Kobo Discounts: Coupon Codes + Discussion

[sufue]

I've gotten the Rakuten points in the past on gift cards. Never heard of Mr Rebates?

Originally Posted by issybird

Just as a heads up: Mr. Rebates is offering 3% back and Rakuten is offering 2% back at Kobo and I'm not seeing an exclusion for gift cards.

[ownedbycats]

Not exactly a discount, but I found it's maybe possible to double-dip on the Kobo VIP Super Points.

I bought myself a gift card to use up a prepaid credit card. I noticed during checkout about receiving Super Points for this. I then used the store credit from that gift card to purchase a few books. I also got Super Points.

Considering they fixed the loophole of using store credit to buy gift cards, I'm surprised this is a thing.

EDIT: I'm not seeing the purchase of the gift card accounted for on the Points History page - so I think maybe I was mistaken.

[LoveMySofa]

Originally Posted by DNSB

From what I was once told, many of the promo codes are sent in batches and once the number of promo codes sent and redeemed is reached, the promo code is no longer valid. That is, if they send out 10,000 emails with the promo code, when it has been used 10,000 times, you can't use it anymore. You can also run into promo codes that are geo-limited so they can only be used in certain countries.

That is good to know. Thank you.
Perhaps that is what has happened with me. I don't jump on the code when it's sent. I have to think about it for a few days. I've gotten them to honor the discount code by contacting customer service, but it's time consuming and annoying to have to do it each time.

[LoveMySofa]

I have received a 25% off code that I do not intend to use. Here it is, if someone else would like it.

"Use code 54UYW at checkout before 07-04-2024"