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theloo
01-19-2011, 04:27 AM
If you've signed up, you probably already know about this deal. If not, this is like Groupon where they send out a daily deal for around 50% off. For today only, the deal is half off an Amazon GC. You can ONLY buy one per account.

dukie41181
01-19-2011, 08:33 AM
Thanks for sharing! Makes my diaper deal even sweeter and since I never get those extra Amazon mom deals, I kind of rationalize that this made my own! Now, how do I get my coupon? I just signed up so have never used the site before.

keckert
01-19-2011, 08:35 AM
Grabbed mine! thanks!

jawilli4
01-19-2011, 08:45 AM
I got one, too. Thanks!!!

mjmamma
01-19-2011, 09:07 AM
Yea! Thanks for posting, I was coming to do the same with one thought....I'll have to 'unsubscribe' my diapers and resubscribe to use the voucher right?
Very exciting. I should buy myself something, haha.

kristac
01-19-2011, 09:08 AM
Just coming to post this. Can't beat a good amazon deal :)

GvilleGirl
01-19-2011, 09:28 AM
Yeah!! Too bad it is only one!

ett
01-19-2011, 09:47 AM
Thanks for posting!

lablover
01-19-2011, 10:28 AM
Thanks! I signed up DH for this one too!

peanut520
01-19-2011, 10:41 AM
do they have a referral program? dh has an account and i dont know if i should wait until he has a few minutes to check and sent me an invite if there is.

lchang25000
01-19-2011, 10:42 AM
Got one! Thanks!

naam
01-19-2011, 10:43 AM
I was just going to post this too.

Yes they have a referral program. If three "friends" purchase, you get yours for free.

Melaine
01-19-2011, 10:48 AM
I'm pretty excited about this deal too. When DH comes home I am going to refer him too.

WolfpackMom
01-19-2011, 10:49 AM
Thanks got one and will be having DH get one too!

♥ms.pacman♥
01-19-2011, 10:51 AM
thx for this! i sent an invite to dh, so he can sign up, and posted on fb so hopefully two more ppl can sign up.

theloo
01-19-2011, 11:02 AM
do they have a referral program? dh has an account and i dont know if i should wait until he has a few minutes to check and sent me an invite if there is.

Yes, there is a referral program. You can just go to his account and find out what the link is for you to sign up. It takes some time to get the "referral" email.

calv
01-19-2011, 11:06 AM
do you receive the confirmation/purchase email right away? I dont see anything in my inbox.

also, is there a way to directly invite someone to buy in on this deal like DH or only through the FB link?

Dream
01-19-2011, 11:09 AM
So you can buy a gift card for yourself?

Also it doesn't give New York as a state, only NYC midtown, NYC uptown & NYC downtime. So I guess any other area out of NYC is not allowed?

theloo
01-19-2011, 11:29 AM
do you receive the confirmation/purchase email right away? I dont see anything in my inbox.

also, is there a way to directly invite someone to buy in on this deal like DH or only through the FB link?

I didn't get a confirmation email. I think it says you get the info the next day. If you look at your account page, there is your information about invitations.

ett
01-19-2011, 11:45 AM
So you can buy a gift card for yourself?

Also it doesn't give New York as a state, only NYC midtown, NYC uptown & NYC downtime. So I guess any other area out of NYC is not allowed?

You can choose any location offering the deal since it's for use online.

wencit
01-19-2011, 12:07 PM
Does the email address I supply to Living Social have to be the same one associated with my Amazon account? How do they give you the $20 Amazon card, anyways? Is it through a link you click when you want to purchase something at Amazon? Or is it an actual card that gets mailed to your home?

Thanks!

babyzolo
01-19-2011, 12:07 PM
Thanks!! I missed this one this morning.

mom2mack&max
01-19-2011, 12:12 PM
From Living Social website:

When can I use my deal?
Hold tight: We'll email you when your deal is ready to use. If it's a weekday deal, we'll email you the day after the deal runs. If it's a Friday/weekend deal, we'll deliver your deal on Monday.

Thanks OP!

Babymakes3
01-19-2011, 12:21 PM
I just saw that in my email, purchased 2 between me and dh's accounts and sent to several friends plus I posted it on my fb page! Great deal!

jvs195
01-19-2011, 12:39 PM
Does the email address I supply to Living Social have to be the same one associated with my Amazon account? How do they give you the $20 Amazon card, anyways? Is it through a link you click when you want to purchase something at Amazon? Or is it an actual card that gets mailed to your home?

Thanks!

I'm guessing they will send you a code that is the gift card (like what you get from Coinstar) then you can use it with any account. This is how the Groupon ones I've gotten have been from shoebuy and redbox - just numbers to type in and it's classified as a gift card not a promotion code so goes in a different box on your order.

poohbear
01-19-2011, 12:44 PM
I'm guessing they will send you a code that is the gift card (like what you get from Coinstar) then you can use it with any account. This is how the Groupon ones I've gotten have been from shoebuy and redbox - just numbers to type in and it's classified as a gift card not a promotion code so goes in a different box on your order.

:yeahthat: I've purchased amazon e-gift cards as gifts before. They just email you a gift card number. I'm assuming they will email you a number that is a gift card number...

I purchased 2 - one in my name/email, one in DH's. Tempted to do a 3rd, but I don't know if I want to live that dangerously - :ROTFLMAO:

Thanks OP

Dream
01-19-2011, 12:50 PM
When you make a purchase on amazon, can you apply 2 gift cards to one item?

Also if I buy under my name + DH then can both be used under my amazon account?

Thank you

ett
01-19-2011, 12:54 PM
When you make a purchase on amazon, can you apply 2 gift cards to one item?


Yes, you can apply more than 1 gift card.

NancyJ_redo
01-19-2011, 01:11 PM
Regarding the referrals, you don't need to wait for the email to be sent to your DH. I bought a GC for myself and then used the referral link that they provided to me to then buy one for DH. I used separate credit cards and email addresses (mine & DH's) and it all seemed to go through fine.

If you didn't save your referral link when you bought the deal then you can log back in and get your referral link that way.

Pyrodjm
01-19-2011, 01:14 PM
If you order through Swagbucks Daily Deals, you'll get 280 swagbucks also.

wencit
01-19-2011, 01:33 PM
I'm guessing they will send you a code that is the gift card (like what you get from Coinstar) then you can use it with any account. This is how the Groupon ones I've gotten have been from shoebuy and redbox - just numbers to type in and it's classified as a gift card not a promotion code so goes in a different box on your order. Thank you so much! That answers my question.

kslb
01-19-2011, 01:33 PM
Thank you! What a great deal!

tabegle
01-19-2011, 02:01 PM
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MSWR0319
01-19-2011, 02:41 PM
Great Deal! Thanks for posting!

The site must be getting hammered... I have to try again.

I'm a little confused. I got the message to try again too. But then I looked in my account and it said it was pending. So I wasn't sure what to do?? Anyone get that message and then succeed?

KDsMommy
01-19-2011, 02:44 PM
Awesome, thanks so much!!!

vball4all
01-19-2011, 02:55 PM
I'm a little confused. I got the message to try again too. But then I looked in my account and it said it was pending. So I wasn't sure what to do?? Anyone get that message and then succeed?

Did you actually go all the way through the payment screen? Usually LS and Groupon take a bit to confirm the transaction, then you'll get an email confirming your purchase.

momm
01-19-2011, 03:24 PM
Anyone havig an issue with the living social site? I keep clicking on today's deal and it redirects me to the "how it works" page.

Any tips?

missym
01-19-2011, 03:27 PM
Anyone havig an issue with the living social site? I keep clicking on today's deal and it redirects me to the "how it works" page.

Any tips?

Try a different city. It was doing that to me because there isn't a LS page for my city yet.

Avispa
01-19-2011, 03:33 PM
thank you OP, got mine!

momm
01-19-2011, 03:35 PM
Try a different city. It was doing that to me because there isn't a LS page for my city yet.

awesome.. thank you

thanks OP, just got mine too!

Melaine
01-19-2011, 04:40 PM
Ok, in my account where it sales purchase pending or whatever, it says "buy more". I can't actually buy more on the same account, can I?

theloo
01-19-2011, 04:42 PM
Ok, in my account where it sales purchase pending or whatever, it says "buy more". I can't actually buy more on the same account, can I?

No, sorry!

green
01-19-2011, 05:53 PM
Got one, Thanks!!

MomtoNico
01-19-2011, 10:15 PM
It wont let me log out and sign in under my husbands name. Any ideas?

BabyMine
01-19-2011, 10:17 PM
It wont let me log out and sign in under my husbands name. Any ideas?

Close the browser and reopen. You might have to clear cookies/cache and retry.

MomtoNico
01-19-2011, 10:45 PM
Thanks- it worked.

charmcitymom
01-20-2011, 01:46 AM
Thanks OP! Melissa and Doug easel, here I come!

Momof3Labs
01-20-2011, 10:32 AM
Anyone get their e-mail with the gift card number yet?

lauren3110
01-20-2011, 10:33 AM
I have not gotten mine yet

KrisM
01-20-2011, 10:34 AM
Anyone get their e-mail with the gift card number yet?

No, but I got an email saying I'd get the gift card number tomorrow.

Dream
01-20-2011, 11:33 AM
Nothing yet, I hope it'll arrive today as I need to place an order.

theloo
01-20-2011, 12:57 PM
No, but I got an email saying I'd get the gift card number tomorrow.

Ditto. It takes them at least a day. It said that over 1.3 million deals ($13 million) were bought yesterday!!!

zoestargrove
01-20-2011, 04:14 PM
I didn't get an email from them, but when I check my account at their website it says that my purchase is pending.

babystuffbuff
01-20-2011, 04:26 PM
I didn't get an email from them, but when I check my account at their website it says that my purchase is pending.

This happened to me yesterday - then today I got an email, but when I log into the website it says I "don't have any deals yet" (even though it listed the purchase yesterday). I'm confused. Hopefully it is just that they have a lot of orders to get through and things will be straightened out. They did charge my card.

mazmaman
01-20-2011, 05:30 PM
I know LivingSocial sold 1.3 + million cards but I'm dying here :-)

clc053103
01-20-2011, 05:37 PM
Ordered it at 8:30 AM yesterday and nope, haven't gotten it yet.

Pinky
01-20-2011, 06:57 PM
Just saw this posted on the LS website:


Amazon.com Gift Card purchasers:

Thank you for making yesterday's deal such a success. We're hard at work processing each purchase. Thanks for your patience and you'll hear from us soon!

justlearning
01-20-2011, 07:11 PM
Question for those of you who got three (or more) friends to buy the deal from your referral link...

Have you gotten an email already saying that your deal is free?

DH and I both should get our deals free (I know the number of friends/family who bought off both of our referral links from our separate accounts), but so far only DH has gotten an email saying his is free. I haven't gotten an email yet saying that my deal is free.

lareine
01-21-2011, 12:23 AM
logged onto my ls account and managed to get my amazon code... but not on dh's account... he never got an email confirming the purchase, so now i'm wondering if it actually went through...

did u guys purchase and not get a confirmation email?

ett
01-21-2011, 12:51 AM
logged onto my ls account and managed to get my amazon code... but not on dh's account... he never got an email confirming the purchase, so now i'm wondering if it actually went through...

did u guys purchase and not get a confirmation email?

I did not get any confirmation email but when I logged into my account the amazon code was already there.

iaam
01-21-2011, 01:07 AM
logged onto my ls account and managed to get my amazon code... but not on dh's account... he never got an email confirming the purchase, so now i'm wondering if it actually went through...

did u guys purchase and not get a confirmation email?

No email (for me and DH) and both our accounts show pending...

theloo
01-21-2011, 01:47 AM
I got the code on both my account & my husband's.

YouAreTheFocus
01-21-2011, 02:54 AM
Question for those of you who got three (or more) friends to buy the deal from your referral link...

Have you gotten an email already saying that your deal is free?

DH and I both should get our deals free (I know the number of friends/family who bought off both of our referral links from our separate accounts), but so far only DH has gotten an email saying his is free. I haven't gotten an email yet saying that my deal is free.

I got an email saying my deal was free, which was a nice surprise. It doesn't mention it anywhere in my LS accoount, though.

justlearning
01-21-2011, 03:08 AM
I got an email saying my deal was free, which was a nice surprise. It doesn't mention it anywhere in my LS accoount, though.

I just did get an email saying that my code was ready and that same email then also stated that my deal was free. Then if you go into your LS account and retrieve the deal (if yours is ready), there's a place where you can click to look at the receipt. That's where the free part shows up because it shows $10 - $10 = $0.

lchang25000
01-21-2011, 03:45 AM
Just got an email that my Amazon gift card is ready to be used!

babyzolo
01-21-2011, 05:15 AM
I got an email as well saying that mine was ready. And they make it very easy to apply directly to your Amazon account. No typing long codes (or copying and pasting!). Yeah!

KrisM
01-21-2011, 08:09 AM
I got my email and code, too.

Pinky
01-21-2011, 08:17 AM
Do you guys know if you can give your code to someone else or do you have to use it with the same email account that you have your amazon account set up with?

Momof3Labs
01-21-2011, 08:21 AM
Got my code too!

peanut520
01-21-2011, 09:05 AM
got mine!

eta: how do you know if you got your free if you referred 3 friends?

Dream
01-21-2011, 09:11 AM
Do you guys know if you can give your code to someone else or do you have to use it with the same email account that you have your amazon account set up with?

You should be able to apply the code to any amazon account. I applied both mine and dhs codes to my amazon account without a problem.

jenmcadams
01-21-2011, 09:50 AM
got mine!

eta: how do you know if you got your free if you referred 3 friends?

I got an email the day of the deal telling me my deal was free b/c 3 friends had purchased

Melaine
01-21-2011, 10:48 AM
Yay I got mine too! And can I just say, what the heck? None of my facebook friends bought the card! What is the matter with them?

Pyrodjm
01-21-2011, 11:59 AM
Got mine email stating my code was ready today!

stillplayswithbarbies
01-21-2011, 12:06 PM
got mine!

eta: how do you know if you got your free if you referred 3 friends?

You can go in to your account on livingsocial and see how many friends bought it and when yours will be free. I was able to see it throughout the day and know how many more I needed.

It send me an email telling me when someone bought from my link, but I only got one email. It told me who bought using my link, which I don't really like due to privacy concerns. If people post their referral link on a board like this, they are going to get an email with someone's real name in it.