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Originally Posted by u-Bob
A $100 gift card is not a direct discount (even if you can turn it into a direct discount using woj's scenario).
If you pay $200 for 1 item, you pay $200.
If you pay $200 for 2 items, you pay $200.
It doesn't mater if those 2 items were an xbox and a giftcard or an xbox and a playstation or a spoon and a knife or shirt and a sweater....
You paid x amount of money and received 2 items.
Let's say someone steals or destroys your xbox (price: $200). That person, if caught, should replace your xbox or pay you the value of the xbox (market price). If he repays you, that money must be sufficient to buy that exact same product.
Now let's say, he only repays you $100... Will you be able to enter a store and buy an xbox (priced $200) with just that $100? No, you won't.
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You pay $200 for an xbox and receive a $100 gift card which only has value when redeemed. You go home and throw the gift card in the trash and then play your xbox.
How much did you pay for the xbox. ANSWER: $200
Instead of throwing away the gift card you choose to use it and get an additional item worth $100.
You now have TWO items. One cost you $200 out of pocket and the other you got with the gift card which prevented you from spending another hundred dollars. Your savings was that $100 on the second item.
I do not see how you can get something for free with a gift card and also deduct that savings off your original purchase. That logic means you saved $200 by getting a $100 gift card. That does not compute in my head
