OTSX cash out

meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

FYI -
Looks like OTSX has some GC rewards that are described as, "This opportunity is temporarily unavailable". I know this is true for up to the $10 level. It appears to include the following GCs:

Out of Stock $5 Level GC's: Target, Petco, and Amazon.

Out of Stock $10 Level GC's: Amazon, JCPenny, iTunes, Barnes and Nobles, and ThinkGeek.

When I sent them an email of when would they be restocking, they replied with an apology and stated they did not know when. Mad

It should be of interest how long it will take them.
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FreePaidSurveys · Site Admin Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 398

Hmmmm..... I'm wondering how one can be "Out of stock" of Amazon gift certificates. I'm 100% positive I could go and buy one right now. It's Amazon.com, not Jimbobs.com, come on now, pretty lame excuse. I've been out of town for a week, and am, fairly close to a $10 cashout, so once I get to the $10 level, I'll cash out just to see what happens. Stay tuned... I'll let you know.
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meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

I agree completely that it's a pretty lame excuse - I initially thought, "Oh, maybe they want to get rid of their less desiriable GCs so they can empty out shelf space before restocking.."...wait that doesn't make any sense! Confused

It's not like there's physical inventory that is involved here.
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meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

The $10 "Out of Stock" list expanded a bit today:

Reprise of previously out of stock GCs (which are still out of stock Smile

):

Out of Stock $5 Level GC's: Target, Petco, and Amazon.
Out of Stock $10 Level GC's: Amazon, JCPenny, iTunes, Barnes and Nobles, and ThinkGeek.

Also now out at the $10 level:

Walmart and Godiva.
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meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

Okay, today it looks like there was a "virtual" restock on Amazon.com GCs - they must have gotten some more storage space for those enormous electronic vouchers! Wink

There were both $5 and $10 GCs available.

In my excitement to get the $10 GC I failed to check what other GCs were/were not available, although I did see that Wallmart's were still out at the $10 level.

As another aside, I again got my GC almost instantly sent to my email - pretty nice.
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meninsche · Joined: 30 Jan 2005 Posts: 146 Location: Southeast Michigan

It appears that while OTXSX does "run out" of various GCs, it appears that they are "restocked" fairly quickly. I've been sitting on enough points for $5 GC for the last couple of weeks just to watch what their supply is like. It looks like they restock every 2-3 days.
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