopping portal to get a few miles points.
BTW I received my code by emails in minutes of the purchase, so the experience of the poster below is not necessarily a universal problem.
Can we buy it and use it from France ? Thanks guys
Thanks for posting this! Also make sure you know your gift card balance, some companies charge handling fees. I found a great resource to find out how to check your iTunes gift card balance:
http://www.giftcardbalancechec…