Facebook Deals (iPhone/Mobile Touch users): Free Gap Jeans, American Eagle 20% Coupon + More

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Starting today on Facebook, local businesses will be able to offer you deals when you check in to “their place” on Facebook with your iPhone or other Mobile Touch device. This new Facebook feature allows you to see what offers are nearby and share those deals with your friends.

Here’s how it works…

(1) On touch.facebook.com or the latest version of Facebook for iPhone, touch “Places” and then touch “Check In.” Nearby Places with deals have a yellow icon:

(2) When you touch the Place, you can view the deal and check in to claim it:

(3) Then, just show your phone to the cashier to get your gift or discount:

**These deals come from merchants (not Facebook), so check with your local stores for additional details, such as when they’re running, how many of the offers are available, and whether a deal is just for you or also for your friends.

Also keep in mind that you’ll see a few different types of deals: individual deals for a discount, free merchandise or other rewards; friend deals where you and your friends claim an offer together; loyalty deals for being a frequent visitor to a place; and charity deals where businesses pledge to donate to a cause when you check in.

Many businesses are already planning deals in the coming weeks for their U.S. Places. Here are some of my favorites…

*American Eagle Outfitters: Offering 20 percent off.
*Chipotle: Giving its Facebook guests two entrees for the price of one.
*Gap: Giving blue jeans to the first 10,000 customers to claim their deal. WOWZA! 🙂
*Golden State Warriors: Inviting those who check in to an exclusive event with a basketball player on the NBA team from Oakland, Calif.
*Starbucks: Donating $1 per guest to Conservation International.

(Thanks, The Frugal Find and The Facebook Blog!)

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  1. janine

    Aw! I wish Facebook would give away iPhone first so I can get into these promotions! hehehe iPhone iPhone iPhone! 😀

    • mamabear

      i know!!!! no fair!! 😀

    • Takako

      Ditto!! 😉

    • Kiley Taunton

      If you haven’t checked the Gap’s facebook, you should…I have my droid up and ready to go, so I can hopefully score MY free pair of Jeans!

  2. Michal David

    Wish it worked on Droind X too….

    • Michal David

      **Droid**

  3. Casey

    I looked at the Gap page on facebook. Looks like this deal starts Friday at 9am. And I read someone comment that there is a new Facebook Ap for Android.

  4. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    so can u use an ipod touch also? if so does anyone know how i can get my pass word for itunes i have no clue what it was? lol

    • Annabell

      its the password you use for your Itunes account that you have logged in. To see which accout you are logged into got to setting store and it will show you the account. I believe if you don’t know your account password you can log in to itunes and reset it under the account log in.

  5. Cat W.

    The money I save by not having a fancy-schmance phone with a data plan could buy me a few pairs of Gap jeans.

    • Angela

      lol – totally good point! Here I was being sad that I didn’t have one 🙂

    • Christina

      Excellent point… mine is subsidized by my employer and it’s still $83/month! I’m addicted to it though lol.

  6. Heather

    Drat – I don’t think this will work on my Droid X

  7. DP

    I think I am getting old – too much Technology for me…I don’t even have a cell phone anymore LOL

    • Anonymous

      I would love to ditch the cell phone!

  8. Jayleen

    I knew this phone would pay for itself somehow 🙂

    • Kayla R.

      Our phones were free. My husband won them from work:) Assistant Manager of Best Buy- plus we get 20% off our plans. Definitely pays for my cell phone bill this week, I NEED new jeans!

  9. sleahy

    there was a new update for the droid facebook app. go into the marketplace and search facebook for android install or update then it should work. i just updated and it works great now.

  10. Katie

    LOL!!!!!

  11. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    Can someone please tell me where “check in” is on my iphone? Thanks!

    • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

      Log into your facebook APP/click on Menu upper left/Click Places/Check IN and a list will appear

      • Collin (Mrs. Hip)

        Got it! Thanks Amy! 🙂

  12. EthansMommy

    : ( Facebook quit working on my phone.. I could soo dig some 2 for 1 Chipotle. LOL

  13. hconstruction

    does this work for an ipad?

  14. Mama Bear

    I really hope that it doesn’t get crazy because I would love a free pair of jeans! Thanks for posting this, Collin!!

  15. jenna

    I have a MyTouch and when you login and it takes you to your page, click on ‘facebook’ at the top then ‘places’. It will then tell you if any of your friends have checked in, Look to the top right and you will see ‘check in. Click it, and it will search for places, or you can search manually from this page. Whew…

    • J. Brandt

      On mine it says, “Would you like to share with your friends where you are,” or something like that- just click on your name- should be above your friends’ names and it will load a list of places by you.

  16. Alicia Beck

    Hmmm not working for me… I get to where the stores are supposed to load and it just says “Loading…” indefinitely.

  17. marissa

    I have an iPod touch and when I do all the steps above, nothing shows up under my places and it won’t let me search for anything either and I just downloaded the most recent update….

  18. Kris

    Im hoping to try the gap one out on friday. Dh needs new jeans and since im due in 10 weeks with our son not a good time for me to get jeans.

  19. Anonymous

    Just a heads up you have to check in at the actual stores and not just at home.

  20. Jennifer

    The Gap thing says “Just show any Gap employee your check-in and you COULD score a free pair.” I bet everyone that checks in won’t necessarily get a instant win….

  21. Heidi

    This is probably a dumb, stone age technology question, but can you do this with a Blackberry, too? My husband has one for work… other than that, I have an old crummy cell phone 🙂

    • Alea

      No it won’t – it’s a facebook application that only works on iPhone and the new Droid phone from what everyone is reporting.

  22. kiran

    so i have to be in store….cuz i dont see gap in my nearby places…guess it shud be in few miles radius…my gap is like 5 miles

    • Kris

      Yeah it only picks up certian mile radius from where you are. Im also guessing for the Gap you must be there to get them. Im sure they are going to have tons of people checking in from home or somewhere else then going in later to get the jeans. But im going to think that each store will have so many jeans and its who ever gets in the store first showing they are checked in to a worker.

      • Jennifer

        I read that each store is only going to have so many free coupons to hand out, like 15 per store or something like that

      • Alea

        You have to check in like you do for Foursquare and actually be there – the GAP people on their Facebook page said you then have to show an employee you are checked in and they will give you a coupon if there are any left. My guess is the 10,000 free pairs will be divided equally among all the stores and each store has that many coupons to pass out.

  23. Collin (Mrs. Hip)

    gap and american eagle didn’t come up on my iphone check in thing and i’m like 5 miles from both stores….

    • Sarah

      Make sure you update your facebook app software on your iPhone. They just came out with an update today to support the “places” deals. American Eagle & Starbucks showed up after my update.

    • Kris

      Everything on my places is with in 1-2 miles of my home it wont show me anything further then that. So you may not be close enough. You also have to make sure you update facebook. My update just showed up today.

  24. Danielle

    I called my store and they are only giving away 6 coupons for the jeans

  25. sunnymommie

    i called my gap area and they will only give away few… so i guess it not worth for me to go there.

  26. jessica

    I went to a store and online was not clear that we needed a coupon in order to get the free jeans. Very disappointed on a buyers point of view!

  27. keith cannon

    Really Great Deal!!

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