Acme deal-maybe not as good as we thought

I mentioned the Acme deal last night, now I’ve had time to look it over. I posted last night–it’s buy $30 worth of P&G, get $10 back to spend in the “gift card mall.” Sounds great, because I’m sure there are transactions that we could all make up that would get us to the $30 threshhold on shelf prices, then down to near or below $10 after sale prices and coupons.

Here’s the catch–

It appears, for now anyway, that all gift cards in the “gift card mall” start at $25 and go up from there. There are no generic gift cards out there, for say either Acme or a gas station, that are located in the “gift card mall.”

So, what this means–
Either we’re going to have to hope that cashiers don’t notice and just let us pass through.
Or we can convince cashiers and/or mgmt that the Acme cards should be included.
Or, they allow us to stack the $10, therefore we can do multiple transactions of P&G stuff, then they allow us to get a $50 gift card.

If you are a frequent customer of the stores/restaurants that are included in the “gift card mall,” then this still could be a good deal for you.

Stay tuned and I’ll post as soon as I know.