BUY.COM coupons over phone?

[shawnat]

What's up with this call in for coupon verification? Anyone do this yet? What do they want from us?

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[Merc7]

I tried to get the $30 off $150 coupon for new customers, but the customer rep there told me it was for business use only or something like that. He then gave me the $10 off coupon. I'm going to try to call tommorrow and give them a business name, try to get the $30 off coupon.

 

[stso]

just call the number and tell them your order number, then tell them the coupon code ....

btw, wrong forum!

 

[l0g0ut]

buy.com have coupon code??

 

[akill29]

Hi

i just got a bought a vid card from Buy.com and used the $10 off $30 coupon (for new customer accounts only). The CSR didn't have a problem with letting me use the coupon.

by the way, a cheap vid card (32mb jaton TNT PCI). It's on back order but hey, i can wait. they price it at 69.95 and UPS ground shipping is $5.22. so the total is $75.17. but use the Buy.com coupon ($10 off $30) and the card is shipped to you for $65.17. here's the link for the coupon

http://fatwallet.com/store.cfm?store=6Text

 

[dcdomain]

Yes Buy.com has coupon codes, it used to be just a link, but after all the people took advantage of it, they now require you to call in... smart people, but some will still get through using a fake business address or what not. You have to call 1-888-880-1030 after you order to apply the coupon code. They'll probably ask where you got the code. Sometimes, saying that you got it from a friend works...

 

[coomarlin]

Here is what happened to me. I ordered $150 worth of merchandise and called buy.com to get #30 off the purchase. The CSR was very nice. She did ask me where I got the code and I just told her "I got it off of the internet" . She said ok and then took the coupon code and told me it would appear as a seperate credit to my citibank card. Yesterday I got this e-mail from them:
_________________________________________________
Thank you for shopping at buy.com.

We guarantee your satisfaction with our high quality products
and customer support. Since your experience with order #XXXXXXXXX
did not live up to our high standards, we have issued you a credit in
the amount of $30.00.

Please allow 3-5 days for your bank to apply this credit to
your account.

If you have any questions, please visit customer support at
https://www.us.buy.com/corp/support.

Thank you again for shopping with us. We look forward to serving
you in the future.

Sincerely,

buy.com
____________________________________________

Not sure what the "Since your experience with order #XXXXXXXXX
did not live up to our high standards" meant because she was very nice and not a harsh word was spoken. I guess maybe they just use some kind of coding to justify the $30 off coupon. Oh well, I got my $30 back.

 

[Caveman2001]

Guys, I used the $30 of $150 when it came out because I put it in my shopping cart right away. I don't know why people don't do this more often, but if you add the coupon to your cart, it will stay there until you purchase something.

 

[labmice]

caveman2001: true, but after this one order, you'll have to call in like the rest of us...

personally i think it's stupid, i don't think you can use private payment anymore... once they charge the amount on to your credit card, they won't be able to make another transaction with the same cc#, therefore meaning they won't be able to credit you with the 30 bucks....

oh well that's my 3 cents...