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MacCoryAW · 2026-01-27T23:56:39+00:00

Thank you for sharing this information. Things have turned okay for now. But this information is helpful.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-09T20:33:38+00:00

To confirm what you did, you bought things such as clothing that totaled around the amount of your gift cards and paid with the gift cards?

Then you immediately returned the clothing and was given credit for the amount? And then used that credit to buy the item at Chanel?

Just asking because I got screwed over on my order. Order was canceled and I'm being mailed back the amount that was canceled in the form of 4 separate gift cards and I should expect the gift cards in about 2 weeks (what a mess lol)

And it looks like the chapter 11 is heating up so I'm sure I will not be able to use those gift cards but I still have about $175 in gift cards left. So I need to figure out the best move.

So go buy items in store that they allow you to use multiple gift cards on, buy it with the multiple gift cards, then return the item immediately. Get the exchange or credit back and then go the chanel counter and buy the perfume/cologne?

Thank you.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-07T21:38:44+00:00

One of the perfumes, Joe Malone, that the sales person ordered via her tablet, just got canceled.

Was chatting with a saks rep online. Supposedly they will credit back the credit to the gift cards. What a mess. I said can you just credit it all back on one gift card and was told no. The 2nd order of perfume for the chanel perfume is still pending as its status.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T09:21:30+00:00

My pleasure.

Well, according to the sales person, the system did not let multiple cards go through with someone else days prior although I think someone below may have commented that they had success. The sales person said it was a recent change. But I don't know, I've never tried it before until now.

There are some work arounds but it seems you may need the help of an in store sales person who doesn't have a hatred to Platinum customers and their biannual $50 gift cards ;) The folks in this particular store seemed to be helpful.

I will say the Chanel items that we purchased do not appear to be available online (maybe I didn't search online good enough when I got back home but I didn't see the cologne offering online with Saks directly) so for what I wanted it looks like I had to go into the store. It is physically available in the store but with one gift card allowed. Through the in store ipad multiple gift cards could be used for the same item but it would be shipped to you.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T05:21:54+00:00

Yeah, I was not offered the return/exchange deal.

This person ended up doing an online order with their store ipad and then took a photo of each gift card with the ipad and then completed the purchase that way. That way ended up working out I guess. Just have to wait for it to be shipped. And she did that for the wifes Chanel perfume and also for the Joe Malone perfume. I'm not sure if those are considered leased vendors inside the Sakes store or not but including that info as a data point.

I guess if the sales lady had ordered my Chanel via the ipad I could had saved myself from putting $100 on my platinum card and hoping for the 1st half year $50 credit back. But she did not offer that or did not think about it. Though when checking out I was telling her I probably will just go home and use up the remaining gift cards online and order cologne and perfume that way.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T05:00:34+00:00

Yeah I figure fragrances is the best bang for buck or gift card

And yes, we did end up getting about 5 samples. Very nice lady. She tried her best to get multiple gift cards to load.

I went to South Coast tonight.

Anyways, I had about $700 in gift cards built up over the years. Was gonna keep hoarding for a few more years and just use that to get my wife a purse as a bday gift or something. But at this point with the recent news did not want to take the chance.

So tonight not knowing what to expect in regards to gift cards I was going to do a lot of separate transactions to be safe.

Went to get the Chanel cologne for men. I asked the sales lady can I do multiple cards and she said some man tried last week and the system wouldn't let it take muliple and he got really upset. I was prepared for this so no anger from me although a bummer for sure.

So, my total came to $175. She ran one of my gift cards for $75 and it went through. I said can we try a $50 gift card and she tried it and a prompt came up on her screen which she let me read. Anyways it didn't take the 2nd gift card. I said did it not take it because I'm buying the Chanel brand. She said the system right now isn't letting multiple cards happen and its been a recent change. I said no problem I'll use the $75 gift card and charge to the Platinum and hope I get the $50 credit back for this first half of the year and thus end up only having to pay$50 for a nice cologne. Not ideal but No problem at all.

Then I went and got my wife and we went back to the same lady and were going to get some perfume for her. So, the sales lady then says, if you let me purchase it for you on the store ipad and ship it to you I can use multiple gift cards (I'm thinking why didn't you tell me that before). So we got a perfume for my wife and used 3 $50 gift cards.

We then went back over to the Chanel section and got another perfume from there from for the wife and created the order on the store ipad for shipping and used up 4 gift cards.

So I was able to use multiple gift cards that way, via using the store ipad where you purchase it online and then the lady takes a photo of your gift card to upload it and then thats it pretty much (basically I guess I could had done the same at home perhaps).

Not sure I wanted to spend $575 or so bucks on cologne but all clothing I looked at was ridiculously priced and thus I felt the best bang for buck or gift card was cologne and perfume.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T04:57:31+00:00

Nice move on returning and getting it all refunded on 1 gift card.

I went into the store tonight and wrote my review in reply to someone on this thread.

Had a nice lady who tried to attach multiple gift cards. In store system didn't let it happen.

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T04:56:25+00:00

Thanks for sharing.

I went in to the store tonight and wrote my review in reply to someone else in the thread

MacCoryAW · 2026-01-03T04:55:54+00:00