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Apple charging for a “free” gift card

I’m unable to add this comment to the thread about Apple charging for “free“ gift cards, but wanted to report that I have filed a complaint about this practice with the Attorney General of the state of Washington. Maybe some of you other scammed folks should try your state’s consumer protection agency or attorney general as well. Can you say “class action lawsuit“?

Posted on Nov 6, 2024 11:56 PM

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Nov 7, 2024 7:12 AM in response to LMHML

As muguy said, the way that Apple handles a lot of "free gift card" promotions on their invoices is to:


  • Charge you full price (e.g., $150) for the gift card.
  • Give you a discount off of the full price of the computer, for the amount of the gift card (e.g., $150).


This is to ensure that you can't order a "computer + free gift card", keep the gift card, return the computer, and get all of your money back. So this is not a scam of any sort.


Regards.

Apple charging for a “free” gift card

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