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I don't know if this would be of interest to you gals but I thought I'd post it anyways. I saw it on the Saks website.

Shop Thursday, January 13 at saks.com, our stores or catalogs and receive a Saks Gift Card good toward future shopping.*

*Offer good on purchases made at saks.com on January 13, 2005 from 12:01am to 11:59pm, ET and in Saks Fifth Avenue stores on January 13, 2005 during regular store hours. Excludes some leased collections, beauty salons, Off 5th stores, Gift Card and Saks employee purchases. Gift Cards received from this promotion are valid through March 31, 2005 and are redeemable for Saks Fifth Avenue store purchases only. Gift Cards cannot be redeemed as payment for telephone or saks.com orders. Cannot be combined with any other offer. No adjustments to prior purchases. Adjustments may be made to the Gift Card for returns of merchandise associated with the Gift Card. Limit one Gift Card per customer for this promotion. Saks Fifth Avenue Gift Card amount will be calculated on total purchases excluding gift wrap, purchases made with Gift Cards, taxes and shipping. To receive your Gift Card in-store, simply take your total day¿s receipts to the SERVICEFIRST desk. Receipts must be presented on January 13, 2005 only. To receive your Saks Fifth Avenue Gift Card for saks.com or catalog purchases, enter promotional code NEWYEAR29B at Checkout. Code valid once per customer. Your Saks Fifth Avenue Gift Card will be sent separately to your billing address. Purchases made at Saks Fifth Avenue stores and at saks.com cannot be combined. Excludes Carmel, Hilton Head, Garden City, Kansas City, La Jolla, Minneapolis and Pasadena.

They had an event like this and the gift card structure was something like this (but I really don't know how much you'll get on your gift card so don't butcher me if I'm wrong):

• $150 - $249: receive $15 EGC
  
• $250 - $499: receive $25 EGC
  
• $500 - $999: receive $50 EGC
  
• $1,000 - $1,999: receive $100 EGC
  
• $2,000 or more: receive $200 EGC