Buying Disney gift cards at Target

[mbrou24]

Is it still possible to use Target gift cards to buy Disney gift cards? I was in the process of planning a trip and knew you used to be able to but have been told this may have changed?

 

[tink89]

no. Most stores now d not accept gc for gc

 

[bigeyedfish]

They no longer allow direct payment using a Target GC to purchase a Disney GC.

However, I still convert my Target GCs to Disney. I do a fair amount of my shopping there so it works out for me.

So if I buy $50 worth of merchandise at Target and a $50 Disney GC I can then use a $50 Target GC and my RedCard to cover the remainder. I count that as a win in my book because I’m guaranteed to spend that money there anyway.

 

[gottalovepluto]

no. Most stores now d not accept gc for gc

*all stores

It’s hard coded in the systems nationwide now OP no gc for GC at Target.

ETA: I meant all TARGET stores as that’s what original OP was asking. Sorry for confusion!

 

[kristenrice]

They no longer allow direct payment using a Target GC to purchase a Disney GC.

However, I still convert my Target GCs to Disney. I do a fair amount of my shopping there so it works out for me.

So if I buy $50 worth of merchandise at Target and a $50 Disney GC I can then use a $50 Target GC and my RedCard to cover the remainder. I count that as a win in my book because I’m guaranteed to spend that money there anyway.

This is what I do too. In my brain, I am converting my Target gift card to a Disney gift card. In reality, I am buying $25 worth of groceries with a Target gift card and using my Red Card to buy a $25 Disney Gift card. I just save up my FWP gift cards and "convert" them to Disney gift cards whenever I have $25 saved up AND I am making a Target run for stuff that is going to cost me more than $25.

 

[Searc]

Is it still possible to use Target gift cards to buy Disney gift cards? I was in the process of planning a trip and knew you used to be able to but have been told this may have changed?

No. You can no longer use Target gift cards to purchase Disney gift cards.

 

[amyg1975]

I do what the others have said above. I ALWAYS need things at Target, so this is not hard for me to do.

 

[NKHarris329]

At a number of locations around Houston you can not buy a gift card in the same transaction where you are using a gift card for payment, even if merchandise covers the amount of money on the GC you are using to pay.

 

[SL6827]

At a number of locations around Houston you can not buy a gift card in the same transaction where you are using a gift card for payment, even if merchandise covers the amount of money on the GC you are using to pay.

Wow!

 

[supersnoop]

*all stores

It’s hard coded in the systems nationwide now OP no gc for GC at Target.

*all Target stores and most other retailers. I believe Walmart and Bed, Bath & Beyond still allow the transactions.

 

[gottalovepluto]

*all Target stores and most other retailers. I believe Walmart and Bed, Bath & Beyond still allow the transactions.

Edited to clarify, I was referencing the q about Target. Don’t want to mess anyone up- thanks!

 

[DizMe]

I no longer shop much at Target. I used to shop there a lot and watch the weekly ads specifically to get the $5 and $10 Target gift cards with purchase until I had enough to buy a Disney card. Since you can't do that anymore, it isn't the same in my mind. It was a way to save up for a Disney card but now I'm paying more than I would at other places for merchandise to get a card to buy more of the same. In my mind that's not a Disney savings. To be fair, it probably never was, but it was a simple way to stash away $5 at a time to purchase a Disney card down the road.

 

[SL6827]

I wonder how much $$$$ that Target has lost with Disney cards since no longer allowing gc to gc purchases.

 

[ValpoCory]

I wonder how much $$$$ that Target has lost with Disney cards since no longer allowing gc to gc purchases.

I know I didn't buy $300 in Target GC for $270 yesterday because of it.

We still buy Disney GC at Target for 5% off before our trips, if my local grocery store doesn't have anything better. Better than nothing.

 

[Searc]

I wonder how much $$$$ that Target has lost with Disney cards since no longer allowing gc to gc purchases.

We bought $600 worth of gift cards last year to buy Disney gift cards and now that Target changed their policy, I didn't bother this year. I rarely shop at Target anymore, so it wasn't worth the perceived savings.

 

[gottalovepluto]

I wonder how much $$$$ that Target has lost with Disney cards since no longer allowing gc to gc purchases.

$0. They weren’t making money selling their gift cards at 10% off and having them used to buy an item they made less than 10% on in the margins. We don’t know what their margin is on the GC but my research says it’s definitely less than 10%.

 

[SUSIEQ]

We bought $600 worth of gift cards last year to buy Disney gift cards and now that Target changed their policy, I didn't bother this year. I rarely shop at Target anymore, so it wasn't worth the perceived savings.

Yea, I have absolutely NO use for Target anymore. Other stores get my $.

 

[Cruising Engineer]

I've abandoned Target for all shopping especially GC. Last year it was worth the extra miles to drive to Target, now it's not. I just buy locally and get my GC when I see a bargain, like BJ's.

 

[SL6827]

$0. They weren’t making money selling their gift cards at 10% off and having them used to buy an item they made less than 10% on in the margins. We don’t know what their margin is on the GC but my research says it’s definitely less than 10%.

But many people like myself were not just buying them from Target at 10% off, but from other sources. So I would think that there might would have cost them something.

 

[PerfessorZ]

But many people like myself were not just buying them from Target at 10% off, but from other sources. So I would think that there might would have cost them something.

Still no. Target doesn’t make a penny when you buy gift cards from a 3rd party. They’ve already made that money when they sold the card. If they can entice/force you to use it on a higher profit product (i.e. not a gift card), they will make more money. If you never use the gift card at all, that’s even better for them.