Disney Gift Card Deals

[wendow]

Anyone ever have any issues with GC's from Raise?

Also, if we use these GC's, are they generally combinable with other store discounts? We us a 10% military discount at Lowes/Home Depot, and I've noticed that Raise sells them at 10-11% off for Lowes anyways.. That's a good discount if I can combine the 2.

I regularly buy Lowes and Home Depot from Raise, and then combine with other coupons. It is a great savings!!

 

[DisneyNurse4Life]

Am I wrong ot believe GCs purchased via target.com with Swagbucks SHOULD earn swagbucks points?

 

[DIS_MERI]

Am I wrong ot believe GCs purchased via target.com with Swagbucks SHOULD earn swagbucks points?

Yes, you are mistaken. Terms from swagbucks website for shop & earn via target: Apple Products, Grocery, Baby Care (Diapering, Feeding, Toiletries), Gift Cards & Prepaid Cards are not eligible for SB.

 

[wendow]

Since redemption of ebucks begins tomorrow (is that right?), should we assume no ebucks promo during January? My trip is in April. Should I buy Target from GCM just to go ahead and get it back into Target so I can be ready for a February promo?

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

I regularly buy Lowes and Home Depot from Raise, and then combine with other coupons. It is a great savings!!

I just purchased Home Depot gift cards from Cardpool, purchased 3 shelves on sale for in store pickup, received eBates and will be filing for the 11% gift card rebate on my purchase. This saves about 35%. You can definitely combine gift cards with sales and coupons.

 

[DIS_MERI]

Since redemption of ebucks begins tomorrow (is that right?), should we assume no ebucks promo during January? My trip is in April. Should I buy Target from GCM just to go ahead and get it back into Target so I can be ready for a February promo?

There were several times during October that people mentioned getting ebay bucks bonus offers, but they were all targeted and I was never a target (I had over $300 in ebay bucks to spend). So, it wouldn't hurt to save them for the end of the month just in case, but it seems pretty unlikely to me....


ETA: I don't think they come for a couple of days, so probably not tomorrow. I think there's a calendar on ebay, though

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Since redemption of ebucks begins tomorrow (is that right?), should we assume no ebucks promo during January? My trip is in April. Should I buy Target from GCM just to go ahead and get it back into Target so I can be ready for a February promo?

Would you actually make anything from that churn? Without eBucks bonus the cost of shipping might eat away any savings. I would just hold out for the next ebay bucks bonus, but do the math.

 

[wendow]

There were several times during October that people mentioned getting ebay bucks bonus offers, but they were all targeted and I was never a target (I had over $300 in ebay bucks to spend). So, it wouldn't hurt to save them for the end of the month just in case, but it seems pretty unlikely to me....


ETA: I don't think they come for a couple of days, so probably not tomorrow. I think there's a calendar on ebay, though

Oh really, not tomorrow, huh...I really thought we'd get another promo before the redemption period began. I got the 3x offer a week ago or so but Target was not cooperating with me trying to order eBay from them. Hmm, I may just go ahead and buy in the next day or so from GCM. Time is limited and while, the discount isn't great, it's better than face value. The, at least, I'd be back in Target. This churning thing is *not* for the faint of heart lol...!

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Oh really, not tomorrow, huh...I really thought we'd get another promo before the redemption period began. I got the 3x offer a week ago or so but Target was not cooperating with me trying to order eBay from them. Hmm, I may just go ahead and buy in the next day or so from GCM. Time is limited and while, the discount isn't great, it's better than face value. The, at least, I'd be back in Target. This churning thing is *not* for the faint of heart lol...!

But what is the benefit of being back in Target? I can't imagine them running a sale on eBay gift cards in January. It is more likely that an eBay bucks promo would pop first.

 

[wendow]

Would you actually make anything from that churn? Without eBucks bonus the cost of shipping might eat away any savings. I would just hold out for the next ebay bucks bonus, but do the math.

I have $900 in eBay so it would be (6) $150's with $7.94 shipping but $18.00 ebucks. Then 1.25% topcashback...so I'd make a little...but yeah, not all that much. Our trip is in mid-April and this money is for food/souvenirs so I don't need it until we leave.

 

[wendow]

But what is the benefit of being back in Target? I can't imagine them running a sale on eBay gift cards in January. It is more likely that an eBay bucks promo would pop first.

It would only be to buy eBay back at a discount. Does that not make sense?? I really am unsure what to do right now since I am fairly new to the churning thing.

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

It would only be to buy eBay back at a discount. Does that not make sense?? I really am unsure what to do right now since I am fairly new to the churning thing.

I guess I can see that. I have only been churning back and forth when I felt it gave me a decent return on the time investment. So when I get an eBay bucks promo or eBay cards are on sale at Target. I feel I have maximized my savings better that way. I am somewhat new to the eBay to Target churn as well. For our 2014 Disney trip I purchased all of our gift cards at 10% discount using Redcard and Pharmacy discount. This recent trip I have gotten a much higher discount and love it, but since I am now essentially cashed out for our February trip, I am planning on using my Swagbucks earnings over the next year to continue churning for our 2018 trip. I have a good feeling that if things remain steady until then, our trip could be close to free.

 

[wendow]

I guess I can see that. I have only been churning back and forth when I felt it gave me a decent return on the time investment. So when I get an eBay bucks promo or eBay cards are on sale at Target. I feel I have maximized my savings better that way. I am somewhat new to the eBay to Target churn as well. For our 2014 Disney trip I purchased all of our gift cards at 10% discount using Redcard and Pharmacy discount. This recent trip I have gotten a much higher discount and love it, but since I am now essentially cashed out for our February trip, I am planning on using my Swagbucks earnings over the next year to continue churning for our 2018 trip. I have a good feeling that if things remain steady until then, our trip could be close to free.

Yep, our previous trips were purchased with the Redcard discount and Pharmacy rewards too. I was bummed when we lost the pharmacy rewards but this has been even better churning with eBay. I am just now starting swagbucks. I never paid much attention to swag before but will be trying to do better with all that. A free trip, or close to it, trip is amazing! We try to take our family once a year and appreciate any and all the savings we can get...Hmm, so I may go ahead and risk buying now from GCM. They ship pretty quick to me and hopefully Target won't mess with me again ordering eBay.

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

Yep, our previous trips were purchased with the Redcard discount and Pharmacy rewards too. I was bummed when we lost the pharmacy rewards but this has been even better churning with eBay. I am just now starting swagbucks. I never paid much attention to swag before but will be trying to do better with all that. A free trip, or close to it, trip is amazing! We try to take our family once a year and appreciate any and all the savings we can get...Hmm, so I may go ahead and risk buying now from GCM. They ship pretty quick to me and hopefully Target won't mess with me again ordering eBay.

I've made about $125 in Swagbucks in the last few months plus DH's earnings, with most of that actually coming from this month. I have finally gotten some devices for running the apps and have learned to use nCraves and other things to help me earn more. Now I just run things in the background while I am at work or relaxing in the evening. If I could keep up this pace then I would be in good shape to make almost $1000 for 2016. Then I could churn that into even more savings. It would be amazing if I could make our 2018 trip free.

 

[wendow]

I've made about $125 in Swagbucks in the last few months plus DH's earnings, with most of that actually coming from this month. I have finally gotten some devices for running the apps and have learned to use nCraves and other things to help me earn more. Now I just run things in the background while I am at work or relaxing in the evening. If I could keep up this pace then I would be in good shape to make almost $1000 for 2016. Then I could churn that into even more savings. It would be amazing if I could make our 2018 trip free.

That is great, Jen!

I have tried running NCraves and other videos but it slows down my laptop so much, I get frustrated. Do you not have that issue at all?

 

[Mr. lncredible]

It would only be to buy eBay back at a discount. Does that not make sense?? I really am unsure what to do right now since I am fairly new to the churning thing.

Might want to keep in mind that you are limited to $5000 in ebay gift cards (Per quarter or per half, don't remember which) so buying if/when an ebay bucks promo kicks in would make more sense to me.

 

[Alice Sr.]

I've made about $125 in Swagbucks in the last few months plus DH's earnings, with most of that actually coming from this month. I have finally gotten some devices for running the apps and have learned to use nCraves and other things to help me earn more. Now I just run things in the background while I am at work or relaxing in the evening. If I could keep up this pace then I would be in good shape to make almost $1000 for 2016. Then I could churn that into even more savings. It would be amazing if I could make our 2018 trip free.

I have never used Swagbucks or heard of nCraves but is this something I could run at home on my tablet while at work or does it require monitoring/responses? I would not run on my work laptop but we do also have a couple of wireless networks that I could connet the tablet to. I guess I would be concerned if it was discovered by our IT, not being technically savvy not sure if this would be considered a big no-no. Appreciate all of you sharing your successes!

 

[Alice Sr.]

I've made about $125 in Swagbucks in the last few months plus DH's earnings, with most of that actually coming from this month. I have finally gotten some devices for running the apps and have learned to use nCraves and other things to help me earn more. Now I just run things in the background while I am at work or relaxing in the evening. If I could keep up this pace then I would be in good shape to make almost $1000 for 2016. Then I could churn that into even more savings. It would be amazing if I could make our 2018 trip free.

Do you recommend adding the Swagbutton? I added Ebates last week, will it cancel it out, or are they compatible? TIA!!

 

[Marionnette]

Do you recommend adding the Swagbutton? I added Ebates last week, will it cancel it out, or are they compatible? TIA!!

You generally cannot double-dip rewards. You will have to choose one or the other. The buttons only notify you when you are shopping at a website that is eligible for their rewards.

 

[DIS_MERI]

Do you recommend adding the Swagbutton? I added Ebates last week, will it cancel it out, or are they compatible? TIA!!

You get either ebates or swagbucks for your shopping. I use cashbackmonitor.com to check to see which would be best.

I have never used Swagbucks or heard of nCraves but is this something I could run at home on my tablet while at work or does it require monitoring/responses? I would not run on my work laptop but we do also have a couple of wireless networks that I could connet the tablet to. I guess I would be concerned if it was discovered by our IT, not being technically savvy not sure if this would be considered a big no-no. Appreciate all of you sharing your successes!

You could run the swagbucks apps on your tablet (more than likely, anyway. Definitely ipads, androids depend on the release version). You can *try* to run them while you are at work, and sometimes they run super smooth. Other times they have to be babysat. I run nCraves on my laptop (while running apps on my ipad). All of it is very bandwidth intensive so it is entirely possible your IT folks would notice your usage.

I generally make $125 a month, but I am home much of the time to be able to keep an eye on things (nCraves generally take 2 minutes an hour and I make about 100-200SB a day from those, and then I glance over at the apps while I am doing other stuff to make sure they aren't hung up, more often if they've been hanging a lot lately). You can think of a SB as a penny, so 100SB is about $1. I spent 10 days at Disney in November and only made 100SB/day during that time, which probably had me gone even more than a job would