Congratulations! For shopping at WalMart.com, you just received a 1 year Shoprunner membership, good for free 2-day shipping on purchases made at select online retailers, courtesy of The Gift Chain from American Express.
tyim
Blissful member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:00p
Chances must be very good then, because lots of people are 10 for 10.
passion124
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:01p
gw1400 said: comprx said: comprx said: Four orders around 10:00 PM yesterday and no emails so far. FWE broke the gift chain?Maybe a glitch last night? Most of the comments about no emails are related to orders last night. I just placed another WalMart order this morning and got the gift chain email almost instantly (Shoprunner). Hopefully they'll catch up on purchases from last night sometime.
Edit: An AE purchase this moring has not received the email. Time to play the wait game I guess.
Per the quick summary:
NOT EVERY ENTRY WILL WIN A PRIZE. IT IS 100% RANDOM. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH AMEX.
Wrong. Every entry will win a prize, unless they have run out.
moonbeam
Noo Yawk-We love tourists!
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:05p
passion124 said: gw1400 said: comprx said: comprx said: Four orders around 10:00 PM yesterday and no emails so far. FWE broke the gift chain?Maybe a glitch last night? Most of the comments about no emails are related to orders last night. I just placed another WalMart order this morning and got the gift chain email almost instantly (Shoprunner). Hopefully they'll catch up on purchases from last night sometime.
Edit: An AE purchase this moring has not received the email. Time to play the wait game I guess.
Per the quick summary:
NOT EVERY ENTRY WILL WIN A PRIZE. IT IS 100% RANDOM. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH AMEX.
Wrong. Every entry will win a prize, unless they have run out.
Confirming it with AMEX doesn't mean anything. IME their customer service reps received no training on this promotion and are unable to give assistance or accurate information on it. I was actually educating the reps I spoke with yesterday.
jatan1986
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:05p
Placed order #8 around 3:45am and still havent received the gift email
deathwish
Manly Meathooks
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:05p
gw1400 said: comprx said: comprx said: Four orders around 10:00 PM yesterday and no emails so far. FWE broke the gift chain?Maybe a glitch last night? Most of the comments about no emails are related to orders last night. I just placed another WalMart order this morning and got the gift chain email almost instantly (Shoprunner). Hopefully they'll catch up on purchases from last night sometime.
Edit: An AE purchase this moring has not received the email. Time to play the wait game I guess.
Per the quick summary:
NOT EVERY ENTRY WILL WIN A PRIZE. IT IS 100% RANDOM. THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED WITH AMEX.
The quick summary is incorrect. Per AMEX's rules, you get a prize until the prize pool for a given merchant is exhausted.
As I said/linked earlier: deathwish said:
Incorrect, read the contest rules, you will get a gift at random for every purchase until they run out of gifts for that merchant.
AMEX Gift Chain Gods said: Purchase Participation: During the Promotion Period, use your registered Card to make a purchase of $25.00 or more, including taxes, at one of the following online stores participating in this Promotion (each, a “Qualifying Merchant”): AE.com; BedBathandBeyond.com; BlueNile.com; Dell.com; GameStop.com; JCrew.com; Lenovo.com; NeimanMarcus.com; Nike.com; PotteryBarn.com; REI.com; RueLaLa.com; toysrus.com; us.Venteprivee.com; WalMart.com; YoYo.com; Zappos.com (each, a “Qualifying Purchase”), while supplies of Gifts in that Qualifying Merchant Gift Pool (as defined below) lasts. Within 24 hours following your Qualifying Purchase, you will be sent an email which will advise you of the Gift you are eligible to receive with instructions as to how to claim it.
numbmark
Thrifty Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:16p
Definitely strange how these things are coming in. I have orders almost 24hrs old with no email yet, while new orders seem to generate one within minutes.
The good news is it looks like the chances of getting Shoprunner are much lower than their FAQ would suggest.
All orders for $25 gift cards. I've decided to limit myself to 4 orders per day in order to appease the gods of free stuff (and, more importantly, my partner who thinks all stuff like this is a scam).
Day 1 (Tuesday) #1 WalMart: Shoprunner membership, received immediately #2 American Eagle: $25 statement credit on next AE purchase #3 Bed, Bath & Beyond: $10 AMEX Giftcard, received 15 minutes after the order confirmation #4 WalMart: $4.50 statement credit, received 10 minutes after the order confirmation
Day #2 (Wednesday) #5 American Eagle: $2 Dunkin Donuts for me + 3. Also fulfilled the ae purchase from day #1. Statement credit was instant. #6 WalMart: $2 Dunkin Donuts for me + 3, received in about an hour. #7 WalMart: $5.00 statement credit, received in about an hour. #8 WalMart: Pending
Oh, and I managed to trigger a fraud alert like many others.
targetshopper
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:27p
It appears to me that American Eagle must take longer than usual. It seems just about everyone that has ordered from there has not recieved a gift immediately. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I called AMEX since it has been over 24 hours and the rep informed me that it could take up to 5 days from this merchant.
sarfbub
Shopaholic Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:27p
Yes. Yesterday I received a $20 GameStop gift card when I ordered Nickelodeon Dance for Wii. I placed 7 orders and received gifts. I haven't received anything from my last three orders (placed this morning). My tally is: $20 GameStop GC $25 AMEX GC $15 Statement credit $10 WalMart GC $10 shareable AMEX GC Shoprunner membership $2 Dunkin Donuts shareable GC
2catz1 said: Has anyone received a gift through GameStop?
coolbelas
Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:30p
coolbelas said: mujahid said: Bought $25 WalMart gift card last night but did not get email from AMEX.Anyone with same problem. Same problem here. Bought $25 GC on WalMart.com and also reload $25 to another WalMart GC last night. But so far, nothing from AmericanExpress....
I am not very lucky so far:
1. $25 WalMart GC last night at 8PM ---- No email 2. $25 Reload GC last night after 8PM --- No email 3. $25 WalMart GC this morning at 10:00AM --- got Shoprunner within 1-2 minutes 4. $25 WalMart GC at 10:10 AM --- triggered AMEX fraud alert. Order could not complete 5. $25 WalMart GC at 10:50 AM after cleared fraud alert ---- No email 6. $25 WalMart GC at 4:05 PM ---- No email
$105 in statement credits, $60 in gift cards and the Shoprunner, which has already saved me $7 in shipping costs from my last AE order...this was fun!
hiroler
Addicted Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:36p
5 orders last night at 10PM and no emails. Now they're shipping me these gift cards : wth looks like everyone is getting gift cards for christmas, no gifts from American Express.
wonder if I can return the gift cards? probably not.
Bittermelon
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:44p
maybe the good prizes take longer to email out. at least that is the hope.
darcyt
New Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:45p
Has anyone gotten anything with Neiman Marcus? I am missing that one and one from REI.
avjwc
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:52p
Ordered from REI and Zappos last night. Got 10 out of 10. Not very good stuff though, the best was a $25 GC for Zappos and a $10 statement credit. The rest were $5 or less statement credits.
tn69
Ancient Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 1:54p
hiroler said: 5 orders last night at 10PM and no emails. Now they're shipping me these gift cards : wth looks like everyone is getting gift cards for christmas, no gifts from American Express.
wonder if I can return the gift cards? probably not.
None of my orders from last night (~8-12PM) generated emails either. New orders placed today receive emails within minutes. Seems like a glitch for some of us last night. Looks like I'm stuck with lots of extra gift cards.
targetshopper said: It appears to me that American Eagle must take longer than usual. It seems just about everyone that has ordered from there has not recieved a gift immediately. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I called AMEX since it has been over 24 hours and the rep informed me that it could take up to 5 days from this merchant.
I ordered an American Eagle gift card this afternoon and got my e-mail immediately.
bkemp99
Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:05p
Still waiting on my last two but something weird happened. I noticed in my inbox the two 'you,ve received a gift' emails from AMEX then when I went to click on it I got a load error and after refreshing they disappeared. I checked all folders, trash, spam, etc. and nothing. I received emails for all the others pretty much straight away this morning. Maybe AMEX are recalling emails right after sending them? Very strange but I thought I'd share.
kanderna
Broke Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:06p
I placed a yoyo order after 10pm, and WalMart and TRU orders around 1130, and all gifts came almost immediately. Placed another WalMart today around 1230, and haven't received anything yet.
kumardk
New Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:18p
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craig001
Thrifty Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:46p
I'm in. The small business Saturday was a good deal so hopefully this one will be as well. You do have to register early though. So no sour grapes if you wait until the last minute to try to register.
Cubswin
Addicted Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:49p
Has ANYONE received a "gift" after 12:00PM central time?
I was receiving them like clockwork and at around 12:00PM central time they just stopped.
Anyone know whether the Specified Qualifying Merchant Gift in "Free Participation" is a sure shot (without making a qualifying purchase), when we send the postal mail to them?
tyim
Blissful member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:53p
Got my last one at 11:29am.
2catz1
Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:56p
Waiting on 2 from today...GameStop from around 7:30 am e.s.t. and a WalMart from 2pm e.s.t.
Mikul
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 2:58p
Placed two orders at 12:50 PM PST today. Within five minutes of ordering, I received:
targetshopper said: It appears to me that American Eagle must take longer than usual. It seems just about everyone that has ordered from there has not recieved a gift immediately. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. I called AMEX since it has been over 24 hours and the rep informed me that it could take up to 5 days from this merchant.
I'm waiting too. I had two separate GC orders from AE.com last night. Both orders got confirmed right away and the first gift email came in almost instantly, but the second one is still up in the air after almost 15 h have passed.
REDEYE1978
Senior Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 3:25p
Are Citi American Express Card good for this deal? I am not getting any emails back from my purchases.
tyim
Blissful member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 3:28p
Just got a gift chain ($20 statement credit) from BlueNile. Guess things are still up and running, albeit slowly for some of the retailers.
Bittermelon
Cranky Member
posted: Nov. 29, 2011 @ 3:29p
the AMEXWalMart might be out of the other prizes other than Shoprunner. no emails for a few hours now.
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