Disney Gift Card Deals

JKalai said:

For those of you stuck with GS credit:

Doom (PS4/Xbox One) pre-owned at Gamestop - $26 ($23 if you have power up pro) > Trades in at Best Buy - $25

Great credit mover if you have power up pro. Expect trade in values to tank tomorrow.

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smellyia said:

Also my mom has Sam's and lets me use it but is it online only that you can do the gift card from Walmart to Sam's Disney cards?

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JamieOak said:

As a previous poster mentioned, Raise fluctuates very quickly! The overall discounts did drop significantly over the weekend due to a promotion for an extra 3% off. It's still good for today, I saw an email this morning it was extended (extra3). So I think it will rise back up to be about par with other resellers in the next couple days after this promo ends. Check out the giftcardgranny website to compare various resellers in one place.

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JKalai said:

For those of you stuck with GS credit:

Doom (PS4/Xbox One) pre-owned at Gamestop - $26 ($23 if you have power up pro) > Trades in at Best Buy - $25

Great credit mover if you have power up pro. Expect trade in values to tank tomorrow.

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MinMou said:

Cardcash is now offering Walgreens gift cards at 14% off. Which are the Walgreens are we supposed to stay away from? I remember reading here that some are not real gift cards - how can you tell?

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jaccceee said:

Thank you!
Today I found out my local GS no longer does gc w/ gc. Stuck with $250. Then I came home and read your post. Did my 1st trade in with your help. Cashier said that we don't usually give that much money for used games. Can you post 9 more of these deals.
Edit: NL County, CT

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Jason Smith said:

Hi Lucigo, I apologize for some of the other members snotty response to you (no I don't expect you to read 1000+ pages to figure out what everyone is talking about.) I will be glad to give you an explanation of what is going on, please bear with me as this might be a little lengthy.

The idea here is to find ways to get Disney gift cards at a discount, which can then be used to buy park tickets, pay for your hotel and even your food. Here are some of the ways that you can save money on Disney gift cards:

1) Thru ebay: Ebay has a program called ebay bucks which gives you 2% back for any purchases. (You must sign up for this program in your ebay account.) However, every once in a while they offer bonus bucks where instead of 2% back they will give you 6%, 8%, or even 10% back. But even better, you can pay with an ebay gift card that you can sometimes purchase at a discount. So, for example, you go into target and buy an ebay gift card for $100 using your target redcard which gives you 5% off anything at target. You then wait until ebay is running their 8% ebay bucks offer and use the $100 ebay giftcard to purchase a best buy gift card. You are now up to a 13% discount. (the original 5% from target + the 8% from ebay.) You now take the best buy gift card and go into best buy and do one of 2 things: 1) You can buy a Disney gift card which you have now gotten at a 13% discount or 2) Use your Best Buy gift card to buy an ebay gift card. You then use the ebay gift card the next time an 8% ebay bucks offer comes out and buy another best buy gift card (So your discount is now at 21%). This is called "Rinse and Repeat". The more times you rinse and repeat, the more your savings will be.

Things to be careful of: People have told stories of their paypal accounts getting shut down when using too many gift cards on ebay. As the famous saying goes "everything in moderation" - if you start buying $2000 worth of gift cards every time ebay has their bonus bucks, you should expect to be shut down. Also, never attract attention to yourself: when buying gift cards at Best Buy, don't go in and start buying a ton of gift cards at a time. If a cashier tells you it can't be done, just apologize and try another cashier or another best buy. It is not worth your the fight or your dignity even if you are right. (there are many people who would disagree with me on that, I know because I see them yelling at cashiers or store managers.)

2) Thru American Express: American express has offers on their credit cards that can save you money without having to rinse and repeat. For example, right now Amex has an offer that if you spend $25 at Bed, bath, and Beyond you get $5 automatically back on your credit card. So yesterday, I went into Bed, bath, and Beyond and purchased a $25 Disney gift card. I got $5 back on my credit card and 1% the credit card gives me back, for a total savings of 21%.

Similarly, last year Amex had a deal with Newegg that spend $200, get $25 back. So I bought a $200 ebay gift card at NewEgg and immediately started my rinse and repeat with a 13.5% discount.

Similarly, currently Amex has a deal at Best Buy: Spend $250, get $25 back. You can go to best Buy and buy a Disney gift card and your discount is 11% or you can buy an ebay gift card and start the rinse and repeat at 11%.

Please note that there are a number of American Express cards that have no annual fee (American Express Blue Cash, American Express Everyday, American Express Simplycash). You can also add free authorized users. For example, I added my mother, father and sister as authorized users on some of my cards, so I have a total of 8 actual credit cards and can get these deals 8 times. I don't want to spend too much time here on the Amex process, there are other forums that go into details on that.

Another way that you can get discounted ebay gift cards is thru Rite Aid, which sometime offers bonus plenty points. a few weeks ago they offered $8 in plenty points when buying an ebay gift card, or a 17% discount (a little less since you probably will end up using the points at Exxon/Mobil whose gas prices are usually more expensive than everyone else - at least in my area. )

Finally, don't forget when buying gift cards on ebay, always go through a cash portal like ebates to get an additional 1% back on your purchase. If you don't know what ebates is, visit their site and it will explain to you what to do.

I hope this explains to you what this whole forum is about, and I'll be in Disneyworld from August 15 -August 18 (In 3 weeks!)

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MinMou said:

It may not seem Disney-like, but the truth is that things work differently for everyone. Some folks have no Kmart near them, some have 2. Some have lots of reasons to shop in Gamestop, some people feel like they are in a foreign country. Some people have an easy time getting Best Buy cards, some have had their Paypal accounts closed in the process. And whatever works today may not work tomorrow.

The main thrust of this thread is to try to find ways to use rebates and coupons to increase our cash flow, and use that extra bonus to buy more gift cards, and eventually get Disney gift cards. Some people only use Target gift cards, to buy Disney gift cards, and others go elsewhere. Everything is on a "Your Mileage May Vary" basis, and that is particularly true for the people who buy gift cards and earn points for gasoline.

Some people use Swagbucks, some Shop My Way, MyPoints, M+, and almost everyone uses ebates and most try to get ebay bucks. And there are more programs I didn't include.

Honestly , by going back 100 pages, you are not wasting your time, because only you know which ways will work for you.

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Alice Sr. said:

Does the ebates $5 (for $25 BB gc) credit at the same time as the 1%?

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Jason Smith said:

I guess 2 more things I should add to my post for those newbies:

1) Some people here have mentioned buying Gamestop gift cardsand using that to buy ebay gift cards. This seems to be very YMMV as many Gamestop's do not allow you to buy a gift card with a gift card.

2) Many people buy discounted gift cards on the secondary gift card using Cardcash or Raise. Please note that this is extremely high risk and should be a last resort used to save money. Cardcash had an F rating from the better business bureau although they have now got it back up to a B+ although the BBB has revoked their accredited business status. Raise has a B rating from the BBB. Both companies have numerous complaints on the BBB website.

IMHO, stay away from the secondary gift market unless you are willing to take high risks and willing to spend hours fighting to get your money back if things go bad.

I know I'm going to get grief from people with comments like, "I've bought from raise many times and never had any problems." Well, just remember, there were plenty of people who bought from Bernie Madoff and had no problems either. (In fact, I know people who made a bundle off of him.)

The point is, just because you haven't had a problem yet, it doesn't mean that these companies aren't risky. The complaints about them on the BBB and other websites shows that. All it takes is one bad gift card and you will negate your savings from the past 20 that you bought.

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Lain said:

It believe it credits at or around the same time. I didn't see it initially because the $5 bonus actually credits in a separate section under "Cash Bonus."

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JKalai said:

For those of you stuck with GS credit:

Doom (PS4/Xbox One) pre-owned at Gamestop - $26 ($23 if you have power up pro) > Trades in at Best Buy - $25

Great credit mover if you have power up pro. Expect trade in values to tank tomorrow.

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lucigo said:

Thank you for all of that!! I made my first purchase today, Swagbucks (1%?) to Raise for Target GC at 4% plus 3% (plus 2% back to my CC), then Target to Disney for another 5%. My brain hurts trying to figure out if I did well LOL

Can you tell me what you use plenti points for? I get them through Allstate or is it ATT? but didn't find a use for them.

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Lain said:

It believe it credits at or around the same time. I didn't see it initially because the $5 bonus actually credits in a separate section under "Cash Bonus."

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MinMou said:

How do you get to that section? Hoping I will find s surprise there!

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MinMou said:

How do you get to that section? Hoping I will find s surprise there!

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memelit0 said:

Do you know if there is a limit to how many games I can trade?

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