Disney Gift Card Deals

[Buttrcp16]

The deal was posted on here Thursday night. The deal was shut down on Saturday morning. Not quite the very same day. But yes, it does appear that until people found that they could apply the discount to GC purchases, there wasn't much buzz about this offer.

I stand corrected, didn't check the dates but it seemed really fast!

 

[Kacie]

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I'd be interested to hear if Target lets you buy Target Gift Cards with other Gift Cards. I had thought this was a no-no.

Hmm, I don't know. I will report back. I just would like to combine balances somehow. I don't want my money stolen from me, know what I mean? What else can I do?

 

[Marionnette]

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Hmm, I don't know. I will report back. I just would like to combine balances somehow. I don't want my money stolen from me, know what I mean? What else can I do?

Target allows you to pay for a Target GC with a Target GC. However, if you have a physical Target GC in your possession, you can use your smartphone to combine all of your purchased GCs onto the physical GC. There are posts earlier in this thread on how to do it.

 

[Kacie]

I did receive my Target gift cards just now. I think I could have turned them into a mobile gift card but a new e-gift card number was the main thing I was after. Phew.

 

[TheDisneyDoll]

Do y'all think the disney cards will be available on the Target site again? Or is target over it? I have a few of those raise gift cards and honestly I don't shop at target other than for this purpose lol

 

[Buttrcp16]

Do y'all think the disney cards will be available on the Target site again? Or is target over it? I have a few of those raise gift cards and honestly I don't shop at target other than for this purpose lol

Someone earlier said they called Target and was told they would be back in stock Wednesday. Though it is unlikely they will be able to be purchased using any coupon codes or the PayPal deal.

 

[KJMAX1]

Disney doll on another site for deals not related to Disney, people said this deal ran a few months ago in spring and they ran out of a restaurant card and the orders not canceled were fulfilled when they came in stock. My husband's aunt bought a few and three of her's weren't canceled either, and then one was fulfilled.

As for the time line on the offer being presented, this offer was good all week on Target by Targets own code and was posted on the prior Sunday for their Black Friday sale in Aug. This deal wasn't just paypal, but through several codes. It was posted as well on the Facebook page for Disboards. This offer is run twice a year and someone even posted the full black Friday ad from this past year. You can use your target giftcards to buy more Disney gift cards with the discount then. Stop trying to make this aomething is not. Target deals run Sunday to Saturday. If you bought at the end of the week on Saturday they likely ran out because it was the end of the week and people had already shopped.​

 

[sullygirl14]

Ordered mine on Friday night.. 10 of them were cancelled this morning and the other 6 still say "ordering processing." I am wondering if those will most likely be cancelled as well. How long was this coupon code good for? Too good to be true I guess...

Those last 6 were cancelled today after saying "back ordered" and after I was told by customer service that if it stated as a back order they would eventually ship (never mentioned item I was talking about or coupon code, just as a "general back ordered vs. canceled status.)". I guess this whole thing was too good to be true.

 

[Eighty8Keys]

QUESTION- I don't see them online, but does anyone know if K-mart STORES sell Disney GC? I have $90 in Discover Card cashback rewards and could cash that in for 2-$50 K-mart cards using on the $90 in rewards.
Next question would be.... can you use a K-mart GC to purchase a GC?

My Portland area K-Mart has $25 Disney Gift Cards and my Sears has $50. I know some people have had success buying Disney Gift Cards with either K-Mart or Sears gift cards, but I was unsuccessful at both places last fall. I have Discover Card cashback rewards too that I wish I could somehow convert to Disney gift cards.

 

[Buttrcp16]

Disney doll on another site for deals not related to Disney, people said this deal ran a few months ago in spring and they ran out of a restaurant card and the orders not canceled were fulfilled when they came in stock. My husband's aunt bought a few and three of her's weren't canceled either, and then one was fulfilled.

As for the time line on the offer being presented, this offer was good all week on Target by Targets own code and was posted on the prior Sunday for their Black Friday sale in Aug. This deal wasn't just paypal, but through several codes. It was posted as well on the Facebook page for Disboards. This offer is run twice a year and someone even posted the full black Friday ad from this past year. You can use your target giftcards to buy more Disney gift cards with the discount then. Stop trying to make this aomething is not. Target deals run Sunday to Saturday. If you bought at the end of the week on Saturday they likely ran out because it was the end of the week and people had already shopped.​

I was referring specifically to the PayPal code which was first mentioned online in April, and had a supposed expiration of 12/31/15 but is suspected to no longer work on Disney gift cards, even when they do come back in stock. Furthermore it makes no sense to arbitrarily cancel some orders but uphold others and fulfill those when the cards come back in stock. There must be a reason for all the cancellations and my guess is that a loop hole was exposed when the PayPal code was exploited to such a great extent. Time will tell if the code still applies when the cards are back in stock.

 

[IBelieveInTheMagic]

Is anyone still waiting on refunds back to their Target gift cards? All six of mine were officially cancelled and I only have a refund on one of them. I just spent a very frustrating and beyond ridiculous call with Target to advise I still need my money back for the cancelled orders. In a nutshell they can't help me. I was probing hard and it almost sounds like they are saying that after they refunded the money to the gift cards, someone used them. I can't check this anywhere (online or through the phone number) and I'm waiting on the same supervisor to confirm this with me. We all know this can happen with Raise and Cardpool but I find it somewhat hard to believe it happened immediately on all of them? Hmm.... SO I can't contact Raise and/or Cardpool until I know for sure someone indeed did use them after the refund was credited.

Both the first rep and the supervisor kept saying they were converted into a mobile app (which a lot of us do) and wouldn't answer - how do I get MY money? SO BEYOND FRUSTRATING!

Trust me, I've been one of those in the past that received unactivated Disney gift cards from Target.com and I thought that was bad, but geesh this takes the cake.

Would love to know if there are others in my situation before I escalated to either Raise/Cardpool and Target Corporate office.

Thanks,
Heather

Ps. I meant to add, the first rep knew exactly about the cancelled orders and explained to me (I didn't ask) that they had too many orders and they sold out before they could fulfill them and nothing about the codes being used.

 

[Kacie]

I even had an order canceled that I forgot to use the $5 off code on apparently, as the total was $47.50 (just plain ol' redcard discount) so I'm guessing they had to cancel it just due to being unable to fulfill. Didn't say backordered; said canceled.

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Is anyone still waiting on refunds back to their Target gift cards? All six of mine were officially cancelled and I only have a refund on one of them. I just spent a very frustrating and beyond ridiculous call with Target to advise I still need my money back for the cancelled orders. In a nutshell they can't help me. I was probing hard and it almost sounds like they are saying that after they refunded the money to the gift cards, someone used them. I can't check this anywhere (online or through the phone number) and I'm waiting on the same supervisor to confirm this with me. We all know this can happen with Raise and Cardpool but I find it somewhat hard to believe it happened immediately on all of them? Hmm.... SO I can't contact Raise and/or Cardpool until I know for sure someone indeed did use them after the refund was credited.

Both the first rep and the supervisor kept saying they were converted into a mobile app (which a lot of us do) and wouldn't answer - how do I get MY money? SO BEYOND FRUSTRATING!

Trust me, I've been one of those in the past that received unactivated Disney gift cards from Target.com and I thought that was bad, but geesh this takes the cake.

Would love to know if there are others in my situation before I escalated to either Raise/Cardpool and Target Corporate office.

Thanks,
Heather

Ps. I meant to add, the first rep knew exactly about the cancelled orders and explained to me (I didn't ask) that they had too many orders and they sold out before they could fulfill them and nothing about the codes being used.

Oh dear. If they can trace that they were converted into a mobile app, can they at least see that it isn't yours? I really hope you get your money back.

 

[Buttrcp16]

the first rep knew exactly about the cancelled orders and explained to me (I didn't ask) that they had too many orders and they sold out before they could fulfill them and nothing about the codes being used.

Let's hope the rep is right!

 

[Buttrcp16]

I have zero insight to provide in your situation, but I wouldn't hesitate to escalate it to whomever you can speak to about it. I hope it works out for you.

 

[madhavok]

My orders also cancelled and I verified the funds were returned to the respective gift card. You may have an issue and at this point I wouldn't hesitate to kick it up the ladder.

 

[marsh0013]

Is anyone still waiting on refunds back to their Target gift cards? All six of mine were officially cancelled and I only have a refund on one of them. I just spent a very frustrating and beyond ridiculous call with Target to advise I still need my money back for the cancelled orders. In a nutshell they can't help me. I was probing hard and it almost sounds like they are saying that after they refunded the money to the gift cards, someone used them. I can't check this anywhere (online or through the phone number) and I'm waiting on the same supervisor to confirm this with me. We all know this can happen with Raise and Cardpool but I find it somewhat hard to believe it happened immediately on all of them? Hmm.... SO I can't contact Raise and/or Cardpool until I know for sure someone indeed did use them after the refund was credited.

Both the first rep and the supervisor kept saying they were converted into a mobile app (which a lot of us do) and wouldn't answer - how do I get MY money? SO BEYOND FRUSTRATING!

Trust me, I've been one of those in the past that received unactivated Disney gift cards from Target.com and I thought that was bad, but geesh this takes the cake.

Would love to know if there are others in my situation before I escalated to either Raise/Cardpool and Target Corporate office.

Thanks,
Heather

Ps. I meant to add, the first rep knew exactly about the cancelled orders and explained to me (I didn't ask) that they had too many orders and they sold out before they could fulfill them and nothing about the codes being used.

My cancelled order was placed with a Target gift card that I had subsequently combined online. I called in yesterday, and it took a bit of time, but the person I spoke to could see that the original gift card could not be refunded, so she sent me a new e-gift card with the total refund amount. I will say, it took a bit of time with me on hold with her going and "checking her resources" as she kept saying. If you did combine the cards, tell them that. They should be able to determine that the card you used was force closed (that's the verbiage on the mobile combining site) and they should be able to process your refund(s) on a new card(s). Good luck, let us know how it turns out.

 

[Narnia_girl]

I think this experience just teaches people not to share deals they come across, for fear a few, let's say overzealous, people will ruin it for the bunch. What is the point of having a group to post deals in if people are going to go crazy and get the deal shut down before others have a chance to take part? I see both sides of the situation, don't get me wrong, I'm just a little sad that it's almost too competitive and becoming less of a "let's help each other out" type of atmosphere.

Buttrcp16's post above made me think of Hisgirl's post below. It is from the Theme Park Strategies board and although it was written regarding park behavior, it might also apply to buying large numbers of discounted gift cards. I think the whole idea of social/business norms is fascinating.

In light of the recent thread about folks acting rude at the parks, I wanted to share a thought that came to me this morning. If this is belongs in a different area, I totally understand.

When I was in grad school, one of our books we read in The Psychology of Money class was by a guy who writes a column for the WSJ and teaches (or taught) at Duke. It was a book about human behavior and how our social and business norms affect our decisions.

It was so valuable and has saved me thousands on mortgage and auto deals, because I can now spot when a sales person is trying to switch me from business norms to social norms.

This is what I think (In my opinion) is happening at WDW and why people don't seem to act, in the theme parks, as caring as they might act at a neighborhood park.

Here's how it works: (specific details may be paraphrased here and this is only one of many experiments which demonstrated this principle)

The author did an experiment at a college where they offered a tray of candy. For free.

People were thrilled and took one, maybe two...this was not a money transaction. So it did not tap into our business values and norms. It was a social transaction and tapped into SOCIAL NORMS.

Folks took one and left the rest for the fellow students. Because Social Norms cause us to keep our fellow man in mind. We are tapping into our love for our fellow man, our caring selves, showing our good side. We are less likely to be selfish. We smile, we take one, and we thank the person giving us this candy, we don't want to be greedy because others are coming by and they may want one.

But...when they changed the sign from 'free candy' to 'CANDY for 2 cents!", suddenly the social norm changed to BUSINESS NORMS.

Now that money was involved, this transaction no longer tapped in the social norms but was strictly a business transaction. Money for goods.

The emotion driving the action no longer tapped into the same area as the social norm. It was all about the financial deal. The students pulled out money and wiped the platter clean. They would buy ALL the candy and leave NONE for the fellow students. The caring for the fellow man disappeared. This business transaction involved sacrificing hard earned money for goods, and tapped into a completely different area of emotion. This was a business deal. they could buy as much as they wanted and if the next guy walking by wanted some, he should have gotten there sooner.

This principle is why we tend to see a good salesperson try to get personal. If they can get us to transfer over from our business norms to social norms, then we begin to care about the salesman as a person. We don't want to 'hurt his feelings' if we don't close the deal and we feel guilty for going to a different car dealership to chase the better deal because, well...this sales man and I are now kinda friends and I don't want to hurt his feelings.. This is a widely used trick and I've seen it played out many times.

When people come to Disney Parks, they are handing over THOUSANDS of their very hard earned dollars. This is a very serious business transaction and they are tapping into business norms when they make the exchange.

I am guessing, that for many, the business norm follows them into the park and they act out in a way that says, "This is for me, I am protecting my transaction" and they display behavior that is not tapping into the social, more caring side of their emotions.

I know many, MANY are kind and don't do this. I have seen many be incredibly kind. I realize there is most likely much more kindness displayed than rudeness. I am not painting a broad brush. But I do wonder....if the ones we DO see acting out, in what seems to be, a very selfish manner, if they are following this principle.

I would wonder if these same people pushing and shoving would surprise us by acting kind and mannerly at the free park down the road. Business norms and Social Norms. It's a fascinating observation.

 

[pillow]

Is anyone still waiting on refunds back to their Target gift cards? All six of mine were officially cancelled and I only have a refund on one of them. I just spent a very frustrating and beyond ridiculous call with Target to advise I still need my money back for the cancelled orders. In a nutshell they can't help me. I was probing hard and it almost sounds like they are saying that after they refunded the money to the gift cards, someone used them. I can't check this anywhere (online or through the phone number) and I'm waiting on the same supervisor to confirm this with me. We all know this can happen with Raise and Cardpool but I find it somewhat hard to believe it happened immediately on all of them? Hmm.... SO I can't contact Raise and/or Cardpool until I know for sure someone indeed did use them after the refund was credited.

Both the first rep and the supervisor kept saying they were converted into a mobile app (which a lot of us do) and wouldn't answer - how do I get MY money? SO BEYOND FRUSTRATING!

Trust me, I've been one of those in the past that received unactivated Disney gift cards from Target.com and I thought that was bad, but geesh this takes the cake.

Would love to know if there are others in my situation before I escalated to either Raise/Cardpool and Target Corporate office.

Thanks,
Heather

Ps. I meant to add, the first rep knew exactly about the cancelled orders and explained to me (I didn't ask) that they had too many orders and they sold out before they could fulfill them and nothing about the codes being used.

Oh no Heather! The funds went back to my gift card right away, so I do fear you have a bigger problem. I hope you get it resolved without too much more hassle. I would definitely escalate.

J

 

[Clawdya]

I see that someone ordered 67 cards...no wonder they ran out and stopped the offer. That is wonderful that they were able to save that much money, but unfortunately if many people ordered quantities like that, the rest of us lose out. I guess I will have to finish ordering my cards and be happy with the 14% off I get. I was trying to save enough to take my grandson on his first trip, but I guess I will have to work some more overtime instead.

The other site I frequent had everyone ordering from 20 to 40 each. So it's no wonder that Target quickly ran out. I do think it kind of sucks that some were able to get multiple orders filled and some none but I really don't blame them though, they were just trying to save on the costs of their trip

Buttrcp16's post above made me think of Hisgirl's post below. It is from the Theme Park Strategies board and although it was written regarding park behavior, it might also apply to buying large numbers of discounted gift cards. I think the whole idea of social/business norms is fascinating.

We were given this material to read at one of my work required classes. Very interesting and so true.

 

[Kacie]

I think it just kinda stinks that Target's inventory tracker wasn't updating in real time, or maybe it was and Target was like SLOW YOUR ROLL, PEOPLE! Like did it *really* take a few days for Target to realize they didn't have enough gift cards in stock to fulfill? Come on.