Deals: Get a $15 Target Gift Card When You Purchase a $100 iTunes Gift Card

[MacRumors]

Target this week is offering its shoppers a chance to get a $15 Target gift card when they buy a $100 App Store and iTunes e-gift card. This sale will last through Saturday, May 9, and only one gift card can be purchased per guest.

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While this isn't a straight cash discount on the iTunes gift card, it should be worth it for any Target shoppers who have been running low on iTunes credit, given that it's been a while since we've seen the typical 15 percent sale on these gift cards.

For those interested, head to Target and add the $100 App Store and iTunes gift card to your cart. Once at the checkout screen, Target will automatically apply the $15 gift card promotion to your transaction.

Once you've placed the order, you'll receive a few emails (within four hours): one detailing the code for your iTunes gift card and one for your promotional $15 Target gift card information. As with most Target orders, if you have a RedCard you can also save an additional 5 percent on the iTunes gift card.

Keep up with all of this week's best discounts on Apple products and related accessories in our dedicated Apple Deals roundup.

Article Link: Deals: Get a $15 Target Gift Card When You Purchase a $100 iTunes Gift Card

 

[HouseofG]

Thanks for the heads up! Great timing because it has indeed been awhile since the last $85 eBay deal. I was getting dangerously close to paying the App Store 100 cents on the dollar, which is sheer madness!

 

[Herrpod]

Bought 2. It'll cover a year of HBO Max. And with the Red Card is dropped the price another 5 percent. So basically the equivalent of a 20 percent off sale, which is rare nowadays.

 

[Solomani]

Bought 2. It'll cover a year of HBO Max. And with the Red Card is dropped the price another 5 percent. So basically the equivalent of a 20 percent off sale, which is rare nowadays.

I think that 15% is about the highest "discount offer" for iTunes cards these days, especially the promo that eBay/PayPal does a couple times a year.

20% discount.... I think I saw that once.... maybe 4 or 5 years ago?

 

[dr_lha]

Oddly enough, redcard only gets you an additional $4.25 off the card, not $5. Not sure why, it says "5% discount". Still an excellent deal, I always top up my iTunes account when these come around, as it gets me stuff like Disney+, Apple Music and arcade for a discount.

Wait I figured it out. You're getting 5% off $85, presumably because of the $15 gift card you get.

 

[WiseAJ]

Oddly enough, redcard only gets you an additional $4.25 off the card, not $5. Not sure why, it says "5% discount". Still an excellent deal, I always top up my iTunes account when these come around, as it gets me stuff like Disney+, Apple Music and arcade for a discount.

Wait I figured it out. You're getting 5% off $85, presumably because of the $15 gift card you get.

Yeah the way target charges things with target gift card promos is you pay for each separately and the target gift card doesn’t get red card discount (for some reason) So you’re paying $15 for the target gift card and $85 (or $80.75 with red card) for the $100 iTunes card.

 

[99chickens]

I think that 15% is about the highest "discount offer" for iTunes cards these days, especially the promo that eBay/PayPal does a couple times a year.

20% discount.... I think I saw that once.... maybe 4 or 5 years ago?

You're not looking hard enough. Pay Pal offers a 20% discount on ebay 2-3 times a year, and there are other sellers offering 20% off around the holidays.

 

[Lancetx]

If you have the RedCard, this works out to about a 16.75% discount considering you're paying $95.75 for a $115 value.

 

[HouseofG]

Interesting way of looking at it. Really you end up with $100 in value for $80.75 (with the RedCard) out of pocket, since they apply the $15 Target credit before charging you, so 19.25%.

Edit: Actually that makes no sense because that means they didn't apply the $15 Target credit (I assumed they would per the article, without even thinking about it) as I just realized when I got an email from Target with the $15 Target certificate after posting this. Plus it would come to $65.75 with their $15 credit on top of the $15 sale and the Red Card 5% (or so, for some reason). This is why I stay away from math!

 

[coccodrillo]

Can I benefit from this Promo outside of the US?

 

[ignatius345]

I think that 15% is about the highest "discount offer" for iTunes cards these days, especially the promo that eBay/PayPal does a couple times a year.

20% discount.... I think I saw that once.... maybe 4 or 5 years ago?

Apple themselves ran a pretty good promo recently which was (if I remember correctly) 15% off however much you topped off your iTunes balance -- and if you used Apple Card to pay for it, you got to stack 3% off on top of that.

 

[HouseofG]

Apple themselves ran a pretty good promo recently which was (if I remember correctly) 15% off however much you topped off your iTunes balance -- and if you used Apple Card to pay for it, you got to stack 3% off on top of that.

Apple's promo was 10%. Otherwise I would have jumped on it instead of waiting for eBay to do 15% again.

 

[ignatius345]

Apple's promo was 10%. Otherwise I would have jumped on it instead of waiting for eBay to do 15% again.

Ah thanks, I must have misremembered that -- though if you have an Apple Card that 10% became 13%.

 

[aressaress]

While the article states, "Only one gift card can be purchased per guest," I had no problem ordering $100 cards twice.

Concerning the discount when purchasing with a Target RedCard, while the App Store/iTunes card discount appears to be a total of 19.25%, it's effectively 18.5% since a RedCard user loses the 5% discount they could have received when they use a $15 gift card instead.

Either way, it's still a great deal, and is very close to the 20% discount that I've seen from time to time during the Christmas season.

 

[HouseofG]

While the article states, "Only one gift card can be purchased per guest," I had no problem ordering $100 cards twice.

Concerning the discount when purchasing with a Target RedCard, while the App Store/iTunes card discount appears to be a total of 19.25%, it's effectively 18.5% since a RedCard user loses the 5% discount they could have received when they use a $15 gift card instead.

Either way, it's still a great deal, and is very close to the 20% discount that I've seen from time to time during the Christmas season.

It's really strange because it looks like the $15 Target credit wasn't applied for me. I think your math applies the same though. No Red Card discount on that $15 portion.

 

[dcny]

Target Limits to 3 gift cards total I guess. I have received cancellation after receiving 3 Gift Cards.