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It's true that if you're shopping straight from the Apple Store, you're limited to its usual gift card promo. From Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 (aka Cyber Monday), Apple is giving out gift cards worth up to $200 with the purchase of select iPhones, MacBooks, AirPods, and more.

Hughes, who works at a health technology company in New York City, recalls waiting in her car at the mall parking lot as a teenager and rushing to jump in line as soon as other people started moving toward the doors. As a high school student with a limited budget, she would take advantage of the doorbuster sales to wrap up her holiday shopping.