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[lmzech]

I ordered 3 Cheesecake Factory Gift Cards from Best Buy and picked them up at the West Towne Store in Madison - 25$ each for my niece who has a birthdy several days before Christmas. We have started getting her a cheesecake on Christmas because she enjoys it as her birthday cake.  I did not have time to the cards to her this year and instead bought the cake to the celebration myself.  Unfortunately one of the cards came up invalid.  I suspected it had not be properly activated at the store.  It was not showing it had been used - unlike the other 2 which I used on the cake and the purchases showed up correctly. I went to the  Best Buy store today and a manager was summoned to assist at the Customer Service Desk.  He did not help at all.  He could do nothing for me. I had all 3 cards and the orginal wrapers with the informaton and "Pick Up" clearly labeled.  He told me once the cards are picked up they are automatically activated. The only thing I can do is contact Cheesecake Factory and see if they ever sold the card to Best Buy and they had evidience if it had ever been activated  Then I would have to contact this manager's manager to get it resolved.  Best Buy has my money, sold me the card and now I am out $25. I will contact Cheesecake Factory and let them know how poorly served they are by Best Buy as a merchant for their brand.  I cannot imagine how embarassing it would have been if I had given those cards, including the invalid one, to my niece. West Towne Best Buy should know how poorly their employees treat customers at this store.  This was a very small purchase compared to the amount I (and my householed ) have spent in the store. I guess customer satisfaction doesn't matter to this big corporate giant - becaue that was the message I recieved from someone who is suppsed to be a manager.  The amount of harm done to your reputation is way worse than $25.

[Alex-BBY Social Media Specialist]

Hello, Imzech,

Thank you for reaching out through Best Buy Forums. We appreciate you reaching out regarding a gift card that isn't working, it's not the experience we want our customers to have, I would love to assist and see what's possible. Can you please send over a private message with your full name, phone number, email address and receipt of the gift card? You can click on "Private Message" next to my signature. 

Thank you,