eyephone said:
Update: I bought it yesterday. I tried to apply the GC to the purchase, but the activation date of the GC is the next day.
One lesson that stuck with me from B-School:
Some of the worst coupons (for consumers) are the ones that offer a promise of a future discount if a purchase is made today.
Not only is the store getting the item sold today (at full value), but it's also booking a potential future sale if/when you come back, when you will likely spend more on other items again. Deals like the buy-one-get-one-half-off (bogoho) or promos like "Kohl's Cash" were the examples given as the biggest consumer traps.
-IR2