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Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked for FREE with purchase of $15 prepaid phone this week.
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a secret-boss
Banned
so its stackable?
Yes you can.
a secret-boss
Banned
sweet getting the kit later today
Create an account online, give them your phone #. Will not work without account.
Just sign up while you are there. Shouldn't take long at all.
hoverboarder
Member
Just did it today in south Florida and it worked like a charm. Had a $5 rewards certificate so it rang up freee!
It might take a little while to update, but they also mentioned linking your rewards account to your bestbuy.com account. I had to do that to see the GCU show up in my account details since I set up both accounts separately ages ago.
blackaroni
Member
If you get 2 phones, make sure you get 2 of the GCU cards too. You can do both in one transaction.
correct
Edit: The only way you don't get the 20% is if you do a price match with Amazon or anywhere else
Cool think I am going to give this a try after work at my local best buy.
Beren the Empty-Handed
Member
Good lord this works! I just got two. I was going to clean them out, but decided to leave a couple for others. Donated to St. Jude's, and now I'm good till 2020! Ahahahahhaha!
Peotical Injection
Member
Worked like a charm with the activation kit. Thanks gaf.
bigDdestruction
Member
Just went to my local bestbuy to purchase 3 of the net 10 wireless activation kits and the girl behind the register wouldn't let me do it. She told me the promo is 1 per rewards card, So ok i was gonna settle for just the one. Then she rung up the activation kit for 6.99 and i was being charged 99 dollars for the gamers club membership. She told me the promo only works for phones and not sim cards.So, I price matched some crappy t-mobile phone for 9.99 and walked out. I'm kinda upset i couldn't stack just 1 more. This is the bestbuy in baldwin, NY. Might try another bestbuy tommorow and see if I can stack another 2 years.
SwiftDeath
Member
Just got 2 of the Activiaton kits myself and because of the Best Buy Mystery Holiday rewards give away to all My Bestbuy rewards members I had $5 of rewards certificates to burn before the 11th.
Total for both came just shy of $10 after using the rewards certificate and with having done 2 previous deals like this in the last couple of days, I'm set for a while
Total for both came just shy of $10 after using the rewards certificate and with having done 2 previous deals like this in the last couple of days, I'm set for a while
SwiftDeath
Member
When I just did it like 15 minutes ago, the cashier told me it had to be done in two separate transactions which to be honest I'm not really sure is true but it worked out fine in any case so I didn't really complain.
As per your question, yes I'm 98% positive the barcode on the GCU card will have to be scanned twice to indicate two purchases of 2 years of GCU. I grabbed two of the cards myself but it doesn't really matter as the barcodes on them are all the same
2022 lol.Just got 2 of the Activiaton kits myself and because of the Best Buy Mystery Holiday rewards give away to all My Bestbuy rewards members I had $5 of rewards certificates to burn before the 11th.
Total for both came just shy of $10 after using the rewards certificate and with having done 2 previous deals like this in the last couple of days, I'm set for a while
So sad if Best Buy isn't around by then.
If only more people knew they wouldn't go to Gamestop ever again.
Best Buy will never go away, that was RadioShacks and Circuit City's fate
Best Buy will never go away, that was RadioShacks and Circuit City's fate
Not to mention the 100 other reasons why you probably shouldn't be supporting GameStop anyway.....
Awesome, thanks for the info! Now to hope it all goes smooth at my Best Buy haha.
PAULINK
I microwave steaks.
I'll still go to gamestop like a sucker because i love midnight releases.
Everyone's got pictures like these, but when I go to my account I don't see an expiration date above the "club benefits." Maybe I'm still in processing?
SwiftDeath
Member
lol yeah a bit overkill but I seriously doubt GCU will ever be had for this cheap again
I mean I spent ~$30 [not including a $5 donation to St. Judes] for 8 years of GCU which would normally cost $400. If I buy 3 $60 games from Best Buy in the next 8 years, I'll have made all my money back and then some. Plus Best Buy's "Get $10 in Reward certificates for pre-ordering and buying certain games" is pretty sweet combined with GCU
I'm pretty ecstatic about the whole thing
Hmm that's odd, I guess it's still likely to be processing? Maybe contact Best Buy support and see what they say? I've seen one that went as far as 2034 so I don't think there's some arbitrary cutoff within the system itself
bigDdestruction
Member
No. Also my local bestbuy had them locked up behind some counter. So if you don't see it on the shelf, ask if they have it locked up somewhere.
SwiftDeath
Member
Yep it automatically stacks on top of whatever time left you already have. Basically just extends your current membership period
maximum360
Member
$6.99 Sim card thing worked. May pop in an extend for another 2 years this weekend.
Joei
Member
I went to Best Buy today and returned the 15$ ATT phone I got and decided to try and get one of the activation cards. Well, they didn't have the one someone linked for 7$, but the associate said, "I can price match one of the others for 7$." Plus, I had a 5$ reward certificate that expires next Tuesday from the holiday special. So, two more years cost me $1.99 + tax, lol. I've spent a total of 12$ for 6 years of GCU. I was considering getting another card or the last LG phone they had, but I'm content with GCU till 2020.
Keep in mind that this special is for this week. So it should end Saturday, unless they offer it again on next weeks ad or in a future ad.
Note for people that may return phones. I returned one of the them, as I said above, but it doesn't seem that the first two years of GCU came off my account. I know a lot of times with specials, you lose one if you return an item that gave you that special, and I did mention at the Customer Service desk that I didn't want to be charged 100$ for GCU since I was returning the phone, they stated I wouldn't, but it doesn't seem that those 2 years came off my account, so for the time being I have GCU until 2022
Keep in mind that this special is for this week. So it should end Saturday, unless they offer it again on next weeks ad or in a future ad.
Note for people that may return phones. I returned one of the them, as I said above, but it doesn't seem that the first two years of GCU came off my account. I know a lot of times with specials, you lose one if you return an item that gave you that special, and I did mention at the Customer Service desk that I didn't want to be charged 100$ for GCU since I was returning the phone, they stated I wouldn't, but it doesn't seem that those 2 years came off my account, so for the time being I have GCU until 2022
Mine doesn't either. It did give me the expiration date in the welcome email though.
SwiftDeath
Member
How did that return go exactly? GCU is non-refundable and non-returnable. All the receipts I have and the small print on the ad states that breaking the bundle up by returning the phone results in the full price of the GCU being charged to your account or at least that's how I read the small print
Joei
Member
It went pretty easily, as easy as any return would go I guess, and I mentioned that I wanted to return the special, as I stated in my edited post, and the guy said he returned it, but again, it's not showing that those 2 years are removed from my profile.
SwiftDeath
Member
Cool, hopefully you are just lucky then and don't get charged for it. I also got the $15 AT&T phone but I think I'll just play it safe and keep it
shadyspace
Banned
I had a expiration date next to mine the other day and when I checked it today it's not there anymore.
Could be that it just takes a while to update. I think the points thing said it only updates every 15 days so this could be the same?
itzknickknac
Member
I don't know if it's already been answered but does it work on line?
Sorry I am on my phone and driving so I cannot search the thread.
Sorry I am on my phone and driving so I cannot search the thread.