Gift cards from connections question

[princessmomma]

I ordered some lunch vouchers and breakfast vouchers, but I also ordered a couple of gift cards for Barnes and Noble and Toys R Us. The deal is buy a $25 gift card and get a $5 credit. Is it true that this credit does not show up for 1 or 2 billing periods?

What happens if I cancel before the 30 days? Am I out the credits? Does anyone have any experience with this?

 

[dcfromva]

princessmomma,

The deal is buy a $25 gift card and get a $5 credit. Is it true that this credit does not show up for 1 or 2 billing periods?

I have a lot of experience with the gift cards as I have maxed out most of mine for this year )) ....
I guess my billing cycle is synched up pretty well with connections, because I have not had any that took more than 1 billing cycle to get my credit.
If you cancel your membership prior to receiving the credit, it is gone--you have to be a member at the time they make the credit in order to receive it.

-DC

 

[chris1gill]

dcfromva,

do you belong to any of the other Connection-type programs offered by the same company? I joined the Galleria program to get the Home Depot gift cards... I'm just curious about the gift cards that are the same, that are offered by the two programs... Like each program offers KB Toys, does that mean I can buy 15 through Connections & the max 20 through Galleria? Just wondering if you'd know!

TIA!

 

[dcfromva]

chris1gill,
There are more programs out there? Neato! I would assume that they are separate. I should try it, shouldn't I? I just love those gift cards. (So does my family ).

-DC

 

[chris1gill]

Hi dcfromva!

There sure are!! if you go to www.dealpass.com you can see the different programs... I joined the Homeworks program first (I thought they offered Home Depot gift cards, they don't...), then I joined the Galleria program.... (I joined those two programs through www.netflip.com) I was offered 100.00 for each program, in household rebates to keep the programs... I'll probably still cancel the Homeworks plan but I'm keeping the Galleria program...

The Galleria program offers the 20% off gift cards for:
KB Kids
Toys R Us
Circuit City
Brookstone
Borders
JC Penney
Home Depot
Kmart
Target &
Lowes Home Warehouse

What happens when you max out your gift card limit anyways? Does the order not go through? Or do you just not get the refund?

 

[dcfromva]

chris1gill,
Thanks for the links (I was looking around for them last night on google )
When you max out on the gift cert. on Connections, you just can't order anymore of that kind. Somehow, it cleverly remembers how many have been ordered--for example, if you already ordered 5, the drop down menu option will only give you the option to order 10 more. When you have ordered all 15, you get a note (in red no less) "You have reached the maximum limit allowed for this benefit." and no drop down menu option.

-DC

 

[chris1gill]

Oh Thanks so much dcfromva!!! I've been worried about it because I haven't kept track of what I've ordered of each kind!!! Maybe I should've but I didn't!! It's good to know they've put that in place....

Now, if you join Galleria, I'm assuming you could order their limit of 20 even though you've maxed out your limits under Connections? Maybe I shouldn't assume LOL....