Disney Gift Card Deals

[havaneselover]

We already maxed out the grocery $1500 for the second quarter and I think all categories are cumulative. But thank you, I definitely would have bought now if we hadn't already maxed out!

Yes, they are cumulative. I wish you could get more than $75/quarter out of the bonus categories but I guess it's still pretty good since there's no annual fee.

 

[Patrick s]

It shouldn't be difficult for them to track down who used the cards and find out where they got the numbers. The purchases went through PayPal. If they can put so much energy into flagging and banning the accounts of innocent people, they should really get a kick out of actually catching the guilty.

That's what I had a beef about. I said please tell me who used them because I did not give them out to anyone. They claim they are unable to see that do to security reasons but escalated it to the gift card team. Of course you can't actually talk to anyone that has the authority to look into things like that. I'll let you all know what I find out. I'd be much more ticked if I didn't make about $3000 off of the process before having these issues.

 

[disfanforlife]

This is awful news about eBay cards from target! I haven't bought any since the last $250 eBay egift cards never showed up in my email. Fortunately for me target issued me a new target ecard instead which I went in to the store and bought Disney gift cards with. Thst was around the time when we thought Disney cards might not be sold from target online anymore. So sorry for you all of you dealing with a much worse problem than I had.

 

[StuckInKS]

I just joined Sams Club using Living Social for a discount on the membership specifically for this. Anybody know if Sam's has a limit on how much in Disney cards you can buy?

Its says limit 3, but I bought 4 before our May trip and they all shipped. Its not a "hard" limit, but I don't know if they limit it at some point.

It sounds like Target's targetecards site isn't secure??? This is insane. Sorry for everyone dealing with this. I would be very stressed and annoyed.

No, and that's been talked about for some time, as people have had Target GCs drained. There was a poster on here earlier this year who bought a bunch of GCs from Raise that were drained after she had somehow link them to her account online (maybe through the app or by checking the balances, can't remember) and Raise said that they were sold by multiple sellers but all used at one Target. And there was another thread on Budget Board right before we left for our trip where a poster had a bunch of resell cards drained too, a day or so after inputting the numbers into Target's site. Lots of people on that thread were quick to blame the reseller sites and didn't want to think that maybe it was Target, but when it happens with cards bought directly from Target, that's pretty hard to ignore. Target does not seem to want to take responsibility for this issue either.

Sorry to both of you who are dealing with the Target/ebay runaround.

 

[Alice Sr.]

The good thing is, you all through the DIS, know they have an issue. They would like to act like these are unique and individual issues. There is power in numbers and knowledge. You all need to stay in contact and threaten to rat them out as a team/group, that's powerful. Think of all the people this is or has happened to that are going to be trying to fight for their rights/property on their own, will be a much tougher battle. Good luck to all of you!

 

[chex]

Does Target still sell Ebay gift cards in store and allow you to purchase them with Target Gift cards because I don't see them on the list of Ebay Gift Card retailers?

 

[lorijohnhill]

It sounds like Target's targetecards site isn't secure??? This is insane. Sorry for everyone dealing with this. I would be very stressed and annoyed.

I don't know that Target is the problem, at least in Patrick's issue. The cards had a balance on them until he tried to use them on PPDG, if I'm understanding this correctly. It seems like this is a PP/PPDG issue.

 

[lorijohnhill]

That's what I had a beef about. I said please tell me who used them because I did not give them out to anyone. They claim they are unable to see that do to security reasons but escalated it to the gift card team. Of course you can't actually talk to anyone that has the authority to look into things like that. I'll let you all know what I find out. I'd be much more ticked if I didn't make about $3000 off of the process before having these issues.

They can't tell you who used them, for privacy/security reasons, but both eBay and PayPal know darned well what account they are tied to. This should be a short lived investigation and you should be made whole, unless it's an employee(s) and the companies are trying to cover their tails. They would want to keep that quiet, since they are supposed to be so "secure".

 

[havaneselover]

I don't know that Target is the problem, at least in Patrick's issue. The cards had a balance on them until he tried to use them on PPDG, if I'm understanding this correctly. It seems like this is a PP/PPDG issue.

But targetecards could have been breeched between when he tried to use them on PPDG and when he tried to purchase something else.

 

[lorijohnhill]

Here is an unsolicited piece of advice regarding PP accounts...

If you choose to continue risking your account by purchasing from PPDG or using GC to buy GC, I would advise you to remove your bank acct from PP. Once your PP acct is permanently limited, you cannot delete any bank accts or cc accts from PP. They keep them attached to your acct forever and have the capability of taking money from your financial accts (not saying they will, but saying they can).

 

[MommaBerd]

Here is an unsolicited piece of advice regarding PP accounts...

If you choose to continue risking your account by purchasing from PPDG or using GC to buy GC, I would advise you to remove your bank acct from PP. Once your PP acct is permanently limited, you cannot delete any bank accts or cc accts from PP. They keep them attached to your acct forever and have the capability of taking money from your financial accts (not saying they will, but saying they can).

If that is the case, I would call my financial institutions and tell them that I do not authorize ANY transactions with PayPal!

 

[lorijohnhill]

If that is the case, I would call my financial institutions and tell them that I do not authorize ANY transactions with PayPal!

I just did. It cost me $30, but PayPal can no longer remove funds from my bank account. I didn't really enjoy paying for that, but its easier to pay than to close the account and open a new one.

I will still need to deal with the credit cards that are attached, which will be interesting as one of them is my work cc (only used once to purchase a phone for the office and I didn't realize it would remain permanently attached to the PP acct).
I also had to remove the inventory of books I was selling on half.com... sigh... so many things affected. I just wish I had avoided PPDG in the first place!

 

[MamaBelle4]

I just did. It cost me $30, but PayPal can no longer remove funds from my bank account. I didn't really enjoy paying for that, but its easier to pay than to close the account and open a new one.

I will still need to deal with the credit cards that are attached, which will be interesting as one of them is my work cc (only used once to purchase a phone for the office and I didn't realize it would remain permanently attached to the PP acct).
I also had to remove the inventory of books I was selling on half.com... sigh... so many things affected. I just wish I had avoided PPDG in the first place!

This is so ridiculous. You did nothing wrong. I just can't wrap my head around this nightmare.

I am so sorry.

 

[BruinEd03]

I just did. It cost me $30, but PayPal can no longer remove funds from my bank account. I didn't really enjoy paying for that, but its easier to pay than to close the account and open a new one.

I will still need to deal with the credit cards that are attached, which will be interesting as one of them is my work cc (only used once to purchase a phone for the office and I didn't realize it would remain permanently attached to the PP acct).
I also had to remove the inventory of books I was selling on half.com... sigh... so many things affected. I just wish I had avoided PPDG in the first place!

FYI - mine was for the same thing, GC to GC purchases according to a rep online. Did you appeal yours?

 

[lorijohnhill]

FYI - mine was for the same thing, GC to GC purchases according to a rep online. Did you appeal yours?

I tried. I didn't get me anything but lies.

 

[BruinEd03]

I tried. I didn't get me anything but lies.

If you don't mind me asking, what did they say to you? Just so I can be prepared for mine.

 

[havaneselover]

FYI - mine was for the same thing, GC to GC purchases according to a rep online. Did you appeal yours?

Was PPDG involved? Trying to figure out the risk of buying from GCM or SVM with gift cards. I know they are saying it's gc to gc but it seems like PPDG has been involved in all the bannings.

 

[BruinEd03]

Was PPDG involved? Trying to figure out the risk of buying from GCM or SVM with gift cards. I know they are saying it's gc to gc but it seems like PPDG has been involved in all the bannings.

Yes, BB GC through PPDG. Never had an issue with Target GC through GCM or Gas Card through SVM.

 

[lorijohnhill]

If you don't mind me asking, what did they say to you? Just so I can be prepared for mine.

The first rep I spoke with said she'd give me the benefit of the doubt and lift the limitation as long as I got my ID, SS card, and a utility bill uploaded within 24 hours. I did as she asked (actually did it within 15 mins of talking with her). The next morning I received the appeal denied email. I called again to find out why and ended up with a different rep who told me that my purchases didn't make sense. The purchasing $600 worth of GCs was a HUGE amount of money. It looked like I was taking money from drug dealers and using that to purchase gift cards on line. She said I needed to submit the paper trail for every purchase I had made. And prove where I had gotten the original gift cards. She basically wanted to see the entire process on paper. She said the federal government requires them to prove the money didn't come from criminals. She gave me a web address to upload unlimited amount of documents so I could prove my case.

Like an idiot, I spent 6 hours printing out and tracking down what I could and when I went to upload the site wouldn't let me go to that page because my account is limited (which the rep, who was in the limitations department, would have known). Basically, it was a lie to get me off the phone and a colossal waste of my time. I realized later, after thinking on it for a while, that providing a paper trail would only have given them more access to my personal information. I have ZERO trust left for PayPal and won't give them any more of my info.

 

[MinMou]

The first rep I spoke with said she'd give me the benefit of the doubt and lift the limitation as long as I got my ID, SS card, and a utility bill uploaded within 24 hours. I did as she asked (actually did it within 15 mins of talking with her). The next morning I received the appeal denied email. I called again to find out why and ended up with a different rep who told me that my purchases didn't make sense. The purchasing $600 worth of GCs was a HUGE amount of money. It looked like I was taking money from drug dealers and using that to purchase gift cards on line. She said I needed to submit the paper trail for every purchase I had made. And prove where I had gotten the original gift cards. She basically wanted to see the entire process on paper. She said the federal government requires them to prove the money didn't come from criminals. She gave me a web address to upload unlimited amount of documents so I could prove my case.

Like an idiot, I spent 6 hours printing out and tracking down what I could and when I went to upload the site wouldn't let me go to that page because my account is limited (which the rep, who was in the limitations department, would have known). Basically, it was a lie to get me off the phone and a colossal waste of my time. I realized later, after thinking on it for a while, that providing a paper trail would only have given them more access to my personal information. I have ZERO trust left for PayPal and won't give them any more of my info.

Honestly, I would talk to the consumer affairs agency in your state. They asked for info they have no right to, and they denied you service for no legal reason. $600 is not money laundering and certainly not drug dealing. They are being jerks and they don't want to admit it. Of course, that takes time, and you probably don't have that right now. Drat.