- Oct 6, 2020
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To be clear, that's 15% off $200+, 24% off with the 2 buy-in products. 24% is probably about as good a deal as we'll ever see on Gift Cards these days, but...10% Off money ... well, gift cards actually, 15% with 2 buy-in products ...
If you buy two products you have no use for, you buy the cheapest possible, maybe something like $6.27 + $8.37 or about $15. A $200 card with a 15% discount is $170; with a 24% discount is $152, or $167 after adding the two useless items back on. So at $200 it's a tiny bit of extra savings ($170 vs $167), although you do get two extra worthless items, so it can't hurt (if you make sure the items are that cheap!). It's a much better deal at $500.
If you buy two products you actually want, but would normally have waited until they were cheaper, then it's more complicated. Let's say you would have waited for the items to be 20% cheaper to buy them. Say the items are currently $15, and you get two of them. So you spend $152, plus $30 on the two items. If you don't buy the two items, you would have bought them when they were 20% cheaper, or $24. Furthermore, you would have bought them in a separate purchase with a gift card discount[*], so, say, 25% cheaper, or $18. So it's $152 + $30 = $182 to buy them now, or $170 + $18 = $188 to buy them later. So in practice that's only an extra 3% discount for a $200 card (still worth it), but a lot more at $500.
But if you were going to wait until they were 70% off, it's different. 70% off of $30 is $9, plus after gift card discount is $6.75. So then it's $152 + 30 = $182 vs. $170 + $6.75 = $177, and now for a $200 gift card it's actually more expensive to get the higher gift card discount because you're paying "full price" for the extra items. But at $500: $380 + $30 = $415, vs. $425 + $6.75 = $432, so it's still cheaper to get the higher discount.
But either way, it does mean your effective rate is significantly lower than 24%, although it's closer with a $500 card.
[*] You can't use store credit to buy gift cards, so you can't apply the gift card discount to purchases that include gift cards, including any products you buy to increase the gift card discount.
Personally, I think I'm pretty much done with Daz. My collection is huge, and the days of cheap stuff seems to be pretty over. When my store credit runs out, I'll probably let my daz+ expire. I'll pick up stuff now and then, but it's just not worth the time and effort to bargain shop anymore.
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