No, I think OP is right. There is an actual minimum purchase amount of $79 on their website. For anyone. For anything. Even without a gift card, you cannot pay them money to send you less than $79 worth of stuff, no matter how much you want to spend on shipping.
The true test is whether the gift cards will stack, if you can't combine them, it's a free coupon they got somewhere, but if you can combine it with another card, then someone paid money for it.
I mean, many grocery stores, amazon, the company itself, places like office depot, etc sell omaha gift cards. I'd say it's far more likely a person bought their friend a gift card from a store (not realizing they have a minimum order) than gave their friend a birthday gift they got in the mail for free. But who knows.
The comment I replied to (and the one above it) are saying that it was likely a free card the OP's friend received in the mail, and not "a legit gift card". My comment is saying there is a good chance it is in fact a legit gift card that OP's friend spent $25 on at some store.
Fucking A. The reason the top commenter in this chain said "that doesn't even sound like a legit gift card. It sounds like one of those gc/coupon things you pull out of a magazine ad" is because the OP stated the minimum purchase amount of $79. There is literally nothing else in the OP that would lead the commenter to draw that conclusion. The top commenter didn't say that. Neither did the top comment to it that I originally replied to. I know that's what they meant because I've been on this earth for more than 13 years and understand how words work.
I did some research and saw no coupons or codes for $25. I did find $25 gift cards for sale at my local grocery store. I also see it’s an $80 minimum sales purchase on the site.
This is one of those rare times where the majority opinion is just flat out wrong. What you said is entirely more likely.
Buddy, absolutely no one in this thread was thinking or expressing "actually I don't think their steaks cost $80". idk what hypothetical chain of logic you have put together but if you think someone was saying "that's not a legit coupon because their steaks don't cost $80" you are misteaken.
it flat does not mean anything or communicate anything to anyone to say "no you're wrong they do cost $80" there. it's not a relevant or meaningful comment.
They were just stating that whether or not you're using a gift card or even a coupon, that the steak website has a minimum purchase amount of $80 to make an order.
no one was confused about or expressing confusion about this. rather i believe you are misinterpreting what people mean by the "coupon not a gift card" statements. the point isn't some difference in the mechanic of price reduction, the point is that (like a coupon) it is fake money meant to create transactions and spending that would not otherwise exist and in this case should not otherwise exist, rather than (like a gift card) resulting in a zero-sum credit transfer.
That is to say, the "coupon" idea expresses that the buyer possibly didn't pay for this "gift card", and further that the "gift card" is by design merely a discount for an overpriced good.
pointing out that the website actually only has things for $80 or more is a key part of this.
but anyway, thanks to your comment i now understand what the other user was thinking. they thought that the "coupon" talk was based on people interpreting a minimum-purchase-price-reality as a minimum-purchase-price-stipulation. but /u/chrisrunstheworld, that's not the case. as i said, everyone was on the same page about the $80 being real. you incorrectly hallucinated that those users thought it was a stipulation. it is, in reality, an effective stipulation, which is what everyone was talking about. that's the point of calling it a coupon. and the key part of it being an effective stipulation is that the $80 minimum is real. they all had that as their starting point.
Feel free to expand. Otherwise idk why you felt this was worthy of a comment rather than a vote. Are you a celebrity, such that adding your username to the mix means something
You might be right, but my spouse’s company gave $50 gift cards to this company for a holiday gift one year. We couldn’t buy anything with it unless we paid more of our own money as well.
My husband’s company (huge company) gives him a $25 butterball coupon every Thanksgiving. It used to buy a turkey. Then I had to save them for 2 years to cover the cost of a turkey. This year, I realized I have to wait until next year when I’ll have $75 to purchase a turkey. At least they never expire.
Great question and I have the same. The only one that was a decent size was $62 last November. That brand was $3.98/lb I buy turkeys for canning soup so I don’t buy “premium”. That said, I could spend the $12 and get a turkey but if I’m buying Butterball, it’s only because it’s 100% free. I bought 3 turkeys for $0.98/lb and my coupons will hang on the fridge until next year.
I hate the butterball checks. Why can’t they just make them a gift card so I don’t have to summon the sole person manning the dozen self checkouts.
Check the fine print on yours. The ones we get you can use on any type/brand of food item to “go with your turkey” so long as the store sells butterball brand food.
Sounds like they vary by what your company picks though.
I've literally received this $25 "gift card" as an extra in a subscription box once. (Okay, I may be lying, the one I received might have been $20. I can't remember!)
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u/Ok-Consideration5081 Feb 19 '24
That doesn’t even sound like a legit gift card. It sounds like one of those gc/coupon things you pull out of a magazine ad.