Disney Gift Card Deals

[aaarcher86]

Anyone had an issue order $1000 in Target cards from EBay?

When EBay offers a Ebucks promotion, is it usually just for a day or how long does it last?

 

[Marionnette]

Anyone had an issue order $1000 in Target cards from EBay?

When EBay offers a Ebucks promotion, is it usually just for a day or how long does it last?

One of my last churns was for $1050 in $150 Target GCs. No problem at all.

 

[DIS_MERI]

One of my last churns was for $1050 in $150 Target GCs. No problem at all.

Did you pay for all of it in ebay gift cards? I thought that the per order limit was $1000 in ebay gift cards.

Also, keep in mind that $100 in ebay bucks is the max per order, so you would miss out on $5 in ebay bucks if it was a 5x promo. I usually do $900 (6x $150) per order for these reasons.

 

[DIS_MERI]

I thought that the thing two or three posters had in common was having used gc's from a reseller, giftcardzen in particular. I think that's when more of us stopped using gc's from resellers. I used Raise before, but have stopped since then.

We don't know for sure. Since there is no guideline, it is better to urge caution. But, multiple orders in a day, several times, does look a lot more like a reseller than a single order every few days....

 

[Lain]

Anyone had an issue order $1000 in Target cards from EBay?

When EBay offers a Ebucks promotion, is it usually just for a day or how long does it last?

eBay Bucks promos usually last two days, but they have gone on for three days; always on the weekdays and I don't think ever on the weekends. @DIS_MERI has posted almost all the dates when an eBay Bucks promo has been announced for about the last six months to give you an idea of the frequency. My own vague experience seems to say they're most often announced on a Tuesday, but have been announced also on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Three potential issues:

(1) eBay limits the total value of gift cards used in a transaction to $1000 so anything more, whether additional gift cards or shipping costs, would be paid for out-of-pocket. eBay's rules claim to limit the number of gift cards allowed per transaction to 8, but many here report being able to use more, like 14 or 15, but the $1000 value limit is more strictly enforced.

(2) When buying Target cards from Gift Card Mall on eBay, it is most cost efficient to buy the least number of the same denomination cards. GCM sells Target cards in $50/100/150 denominations. For example, for ~$1000, you should buy either 6x150 ($900) or 7x150 ($1050), rather than 10x100 ($1000) or 6x150 + 1x100 ($1000).

The reason is you need to think about minimizing your shipping costs, which eats into your profit. GCM charges $2.99 shipping for the first card of any denomination and $0.99 for each additional card of the same denomination.

So for the above examples, shipping charges would be $7.94 for 6x150, $8.93 for 7x150, $11.90 for 10x100, and $10.93 for 6x150 + 1x100. When spending Target cards, it's also to your benefit to have higher denomination cards because Target limits the number of gift cards per transaction to 4.

(3) As @DIS_MERI pointed out while I was replying, if you're making this purchase during a 5x (10%) eBay Bucks promo, any subtotal more than $1000 will result in eBay Bucks exceeding the maximum $100 per transaction. So at $1000 and 10% back, you're fine to get $100 eBay Bucks; but at $1050 and 10% back, you're leaving $5 on the table so it's worth it to just pay the $2.99 shipping for another card in a new order. You'll max out eBay Bucks on a 4x bonus at $1250, and $1,666.66 on a 3x bonus.

 

[bound4wdw]

SO we have been going to Disney for years and lately we have been doing the Buy target cards from cardpool, then buy disney cards through target, and have been saving about 11% and randomly getting our 2% back from ebates. I see a lot of people talking about using Ebay to get target gift cards. But I can't seem to find a post that explains how that works, what to look for, and it's savings. Can someone please help me?

 

[aaarcher86]

eBay Bucks promos usually last two days, but they have gone on for three days; always on the weekdays and I don't think ever on the weekends. @DIS_MERI has posted almost all the dates when an eBay Bucks promo has been announced for about the last six months to give you an idea of the frequency. My own vague experience seems to say they're most often announced on a Tuesday, but have been announced also on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Three potential issues:

(1) eBay limits the total value of gift cards used in a transaction to $1000 so anything more, whether additional gift cards or shipping costs, would be paid for out-of-pocket. eBay's rules claim to limit the number of gift cards allowed per transaction to 8, but many here report being able to use more, like 14 or 15, but the $1000 value limit is more strictly enforced.

(2) When buying Target cards from Gift Card Mall on eBay, it is most cost efficient to buy the least number of the same denomination cards. GCM sells Target cards in $50/100/150 denominations. For example, for ~$1000, you should buy either 6x150 ($900) or 7x150 ($1050), rather than 10x100 ($1000) or 6x150 + 1x100 ($1000).

The reason is you need to think about minimizing your shipping costs, which eats into your profit. GCM charges $2.99 shipping for the first card of any denomination and $0.99 for each additional card of the same denomination.

So for the above examples, shipping charges would be $7.94 for 6x150, $8.93 for 7x150, $11.90 for 10x100, and $10.93 for 6x150 + 1x100. When spending Target cards, it's also to your benefit to have higher denomination cards because Target limits the number of gift cards per transaction to 4.

(3) As @DIS_MERI pointed out while I was replying, if you're making this purchase during a 5x (10%) eBay Bucks promo, any subtotal more than $1000 will result in eBay Bucks exceeding the maximum $100 per transaction. So at $1000 and 10% back, you're fine to get $100 eBay Bucks; but at $1050 and 10% back, you're leaving $5 on the table so it's worth it to just pay the $2.99 shipping for another card in a new order. You'll max out eBay Bucks on a 4x bonus at $1250, and $1,666.66 on a 3x bonus.

Awesome, thanks! Really helpful.

I went ahead and just did 7 $150 cards. I just wanted to get them converted to EBay cards and get started with enough time before a possible promotion. I figure I'm still getting Ebates even if I max out my Ebucks.

 

[Marionnette]

Did you pay for all of it in ebay gift cards? I thought that the per order limit was $1000 in ebay gift cards.

Also, keep in mind that $100 in ebay bucks is the max per order, so you would miss out on $5 in ebay bucks if it was a 5x promo. I usually do $900 (6x $150) per order for these reasons.

It was the 4x promo ($84 in ebay bucks). $1K paid with eBay GCs and the balance paid with rewards cash sitting in my PP account.

 

[Marionnette]

SO we have been going to Disney for years and lately we have been doing the Buy target cards from cardpool, then buy disney cards through target, and have been saving about 11% and randomly getting our 2% back from ebates. I see a lot of people talking about using Ebay to get target gift cards. But I can't seem to find a post that explains how that works, what to look for, and it's savings. Can someone please help me?

Start reading on page 530 and move forward from there. You'll find a loose explanation along the way. But you really need to read, Read, READ! Everyone does this a little differently and there isn't a definitive "how to".

 

[hsmamato2]

OK--need advice on probably a really stupid mistake.

you can hit search and search your member name in this thread to find your posts

 

[linzjane88]

you can hit search and search your member name in this thread to find your posts

Problem is I still haven't been able to find it! Now that I'm home I was hoping to search a little more. I was on my phone looking but it wasn't as easy to search on there. Maybe whoever emailed me will read this and show me where that post is. Ha ha.

 

[hsmamato2]

SO we have been going to Disney for years and lately we have been doing the Buy target cards from cardpool, then buy disney cards through target, and have been saving about 11% and randomly getting our 2% back from ebates. I see a lot of people talking about using Ebay to get target gift cards. But I can't seem to find a post that explains how that works, what to look for, and it's savings. Can someone please help me?

It's not just one post,it can't be just one post b/c things change..fast. Find a good spot,and start reading. After you've gotten an idea, ask questions that matter to your situation, you'll get lots of answers here,it's very friendly! There is no shortcut...(I learned that the dumb way lol)

 

[Lain]

Problem is I still haven't been able to find it! Now that I'm home I was hoping to search a little more. I was on my phone looking but it wasn't as easy to search on there. Maybe whoever emailed me will read this and show me where that post is. Ha ha.

Is it this post? http://www.disboards.com/threads/disney-gift-card-deals.2941964/page-430#post-54943760

 

[OneBadApple]

Problem is I still haven't been able to find it! Now that I'm home I was hoping to search a little more. I was on my phone looking but it wasn't as easy to search on there. Maybe whoever emailed me will read this and show me where that post is. Ha ha.

Is this the post?
http://disboards.com/threads/disney-gift-card-deals.2941964/page-430#post-54943760

 

[linzjane88]

Omg yes! Thank you a ton Lain and Badapple! I felt like I was never going to click on the right post.

Man. That is where I stored all my giftcards and it updated in "real time". Anyone could have drained over $1400 in gcs . Thank goodness it didn't fall into the wrong hands. I'm also glad I got the email in the first place. .
I have more questions than answers with Google docs. So does anyone with a link have access to your documents? I want to try and repost the spreadsheet so other can use it if they want. Just maybe not my personal copy. Ha!

 

[CalDisneyMomof2]

I thought that the thing two or three posters had in common was having used gc's from a reseller, giftcardzen in particular. I think that's when more of us stopped using gc's from resellers. I used Raise before, but have stopped since then.

A poster from another board said that he never used a reseller. He said that he placed thousands of dollars worth of gift card orders in a day and wasn't an avid Target shopper - he'd actually only had his Red Card for a month. IMO, the common denominator is people who spend thousands in a short amount of time and haven't possibly had similar activity on Target. Com before.

 

[Lain]

Omg yes! Thank you a ton Lain and Badapple! I felt like I was never going to click on the right post.

Man. That is where I stored all my giftcards and it updated in "real time". Anyone could have drained over $1400 in gcs . Thank goodness it didn't fall into the wrong hands. I'm also glad I got the email in the first place. .
I have more questions than answers with Google docs. So does anyone with a link have access to your documents? I want to try and repost the spreadsheet so other can use it if they want. Just maybe not my personal copy. Ha!

I haven't clicked on your link, but from what you're describing I think it's time you take down the file, and move any funds off of those gift cards ASAP. The thing about the internet is once something is out there, you can't take it back, control who accesses it, or how it is used.

 

[havaneselover]

A poster from another board said that he never used a reseller. He said that he placed thousands of dollars worth of gift card orders in a day and wasn't an avid Target shopper - he'd actually only had his Red Card for a month. IMO, the common denominator is people who spend thousands in a short amount of time and haven't possibly had similar activity on Target. Com before.

Well then there was the lady who bought $25,000 of Disney gift cards plus a lot of eBay gift cards. She wasn't banned until after purchasing all of those so Target didn't initially flag her because her activity looked unusual (i.e., they allowed her to make those purchases over a long period of time and then for some reason banned her).

 

[CalDisneyMomof2]

Well then there was the lady who bought $25,000 of Disney gift cards plus a lot of eBay gift cards. She wasn't banned until after purchasing all of those so Target didn't initially flag her because her activity looked unusual (i.e., they allowed her to make those purchases over a long period of time and then for some reason banned her).

Maybe she slipped through the cracks? And someone at Target caught on and finally put a stop to it? I'm not sure.

All I'm saying is we really don't know but that gift card resellers as THEE indicator of bannings is not entirely accurate being as one reported of never using them.

 

[linzjane88]

I haven't clicked on your link, but from what you're describing I think it's time you take down the file, and move any funds off of those gift cards ASAP. The thing about the internet is once something is out there, you can't take it back, control who accesses it, or how it is used.

The spreadsheet at this moment in time only contained about 60$in gift cards because most of the giftcards were in transit (well they showed up a few days ago but I hadn't had time to deal with them) . But depending on where I was at in my churning process it of could have been full of eBay gc numbers . I did remove the link and changed the sharing options in the document itself to make it private . I'm going to save it as an excel file and work from that from now on on the off chance that someone can still access it. At least I know how excel works and that if I save it on my computer it will stay there.

Maybe I should be glad the noobs don't want to read the whole thread. Think of how many more eyes would have had access to my gc numbers.