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I purchased a laptop for my grandson. There was an offer for a "Free $150.00"apple gift card.
I used the Apple Credit Goldman Sachs credit card. When the bill was due I saw that there were charges for 12 dollars an 50 cents. when I questioned apple I got "the gift card is not free." you have to make payments to pay for the card.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.6
No. No scam.
Apple reduces the price of the computer by the amount of the gift card on your bill, and then charges you for the gift card. You end up paying the same amount as the total price of the computer.
This is done so people don't try to get a free gift card by purchasing an item and then returning it for a full refund since Apple has no way of forcing the return of the gift card. What they do, is they refund the reduced price of the Mac, but not the price of the gift card, since there's no way to compel users to return the gift card.
No. No scam.
Apple reduces the price of the computer by the amount of the gift card on your bill, and then charges you for the gift card. You end up paying the same amount as the total price of the computer.
This is done so people don't try to get a free gift card by purchasing an item and then returning it for a full refund since Apple has no way of forcing the return of the gift card. What they do, is they refund the reduced price of the Mac, but not the price of the gift card, since there's no way to compel users to return the gift card.
No, you were not scammed, it just wasn’t explained well at the POS.
Item is discounted for students. During Back to School Sale additional discount is applied for qualifying students.
At POS, cost of gift card is deducted from price of computer. This makes a total of 3 price deductions on the computer.
You are charged for gift card, as Phil explained, to facilitate a return, if necessary. The value of the gift card is available.
Yes, you were charged for the gift card, but you also received the price of the gift card as a price reduction and the value of the gift card remains.
This is way too deceptive. You get nothing free and you pay the original price for the item?
Did I get scammed?
