Per the Fairness Doctrine (TM) we have to also mention Barnes and Noble, not just Amazon and what a coincidence, they are offering a $5 B&N e-gift card for every $50 you spend in Barnes and Noble gift cards…

Speaking of B&N, they have now released their new Nook Glowlight 4 e-reader for $150. This has USB-C charging, and free lifetime in-store support at B&N B&M stores. It has 32GB on-board storage and physical page turn buttons and of course the built-in (Glow)Light…

Santa Claus has arrived at the Best Buy daily deals, especially if you are of the Apple ecosystem! Buy a $100 “For Everything Apple” gift e-card and receive a $20 promotional Best Buy e-gift card! This offer is good for Christmas Day 2020 only!

The “For Everything Apple” e-gift card can be used on all things Apple, including:

• physical Apple Store purchases (eg iPhones, iPods, accessories)
• purchases made with the official Apple Store app
• purchases made at the Apple website
• digital content purchases at iTunes, App Store, iCloud, Apple Music, TV+, News+, Books, Arcade, etc

So it’s not your father’s iTunes gift card. It is an all-things Apple! And for the non iOS/MacOs crowd, a number of accessories sold by Apple can be used by non-Apple devices, although, as expected, you can make the most of them within the Apple ecosystem, which is why there is the Apple Tax in the pricing 🙂

NOT part of the Apple ecosystem? Best Buy also has some other e-gift card sales as well:

• Pay $45, Get $50 Google Play e-gift card
• Pay $90, Get $100 of the above, same discount percentage of 10%
• likewise 10% off on $25 and $10 Google Play e-gift card amounts
• also 10% off on Chipotle, Bed-and-Bath-and-Beyond gift cards
• 15% off on CBS All Access gift cards, that’s where NuTrek of the TV kind is safeguarded
• Chipolta and CBS offer a mix of e-gift cards and mailed plastic gift cards so pay attention to the listings

Meanwhile at the Woot daily deals they have a $60 Philips Hue Smart LED 5-piece starter kit, and a sale of various Fuji EnviroMax single-use batteries, and an $1870 MSI gaming laptop, and $26 AmazonBasics Oxford Carry-On Hardside spinner!

This is the closest thing to free money one can get these days! IF you put $30+ in coins at a participating Coinstar kiosk (found inside grocery stores and such, those green things) AND you get your converted money in an Amazon Gift Card (you get a gift card code on the printed receipt, it won’t print a plastic gift card) you will automatically receive a $5 Amazon promotional credit (for items sold and shipped by Amazon herself only) to be used until 12/31/2020.

IMPORTANT: this promotion is only available to first timers. The terms and conditions state:

“Offer limited to the first time a customer gets an Amazon.com Gift Card claim code from a physical location”

The promotion runs until 11/30/20. All the details at the Terms and Conditions page.

If you are not familiar, Coinstar charges a service fee IF you convert your coins into cash. However, if you convert your coins into gift cards, there’s no service fee (because presumably they get a commission/service-fee from the stores offering the gift cards).

I have done these type of Coinstar promotions a few times before without issue. The only thing that worries me this time is the “first time” language. But if you typically convert your coins to Amazon gift cards anyway, you have nothing to lose by doing this.

PS: if you like making noise, this is fun, because the Coinstar machine makes a lot of noise while counting the coins ^_^

Last minute changes to your gift-giving plans? Unexpected guests arriving? You forgot your “professional graduate student” nephew is actually back from college? You forgot a gift for the mother in law? Fear not! Electronic gift cards are ready to save the day, with email delivery and/or print-and-give options! Check the available options and designs at Amazon itself and B&H Photo and Adorama…

SUPER PRO TIP: before sending an electronic gift card via email or SMS and worrying if/when they will receive it, FIRST, send an e-gift card to yourself to see whether and/or how fast it arrives. Then you can feel more confident to send to others. The minimum amount for electronic gift cards is typically very small…

While Target obviously does not have the depth and breadth of a dedicated camera retailer like B&H Photo and Adorama, they still have a number of potentially interesting products. Or if you are a Target shopper anyway, etc, etc, etc. To cut a long story short…

… for a limited time only, Target is offering 10% off their own gift cards with a maximum purchase of $300 per customer (in other words, maximum discount $30 – you pay $270 for a $300 Target gift card). Minimum purchase $10. One transaction per customer. Terms and conditions are shown over there below the big reddish banner.

Gift Cards purchased now can be redeemed (used) starting at 10am central time on Monday December 9 in 2019…

This is a YMMV as you would have to have been preselected for this offer by Amazon’s all-knowing and soon all-powerful AI. The gift card offer is this: send a $50+ Amazon e-Gift card via SMS using coupon code SMS2019 and you will receive a $5 promotional Amazon store credit.

You can obviously send the gift card to yourself as it is often the case with these type of promotions. The offer runs until late December 2019 so there’s no hurry to get it done right now ~ unless you want to that is 🙂

You may be able to see this type of an Amazon on-site banner follow you around [screenshot crop below]:

The terms and conditions and to find out whether you are eligible can be found at the aforelinked page. You have to be logged on to your Amazon account in order to find out if you are eligible since it is a YMMV / by-invitation type of offering…

Good until 11/22/18 at 11:59pm ET, Adorama is running a limited time gift card promotion: buy one of the featured gift cards (price options range from $100 to $1000) and get a separate gift card by email that is worth 10% of the value of the gift card you purchased. So if you buy the $1000 gift card, you will receive a $100 bonus gift card via email… Check the aforelinked pages with the details, terms, conditions and restrictions…

Amazon always tries to find creative ways to get you to load up your Amazon account or buy gift cards. This latest promotion running until December 22, 2018 gets you a $5 bonus if you buy a $50+ Amazon gift card by text message. First you have to click on the aforelinked page to “add code to your account”.

If you don’t see this offer while logged on to your account, it means Amazon’s computers decided not to offer it to you. Limit one redemption of this particular offer per Amazon account. Complete terms and conditions over there.

Remember, you can send the gift card to your own email address, you don’t have to send it to another person! Assuming you do a $50 purchase, this is a 10% bonus.

IF you are an existing Netflix customer or plan to start/restart a subscription, this is essentially a roundabout 10% discount, which can counter the recent Netflix price increases. For a limited time, coupon code NETFLIX will get you a $5 Amazon promotional credit when you purchase $50+ Netflix digital gift card. Limit one per customer while this promotion is running. Select the $50 amount or enter your preferred amount that is $50+.

The $5 promo credit will be added to your Amazon account automatically within three
days. They will send an email confirmation after it has been added. You have until April 13 to spend the $5 Amazon promo credit.

You can add this to an existing Netflix account in your account settings. Their billing system will use up the gift card first, and after it is used up, it will restart billing your credit card.

They may not be as famous as the Amazon emailable gift cards, but if you are looking for a deadline-busting gift idea or a Plan B because of shipment delays, or because you found out that a person already has (or will dislike) their intended gift, you can also purchase emailable gift cards from Adorama and B&H Photo. Check their websites and shopping carts for delivery estimate if you are cutting it too close.

If you want to refill your own account, or buy last minute digital gifts for friends and family, there are a few emailable gift card promotions running as follows:

+ Pay $85 get a $100 iTunes gift card by email from PayPal Digital Gifts (limit 4 per customer) and by Amazon (select $100 denomination, enter coupon code ITUNES15)

+ Pay $45, Get $50 Google Play gift card by email from Amazon (select $50 denomination, enter coupon code GOOGLE)

+ Pay $45, Get $50 Lyft gift card by email from Amazon (select $50 denomination, enter coupon code LYFT)

If you prefer a physical gift card instead, you can get an Amazon plastic gift card bundled with a GUND Holiday 2017 Teddy Bear. Gift card prices range from $100 to $2000. Limit two per customer. Free shipping. Before Christmas delivery is available depending on various factors (the product page and shopping cart will give you a more definite estimate).

Speaking of gifts, good until 9pm ET, you can get a 6pk of Vinyl Record shaped cup coasters for $7.19 (Prime eligible; not Add-On; 71% claimed as of 6:18pm ET)

And now a gift card round-up, to save up on some posts 🙂

At Amazon, a holiday tradition returns, the GUND Holiday 2017 Teddy Bear Limited Edition Gift Cards are back. These are physical gift cards with a physical Teddy Bear. The minimum amount for this promotion is a $100 gift card. This is restricted to Prime members.

At Rite Aid B&M stores, until Saturday 12/9/17 night, you get 20% back in Plenti points when you buy either $25 iTunes or $25 Google Play gift cards. Of interest if you are buying camera and photo apps, photography and camera e-books, and subscriptions and such.

Meanwhile on eBAY, the following offers are running:

+ Pay $82, Get $100 Cabella’s plastic gift card with free shipping

+ Pay $90, Get $100 Groupon digital gift card

+ Pay $90, Get $100 Sony Playstation digital gift card

+ Pay $91, Get $100 Lowe’s plastic gift card with free shipping