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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 08:49 PM
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Does the card have a visa logo?
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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^ it does although you can only use it at the dealerships
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
I called on December 21 to tell them thanks for the free powertrain warranty but I already have an extended full warranty, so they said they'd send the $500 card out and it would take about a month to receive.
Had you actually purchased the extended warranty or did you successfully manage to finagle the $500 card without really having one?

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It's only good for a year and I can't think of any way I'm gonna spend $500 with Lexus in that time, so it'd be nice if I could just buy groceries with it or something.
If you're not going to use your card, I'm sure you'd be able to auction it off in a thread or the classifieds on here and get a good return in grocery cash.
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Old Jan 18, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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i did not get my letter yet. How long does it take for you to get the letter after the job is done ?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 04:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CalMike
Had you actually purchased the extended warranty or did you successfully manage to finagle the $500 card without really having one?
No, I really do have one... I bought it specifically so that I'd qualify for the $500 card, figuring it was effectively paying for more than 1/3 of the warranty, and I'd planned to buy one anyway prior to the factory one expiring.... between that and the ML thing when I bought the car I effectively got my 8 yr warranty for free.



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If you're not going to use your card, I'm sure you'd be able to auction it off in a thread or the classifieds on here and get a good return in grocery cash.
I suppose... though it has my name on it so not sure how easy it'd be for someone else to use it... and it'd be easier if I could just use it for groceries or gas or whatever directly though, and between the bank info not mentioning only lexus dealers, and the VISA logo, I figured it'd be worth trying...was just curious if anyone else had tried to use it in person (not over the net) at a non-dealer point of sale.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 05:44 AM
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^^hey kurtz what # did you call?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 06:57 AM
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Same thing happened to me, already have the extended and they gave me powertrain. Called and told them and they are sending the card. Its suppose to take about a month. F-sport sway bars and front GFX here I come.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
No, I really do have one... I bought it specifically so that I'd qualify for the $500 card, figuring it was effectively paying for more than 1/3 of the warranty, and I'd planned to buy one anyway prior to the factory one expiring.... between that and the ML thing when I bought the car I effectively got my 8 yr warranty for free.





I suppose... though it has my name on it so not sure how easy it'd be for someone else to use it... and it'd be easier if I could just use it for groceries or gas or whatever directly though, and between the bank info not mentioning only lexus dealers, and the VISA logo, I figured it'd be worth trying...was just curious if anyone else had tried to use it in person (not over the net) at a non-dealer point of sale.

If you buy me 500 worth of stuff from sewell I can offer a 120 lowes card, 220 best buy + cash
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 10:10 AM
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So I'm scheduled to get the valve springs done in a couple of weeks. Also getting the pedal recall done as well. Since My car (06) has about 57,000 on the OD. Spark plugs should be changed at about 60,000. I asked the dealer could they put the spark plugs in at the time of the valve spring recall. Dealer is only charging me for the spark plugs.

Saves me the hassle of doing it myself. I think if the dealer would have done it any other time it would have cost about 300 bucks.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 11:44 AM
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Bottom line can you use this card over the net on Sewell? Or do you have to do to the Lexus Dealer and buy parts there? Anyone have their card yet and spent it yet???
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 12:12 PM
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Park place at Dallas just cancelled my appointment due to running out of replacement parts ..
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by MDOTM
Bottom line can you use this card over the net on Sewell? Or do you have to do to the Lexus Dealer and buy parts there? Anyone have their card yet and spent it yet???
YES YOU CAN USE IT ON SEWELL WEBSITE. i am sure of this because i used mine to buy stuff from there. make sure you activate it first though.
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 01:58 PM
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How long was it before you guys received the gift cards?
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by myMRMis350
YES YOU CAN USE IT ON SEWELL WEBSITE. i am sure of this because i used mine to buy stuff from there. make sure you activate it first though.
Thank you now if I can get my card one of these years
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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 04:59 PM
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sometimes a credit card can only be used at a merchant with a particular category code like automotive.
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