(EXPIRED) (Getting Fixed) Lowe’s: Buy $100 Choice Gift Cards & Get $15 Lowe’s Gift Cards Free

Update 12/23/22: It seems like Blackhawk Network has finally gotten things sorted out with their error. On the last day that people could claim the Lowe’s gift cards, they started giving $15 cards rather than $5 cards.

For people who’d claimed their cards before that and only gotten $5 cards, they’re sending them $10 cards seemingly automatically. Note that the $10 cards are coming from CashStar rather than Blackhawk Network (although CashStar is owned by Blackhawk Network), so it’s not a scam if you see that appearing in your inbox. Thanks to everyone who’s provided updates about this.

Update 12/10/22: Apparently Blackhawk Network (which is the company running this promotion rather than Lowe’s themselves) is only sending out $5 Lowe’s eGift cards rather than $15 cards.

This has happened once or twice with past deals and they did eventually make it right, but it’s a huge pain. Just in case they try to get out of sending you the correct value, I’ve attached a couple of screenshots below for reference. One shows that the offer is clearly supposed to give a $15 Lowe’s eGift card when buying a $100 Choice gift card – note that it says ‘a $100 Choice gift card’ and doesn’t have any mention of it only being valid on select Choice brands.

I’ve also attached a screenshot of the terms and conditions from the claim page itself. Again, this doesn’t make any mention of there being any restrictions as to which Choice brands you buy.

Last year when there was a somewhat similar issue with a Visa gift card deal I had to submit a BBB complaint which eventually made its way through to someone at Blackhawk Network who finally fixed the situation. I’d therefore recommend submitting a BBB complaint if you bought gift cards from this Choice gift card deal at Lowe’s because getting enough complaints via that method should get the attention of Blackhawk Network which will a) hopefully mean they send you the correct amount of Lowe’s eGift cards and b) might mean they’re more careful about setting up promos like this correctly in the future. We’ll see though.

If you don’t get anywhere with the BBB, try dropping an email to Heidi dot Lyttle at bhnetwork dot com as that’s who fixed things for me last time, but I’d use that as a last resort because I feel like getting numerous BBB complaints will be more likely to have a more positive, longer lasting impact.

The Deal

• Buy $100 Choice gift cards at Lowe’s & get $15 Lowe’s eGift cards free.
• Direct link to claim $15 Lowe’s eGift cards.

Key Terms

• Expires December 14, 2022.
• $15 Lowe’s eGift cards must be claimed by December 21, 2022.
• Limit 2 per email address.

Tips & Ideas

This is a decent offer. Although you’re not getting 20% back like you do with the $50/$10 deals, at least this offer generates more spend in one go if you’re planning on using the offer to help meet minimum spend requirements.

Note that I’m not 100% sure if every single Choice brand is eligible for this offer. If you see any signage for this deal in-store, it should have a list of valid SKUs on there which should help you identify which Choice brands can be bought in case there are any restrictions.

If all Choice gift cards are eligible, the Cheers To You! brand would be the best option for reselling seeing as those can be redeemed for Home Depot gift cards. However, I’m not sure if Lowe’s stocks that brand seeing as Home Depot is a competitor. Otherwise, Pack & Go could be good for Chevron/Texaco, Southwest and Airbnb.