Disney Gift Card Deals

[Alice Sr.]

I was going to just make up the difference with my redcard, does that mess up the process? Do I need to buy another Target GC so it is paid 100% by GCs?

 

[DIS_MERI]

I was going to just make up the difference with my redcard, does that mess up the process? Do I need to buy another Target GC so it is paid 100% by GCs?

No, you can pay the difference with your redcard

 

[Alice Sr.]

Must not meant to be this time around. I tried adding a pair of yoga shorts, got free shipping but not the redcard discount. I tried backing out to make sure the redcard was still the default payment. Still did not get the redcard discount so I am going to close out and try again tomorrow morning. Thank you for your help though, much appreciated.

 

[kidsfirsttrip]

I can't imagine rolling that much that you are tapped out against the 6 month limit. I have not tried the eBay twist mostly because I have been pretty happy with my Raise % to Disney (Target 5%) with the ebates or MyPoints thrown in (14%+/-)...but I did get the 3x offer and would like to give it a try. I have 175.00 Target GC's, so do I:

Go to Target through MyPoints and buy a 150.00 Ebay card using my redcard default
When it is emailed to me I use it at eBay to purchase a 150.00 Target GC using the 3x link offer?

Will the Bucks cover the cost of shipping? I know I need to perfect the $ amount to take full advantage but just looking to get the steps/timing down this time.

TIA!

My understanding is the 5k limit is based on gcs used AND purchased so if you bought a $500 gc using an eBay gc you would be at 1K. Can anyone confirm this? I think this is why it adds up so quickly for people.

 

[kidsfirsttrip]

can this gift card churning be used with any other vacation destination?
what about royal carribean cruise line?

I've been looking at other options too. I bought the hotel.com giftcards on sale with the ebucks. You can use them on the website and it says if you have multiple to call and combine. There rates aren't the best always but not bad at all. DH and I are contemplating a trip to Aruba in the fall so I am thinking of getting Hyatt gc's to cover that.

 

[Minniekins]

Must not meant to be this time around. I tried adding a pair of yoga shorts, got free shipping but not the redcard discount. I tried backing out to make sure the redcard was still the default payment. Still did not get the redcard discount so I am going to close out and try again tomorrow morning. Thank you for your help though, much appreciated.

I was having this problem as well, it just would not give the redcard discount. So I tried what I did last time when I bought ebay cards, which was to add a disney gc, got the discount to show up, then took the card out and the discount was still there. I don't know why it worked, it didn't work this time, lol. I was gonna try to put a little on my Redcard, but I had enough gc to cover the whole balance on one card. I had $680 on one gc and $194 on another, and I could only buy 3 $100 cards in one order, so I was gonna do $350 and $300. Anyway, after several no good attempts, I tried edit my payment by using the $194 gc and the balance on the Redcard. It worked! So after the 5% discount showed up, I then changed it back to the larger gc and no Redcard pymt and the %5 Redcard still held so I completed and got my discount. Then I went back and did my other $300 order, first selecting the $194 gc and the Redcard for the balance, then switched back to the larger gc when I saw the %5 discount show up. Worked great again! I was so happy this finally worked, I was starting to get upset it wasn't working, lol. Maybe you could try something like that and it will work for you, too!

It's a bit strange, though, yesterday. I put an ebay gc in my cart and followed thru to paying with gc(was checking my balance). It was weird because the %5 discount from the regular Target cc showed up right away but disappeared when I switched to gc. I was just checking things so didn't follow through, but was strange to see the target discount show up with the regular card. I've see it before but, of course, didn't use it because I wanted to use my gc's, lol.

 

[wendow]

My understanding is the 5k limit is based on gcs used AND purchased so if you bought a $500 gc using an eBay gc you would be at 1K. Can anyone confirm this? I think this is why it adds up so quickly for people.

I think it is just gift cards that are used as payment.

 

[Minniekins]

OMG!! Argh!! I got my Target gifts cards turned into Ebay cards, all set to go and I go in to Ebay just now, put the $50 cards(all that's left, of course), in my cart and try to check out. It says to lower the amount, I do and start to check out and suddenly they say there's nothing in my cart, there are no gift cards available! Argh! I'm sure it's pretty unlikely they'll be back in stock anytime tomorrow so looks like I missed out this time around! Ugh, I was going to try to get my targets cards into my account so I'd be ready to buy anytime, the other day, but I didn't really expect another ebay bucks offer so soon after the last one!

 

[PerfessorZ]

OMG!! Argh!! I got my Target gifts cards turned into Ebay cards, all set to go and I go in to Ebay just now, put the $50 cards(all that's left, of course), in my cart and try to check out. It says to lower the amount, I do and start to check out and suddenly they say there's nothing in my cart, there are no gift cards available! Argh! I'm sure it's pretty unlikely they'll be back in stock anytime tomorrow so looks like I missed out this time around! Ugh, I was going to try to get my targets cards into my account so I'd be ready to buy anytime, the other day, but I didn't really expect another ebay bucks offer so soon after the last one!

Might've been a blessing in disguise. Next time around, there's a good chance the deal will be better - 4x or 5x. And now you have everything ready to go as soon as the deal starts!

I don't know how often the deals will come this time of year. Last time was just under 2 weeks ago. The next deal could be as soon as a week from now.

 

[Minniekins]

Ha, you're probably right, I did think of that figuring they probably wouldnt go lower, so higher would make sense next time, right, lol? Though getting this one then that one next would have been good, lol.

Yeah, I was surprised this offer came so soon after the last one! But thx, you're right, I'm all set for the next go round, so that's cool!

 

[PerfessorZ]

Nothing's more frustrating than having a 5x deal pop up and you're still waiting for your last order to be delivered from GCM

 

[SUSIEQ]

I think it is just gift cards that are used as payment.

It is eBay gift cards USED.

 

[Alice Sr.]

OMG!! Argh!! I got my Target gifts cards turned into Ebay cards, all set to go and I go in to Ebay just now, put the $50 cards(all that's left, of course), in my cart and try to check out. It says to lower the amount, I do and start to check out and suddenly they say there's nothing in my cart, there are no gift cards available! Argh! I'm sure it's pretty unlikely they'll be back in stock anytime tomorrow so looks like I missed out this time around! Ugh, I was going to try to get my targets cards into my account so I'd be ready to buy anytime, the other day, but I didn't really expect another ebay bucks offer so soon after the last one!

I was worried about that too. The struggle I was having with just getting the 5% redcard disc wore me out, I somewhat figured that would be the next issue.

 

[Alice Sr.]

Might've been a blessing in disguise. Next time around, there's a good chance the deal will be better - 4x or 5x. And now you have everything ready to go as soon as the deal starts!

I don't know how often the deals will come this time of year. Last time was just under 2 weeks ago. The next deal could be as soon as a week from now.

Since I couldn't get the Target GC converted to eBay in time to take advantage of the 3x bucks can I just go into the store and buy them and get the redcard discount so I will be ready for the next deal? I'm still interested in trying the eBay steps but given the issue last night not I'm not sure I want to push it online. TIA

 

[Marionnette]

Since I couldn't get the Target GC converted to eBay in time to take advantage of the 3x bucks can I just go into the store and buy them and get the redcard discount so I will be ready for the next deal? I'm still interested in trying the eBay steps but given the issue last night not I'm not sure I want to push it online. TIA

They 5% discount only applies to purchases paid for with the REDCard when used in the store. The part of your total which is paid for using Target GCs will not get discounted.

 

[Vernie822]

For as much as I usually follow this thread, I'm so mad I missed the 3x ebay bucks! I mentioned yesterday that GCM messaged me when I asked to add my apt # to the shipping address - I responded asking if they had been shipped and if I'd have to sign for them. This was 24 hours ago. They never responded. Now with GCM being sold out, I'm nervous that I won't get my order - which would be super annoying considering I purchased them last Tuesday. Ugh. Does anyone have experience with their response time? I usually give 24 hrs before following up with another email..

 

[MommaBerd]

So, I got the 6% eBay offer, but I saw that people were saying this was essentially a 3x offer. I bought $200 Target GCs and I got $12 in eBay bucks. Are y'all saying that it is possible to earn more than that if I get a 5x offer?!?

 

[PerfessorZ]

So, I got the 6% eBay offer, but I saw that people were saying this was essentially a 3x offer. I bought $200 Target GCs and I got $12 in eBay bucks. Are y'all saying that it is possible to earn more than that if I get a 5x offer?!?

Sure... a 5x offer would've gotten you $20 instead of $12 for the same transaction.

 

[DIS_MERI]

For as much as I usually follow this thread, I'm so mad I missed the 3x ebay bucks! I mentioned yesterday that GCM messaged me when I asked to add my apt # to the shipping address - I responded asking if they had been shipped and if I'd have to sign for them. This was 24 hours ago. They never responded. Now with GCM being sold out, I'm nervous that I won't get my order - which would be super annoying considering I purchased them last Tuesday. Ugh. Does anyone have experience with their response time? I usually give 24 hrs before following up with another email..

Last year, there was an issue with GCM and people were getting their orders canceled, but mine never was. I messaged them twice, and waited patiently. Finally, I asked when my cards were coming, and they were like "oh, sorry, your order was canceled, we will refund back to your gift cards within 2 weeks." I was *super* frustrated, but that didn't stop me from churning.

 

[MommaBerd]

Sure... a 5x offer would've gotten you $20 instead of $12 for the same transaction.

Wow! That is amazing! I can NOT believe I've been missing out on this subculture of savings!!!