Gamers Club Unlocked - Not showing up as activated

I preordered several Disney Infinity items back on 7/21 along with a My Gamers Club Unlocked card.  The 20% discount was applied to everything in my order.  The card itself came directly to my house a couple of days later.  I took the card to my local Best Buy store to have it activated.  Like many others on this message board, the cashiers were confused and had to call over a manager.  They apparently activated it, but it then charged me $30 again...they processed that as a store discount.  The manager basically said she didn't have time to figure it all out so she was just processing it as a store credit.  They did ask me for My Best Buy membership information so I figured it was all set.  That was on August 1st.  I still can't see the card on my online account.  I am looking to preorder several other games, but won't until this problem is resolved.  I requested help via email and was just directed to call an 800 number.   Any help would be appreciated.  I saw where several people on this message board had the store ring up a game when the card was activated, but no one did for me in the store.  I figured it was working when the discount was applied to my online order.  Thanks in advance for the help. rumrunner25

Hello rumrunner25,
There seems to be an issue with the stores process and how it's communicated.  I'm really sorry for the inconvenience you've experienced with getting your Gamers Club Unlocked membership activated.   
The stores management team should be able to resolve this issue and I personally apologize for the manager’s behavior.  We never want our customers to feel this way.  
It does appear that you were given the wrong card.  I'd advise you to return to the store and have them attempt to activate it again.  Make sure that they add your My Best Buy account information to the transaction and ring-up a new game purchase before leaving the store.  
If they're unable to active your current card, then they'll need to exchange it.  Please note that the card shouldn't have "Gifting" on it or on your purchase receipt.  If it does, then this is the wrong card.  
I'm sorry again for all the trouble and please keep me the loop on how it goes.  I look forward to hearing from you.  

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    I'm sorry for all the hassle with your Gamers Club Unlocked (GCU) membership.  I was able to locate your My Best Buy information from your forum profile.  
    This is a very complex and grueling process that will take a long time.  Okay, it's done.  You're a member of the Gamers Club Unlocked program!
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    Thank you for taking the time to sign up for the forum.  You should not have to double check that your Unlocked membership is attached to your My Best Buy™ account every time you decide to make a purchase, so I can understand if you are starting to perhaps feel a bit frustrated.  Let me take a look at your account and see what I can do to help.
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