I have done this two years in the past (when the promotion was at the Mills malls) and it was very easy to do. You simply took the receipts to the customer service center and they would validate them and add the totals up. The did not keep the receipts but they would stamp them to indicate that they had been used. In the past you would also get a $20 gift card for every $200 spent. I bought a laptop at a Circuit City in the mall for $1000 (before multiple rebates) and got five $20 gift cards. Unfortunately there are no malls near me participating this year.

when will cook county learn? I know of dozens of ppl who used to take an annual trip to the Magnificent Mile to shop. With 10% sales tax, we all quit going. Can't wait for 45% federal income tax, I guess i will have less incentive to work as will dozens of millions of other ppl. GoCubs said:In Cook County (Chicago), our sales tax is crazy 10%. So it's like buying stuff tax free. I may as well do that online and save the hassle of crowd and gas and traffic....

imsparty said:when will cook county learn? I know of dozens of ppl who used to take an annual trip to the Magnificent Mile to shop. With 10% sales tax, we all quit going. Can't wait for 45% federal income tax, I guess i will have less incentive to work as will dozens of millions of other ppl. GoCubs said:In Cook County (Chicago), our sales tax is crazy 10%. So it's like buying stuff tax free. I may as well do that online and save the hassle of crowd and gas and traffic....I will keep my freedom and money, the chicago polititian can keep the change.

Double check the site just in case (the mall I went to was not on original list, but is now listed)

The Mall in Columbia
Columbia, MD

Lakeforest Mall
Gaithersburg, MD

Arundel Mills
Hanover, MD

Towson Town Center
Towson, MD

White Marsh Mall
Baltimore, MD

Marley Station Mall
Glen Burnie, MD

GoCalBears said:BryansAccount said:I dont know if I want to do it again this year, it was a big time commitment and quite a pain in the ass to return everything. It is surprisingly hard to find portable, easily returnable items at some malls.
I'm not sure what the return policy at Apple Store, but most of their products are high ticketed.

http://store.Apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespolicies.html#topic-19

It looks like Apple makes you ship the item to return it. Can anyone confirm that you can not bring an unopened ipod back to any Apple Store for full refund?

Once again, hail Maryland.

therivler1 said:OK, n00b questions.

Is it a limit of 5 GCs per account per mall, or 5 GCs per account total?

Let's say I have two cards. Can I do both of them at the same time, i.e. buy two items for $1000 a pop each, go to CS with both cards, and walk out with $200?

"On paper" it is 5 cards per account (total). Reality has actually been very different. If you have 2 cards with different numbers, perhaps one is a biz card, then yes you can do it 2x at the same mall. Let's say you have a partner under your account, two different cards but same numbers. Just make sure that you are not standing back to back at the cs line when you get your cards and then you can each take advantage of the deal. Make sense?

Last year I actually did it 3 times on the same card (different days). They did write it down put don't ever cross reference on future purchases.

I just got back and they swiped my cards (Lakeforest Mall, MD).

critten said:wow none in houston texas lame...

Read the thread...more malls to come. See:

Willowbrook Mall
Houston, TX

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