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Originally Posted by justinsain
Let's say you have $300 cash in your pocket and you go to walmart and buy an xbox for $200 and receive a $100 walmart gift card that can only be used on a future purchase ay walmart.
As you walk out of walmart you have $100 cash left in your pocket.
The next day you go back to walmart to buy $100 of groceries.
Instead of pulling your last $100 of cash out of your pocket you use your $100 gift card to purchase your groceries.
You started with $300 and now have $100 in your pocket. $200 went to purchase the 360 and you got $100 of groceries for free with the gift card. Getting the groceries for free DID NOT put $100 back in your pocket. You still have spent $200 on the xbox.
People think a gift card works like a rebate and I say they don't. A rebate puts money back in your pocket and a gift card prevents you from pulling more out.  |
You want 2 things:
1. an xbox
2. some groceries (for $100)
You start with $300, buy xbox for $100, then buy $100 groceries at your favorite store for $100, you are left with $100...
Or buy xbox for $200 + $100 gift card, then buy $100 groceries at walmart, you are left with $100...
either way you end up with $100 in your pocket (minus some inconvenience cost of going to walmart for groceries)
so
$200 xbox + $100 gift card = $100 xbox