I was hoping for a Black Friday Gift Card deal from Apple on a new Mac mini and, when there wasn't one, and the computer wasn't available for a couple of weeks, I decided I'd wait. Factored into my purchase was a 6% off, variable value gift card from Macquarie Marketplace. I just went there to buy it and Apple gift cards have disappeared entirely. I could also buy Apple gift cards at 6% discount from Redeem Your Gift Card, and Apple has disappeared from that site, too. :-( They both had Apple gift cards last week.
Does anybody know anything about this? It looks like an Apple incentive, given it's happened on multiple sites.
Tim Cook mentioned on the latest earnings call that discounted gift cards in Australia were causing a noticeable 0.00002% dent in profits so they've been removed