I recently got given two $20 Apple gift cards from secret Santa.
I don't own Apple products, nor do anyone in my family or close friends group. I would like to at least use them to some capacity. I use Spotify and have my own local storage solution so I don't need iCloud or iTunes or Apple TV as I run a Plex server.
If someone could provide me with any advice on what to do with these cards I'd appreciate it.
Thx :) Merry Christmas.
secret santa
no apple products
Damn your ss did a terrible job unless it was just a regift with zero forks given
They put a receipt in the box, I genuinely don't understand why? I guess they don't know you can refund or exchange gift cards?
So you know they're activated rather than just 'taking' an Apple gift card from a rack at the supermarket and giving it to you
Ahhh, that makes sense thanks! Never thought of that but it makes sense now haha. Worst thing would be for them to get me an unactivated one for sure. Looks like I didn't get the shortest end of the stick
They have some non apple accessories (eg PS5 controllers), but they are all rather exy as you would expect.
That's a great idea but yeah unfortunately looks like most things are inflated prices haha
Load Hulu plugin into Plex, sign up via iTunes - funded by Apple gift cards ;)
Free Hulu for a few months :P
Never thought of this actually wow, could you sign up to any service say Binge?
Can pay for a few services via Apple Gift Cards, not sure of the specific ones :/
What's the value of the cards? If high just sell or buy an Apple product and e-bay it. If low use them for secret santa next year or gift them to someone.
They're $20, I would regift next year I guess but I thought there was some service or something useful in the short term. Thx anyway
Apple gift cards are as good as cash to millions of people.
Even better than cash to the ATO!
Do you mean to sell the cards? They're unfortunately both low in value at just $20
Heavy is your burden. You were wise to assemble the OZB brain trust over $40 of Apple gift cards.
haha, I might've been a bit dramatic with the wording it's not really a burden. Just wanted to put it to use and maybe get some use out of it for the family or friends. Just thought I'd ask if people had ideas is all :)
@Shashii: If I saw someone offering $40 of gift cards in the appropriate sub forum I’d gladly offer them $30 for it. I wouldn’t ask them here though, I’m not being in the penalty box on xmas and new years…
Loiter at an Apple store and offer them to someone who is paying for something in exchange for cash? 🤷🏻♂️
Just buy a usb-c cable or something that will work with your non-apple devices eg https://www.apple.com/au/shop/product/HPS92ZM/A/mophie-usb-c…
This was my thought too… See what accessories they have and go from there… Plenty of things that work across Mac and PC
This looks perfect to get! I'm not too sure about how many watts it's capable of doing but I'll have a look. Thanks!
What a terrible gift for a non Apple person, truly lazy
I'd say sell them for a discount in the Classifieds, but you're not eligible to post there.
Are there games you buy in-app purchases for? E.g. I play Pokémon Go, have it on both my Pixel and my iPad, and use both Google Play and Apple Store credit to buy coins
Edit: Scratch the second paragraph. Useless if you don't have an Apple product