Disney Gift Card Deals

[MichelleB]

maybe start another thread titled "gift card deals" because thats whats happening here. the last 20 pages have all been about target.

If you're not interested in the target chatter, just skim over it. For each person that's not interested, there's probably 10+ that are. Not all posts will/can apply to everyone.

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

A good number of "chatter" is just people saying that there is too much chatter. Others have tried creating new gift card threads and failed because the regulars that are engaged with finding and sharing these deals have declined to participate in a new thread. I will not engage in another thread because I don't want to look in multiple places.

And I do not take kindly to those who have made little contribution to the group coming here and complaining that this is too hard because, god forbid, they can't read a short sticky note that tells them everything they need to know about this process.

 

[saleshopper]

Ok.. I'm trying to find a new process. Does this seem to make sense.
I have been reading up on Best Buy. They supposedly let you buy gift cards with gift cards. I think the deal is to buy eBay at BB and get BB rewards and ShopKick rewards and cc pts, ebay to target (to get ebates and ebucks) and then target to Disney (with sadly no % except ebates once they come back in stock). Does that make sense? Is it worth it? I see no place to keep rolling though using Best Buy. Can others chime in? Thank you!

 

[SarahSlink]

Just curious if anyone has a Shopko near them and had any success using the $10 off $50 coupons they send out? It says in the fine print that it's not valid on gift cards, but I'm wondering if I get a $50 gift card and $10 worth of something else (ie toilet paper) if it would take $10 off the transaction? In my mind, I'd be paying for the TP and getting a discounted card... If no one has tried it I might give it a shot.

If it does work, I'm going to be miffed at all the coupons I've not used!

 

[CalDisneyMomof2]

Has anyone written to Target about their displeasure of their new policy? I'm sure that hundreds of patrons writing to them might not do much but does it hurt? I sincerely believe that I will spend A LOT less at their store due to this new policy and I wonder if many others will too. Many who don't do all of the steps might take their business to Sam's Club for Disney or Costco for other gift cards meaning they might do a lot of their shopping there too.

Is it even worth the 5 minutes to write a letter of our displeasure?

 

[linzjane88]

Ok.. I'm trying to find a new process. Does this seem to make sense.
I have been reading up on Best Buy. They supposedly let you buy gift cards with gift cards. I think the deal is to buy eBay at BB and get BB rewards and ShopKick rewards and cc pts, ebay to target (to get ebates and ebucks) and then target to Disney (with sadly no % except ebates once they come back in stock). Does that make sense? Is it worth it? I see no place to keep rolling though using Best Buy. Can others chime in? Thank you!

I've only done BB once (buying disney with BB gc) and it worked fine but I think it's one of those hit or miss places depending on your who's working.

 

[Vernie822]

In my opinion there are so many ways to get a deal on a Disney gc. This is the perfect place to see what all of the options are. Like others have said, I see GameStop and Best buy stuff all the time. It interests me but I have no clue how it works and basically I'm terrified of it so I read the posts or I skim past them.

Fortunately we don't have to read everything and we can skip past anything that does not interest us. But to break up the threads seems silly. I really enjoy reading here and sharing deals and tips!

 

[asgaga]

you can use bestbuy.com to buy disney gift cards and it lets you use best buy gift cards. the one catch is that you have to go to the store to pick them up and some times you have employees that are to lazy to look for the gift cards and just cancel the order.

this is useful for people that would rather not risk going instore and trying to buy gift cards with gift cards

 

[MinMou]

On a more positive note, I got 2 $25 Disney cards tonight at the new HEB store near me, with a free $20 HEB gift card. Thank you to ValpoCory for letting us know about this. Even DH had to admit that this was a nice score!

Too bad that the coupons are not longer valid after tonight. I am tempted to try one more store near me, but I don't know if I'll have time.

 

[TDSAXX]

I'm 99% convinced that Target has closed the 5% loophole and this isn't just a "glitch. However, it's odd that you can't get the 5% discount on giftcards online even when paying with the RedCard; but you can still get the 5% discount on other purchases when paying with a giftcard.

 

[Narnia_girl]

Just curious if anyone has a Shopko near them and had any success using the $10 off $50 coupons they send out? It says in the fine print that it's not valid on gift cards, but I'm wondering if I get a $50 gift card and $10 worth of something else (ie toilet paper) if it would take $10 off the transaction? In my mind, I'd be paying for the TP and getting a discounted card... If no one has tried it I might give it a shot.

If it does work, I'm going to be miffed at all the coupons I've not used!

I got a $10 Shopko coupon in today's mail so I'm willing to try it, but I'm not optimistic.

 

[MrInfinity]

(Rant)

For what it's worth...it's bad enough reading posts from people asking the same question over and over without seeming to bother with reading the thread but on the other hand I can understand why someone wouldn't...there's just way too much clutter from posts rambling on with speculation about Target right now or giving us an hourly or daily update that they converted/churned some cards as well as other things they might do during the day. There are wayyy too many topics going on here inside of the Gift Card topic. I can't help but think it needs it's own sub-board if this is going to continue but I'm not convinced based on what I've read here that people would be willing to do that. That would require possibly reading more than one thread and I think those who seem to have a lot of time on their hands like dropping into one thread and reading everything. If you have separate threads for eBay, Target, GameStop, and whoever else some of this craziness would end though. I know some of you including myself are on here quite often but continuing down this path is likely to just drive people away from here...good people who have good knowledge to share. Some simply don't care about GameStop, kmart, or gas cans so it would be nice if we could somehow trim some of this away or relocate some of it so it's a bit more ala carte.

Whatever the case it's not my intention to make anyone feel bad or embarrass them but the signal to noise ratio is just getting more and more off the charts here and it's just going to lead to more people asking the same question over and over and over again.

(End of rant)

If it's "bad enough having to read our posts", then go start your own thread. No one's forcing you to read here. But I don't recommend going into someone else's thread and telling them how they should be chatting. If we like what we have going and have been doing it for years, either join or don't. The goal was never and still is not to make information easier for masses to think they understand, it's to help each other among those who are participating.

 

[MrInfinity]

Alright folks...

You gotta know when to hold'em
Know when to fold'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

Well today, I ran.

Cashed out.

Something spooked me today about the process. Yesterday I was all cool w it, I went to Target and converted $600 in store, no problemo, cashier rang it right up. Today, I got some more Target cards in the mail, so I was going to go convert some... and it almost worked if it wasn't for those rotten kids... er... managers. Yep. Cashier didn't know if he could ring cards for cards, so he asked his mgr, she said no, no GCs for GCs. I explained to her how it works that it's only Target cards and Prepaid Visas that do not apply, but she insisted. So she asked her other manager. They concurred, it was a no-go. What spooked me tho, is she said two magical words... policy changed. Yep, she said it was a new policy that all Gift Cards could no longer be purchased with Gift cards, and that this was a new thing. So what that tells me, is that over the next few weeks, Target managers everywhere are going to be getting notice of the new policy, and in time, they will disseminate this info down to their employees. So I ran. Fast. And I didn't stop till I got to another Target, where I was relieved that the cashier just rang me up, $1800 of Disney GC goodness. Went home, had $750 more waiting for me, so I ran those right back to the same store to convert them. I really think we have a new policy. It is not a technical policy that blocks a transaction, but one that the managers should be passing down to the employees. This makes buying any GCs in store with Target GCs a definite case of YMMV. That is too risky for me, so I bailed. I have $700 or so left still coming in Target cards, and I'll keep these to play around with in the coming months and try some of the other tactics.

It was a great run though.
$5381 invested on my Amex has led to...

$6750 in my DVA
$135 coming from DVA 2%
$928 in EBates / MrRebates / EBucks eventually
$563 in value of goods acquired
$788 in Target Gift Cards

All up, $3783 in profit from $5381 invested over approximately 3 months. That's over 67% profit. Now I'm starting over.

 

[Lain]

Ok.. I'm trying to find a new process. Does this seem to make sense.
I have been reading up on Best Buy. They supposedly let you buy gift cards with gift cards. I think the deal is to buy eBay at BB and get BB rewards and ShopKick rewards and cc pts, ebay to target (to get ebates and ebucks) and then target to Disney (with sadly no % except ebates once they come back in stock). Does that make sense? Is it worth it? I see no place to keep rolling though using Best Buy. Can others chime in? Thank you!

I've only done BB once (buying disney with BB gc) and it worked fine but I think it's one of those hit or miss places depending on your who's working.

you can use bestbuy.com to buy disney gift cards and it lets you use best buy gift cards. the one catch is that you have to go to the store to pick them up and some times you have employees that are to lazy to look for the gift cards and just cancel the order.

this is useful for people that would rather not risk going instore and trying to buy gift cards with gift cards

I haven't done the Best Buy route in a while because, as I've written before in this thread, the BBs near me seem to have stopped stocking eBay GCs. But with the Target development, I've been looking at different options and I noticed that BBs near me are stocking $50 eBay GCs AND THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR STORE PICKUP OR FREE STANDARD SHIPPING (still no $25s).

In my experience, BB's website and POS system does allow GC-for-GC purchases but you might encounter an employee or manager who won't allow it. So YMMV. The other downside for me has been that your local BB store may not carry eBay GCs or have them in stock, so your funds are stuck in the form of a BB GC until you can find availability for eBay GCs (BB does sell Disney, Starbucks, and a lot of other GCs).

The upside to shopping with BB is that you can go to BB .com, search for eBay GCs, and it'll pull up $25s and $50s that you can find in your nearby stores (by typing in your zip code), add to your cart for in store pickup, or have them ship it to you -- and never worry about availability or dealing with employees who give you trouble when you try to pay for a GC with a GC. Another benefit is, similar to the Gamestop route, PayPal Digital Gifts often runs sales on BB GCs (I'd say more often than GCM runs sales on Target GCs). When you buy from PPDG, you'll get the BB GC code emailed to you in about an hour, which you can then turn around and use on BB .com to buy eBay GCs for same day pickup for a fast flip back to eBay.

 

[havaneselover]

Alright folks...

You gotta know when to hold'em
Know when to fold'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

Well today, I ran.

Cashed out.

Something spooked me today about the process. Yesterday I was all cool w it, I went to Target and converted $600 in store, no problemo, cashier rang it right up. Today, I got some more Target cards in the mail, so I was going to go convert some... and it almost worked if it wasn't for those rotten kids... er... managers. Yep. Cashier didn't know if he could ring cards for cards, so he asked his mgr, she said no, no GCs for GCs. I explained to her how it works that it's only Target cards and Prepaid Visas that do not apply, but she insisted. So she asked her other manager. They concurred, it was a no-go. What spooked me tho, is she said two magical words... policy changed. Yep, she said it was a new policy that all Gift Cards could no longer be purchased with Gift cards, and that this was a new thing. So what that tells me, is that over the next few weeks, Target managers everywhere are going to be getting notice of the new policy, and in time, they will disseminate this info down to their employees. So I ran. Fast. And I didn't stop till I got to another Target, where I was relieved that the cashier just rang me up, $1800 of Disney GC goodness. Went home, had $750 more waiting for me, so I ran those right back to the same store to convert them. I really think we have a new policy. It is not a technical policy that blocks a transaction, but one that the managers should be passing down to the employees. This makes buying any GCs in store with Target GCs a definite case of YMMV. That is too risky for me, so I bailed. I have $700 or so left still coming in Target cards, and I'll keep these to play around with in the coming months and try some of the other tactics.

It was a great run though.
$5381 invested on my Amex has led to...

$6750 in my DVA
$135 coming from DVA 2%
$928 in EBates / MrRebates / EBucks eventually
$563 in value of goods acquired
$788 in Target Gift Cards

All up, $3783 in profit from $5381 invested over approximately 3 months. That's over 67% profit. Now I'm starting over.

Thanks for sharing this.

 

[havaneselover]

I have $450 of target gift cards and $350 of eBay gift cards. I think I'll be heading to target tomorrow to buy $450 of Disney gift cards. I'll still convert the eBay to target--I buy groceries at target so it won't go to waste. And if target ends buying gift cards with gift cards I'll go back to buying Disney gift cards at Kroger.

 

[disfanforlife]

I went to target tonight. I had my $250 egift card that I had emailed to me from target losing $250 of my last try to buy eBay gift cards online from them. No trouble whatsoever buying $250 Disney with it. Cashier didn't question it at all. I still have another $600 of target cards at home - which I was planning to convert in store to eBay. But I will think about it for a few days. Target is about a half hour drive so I usually only go once a week. I will see how things play out in the next week or so. I may just convert $600 to Disney. Also, the $100 Best Buy and $25 ghiradelli egift cards that I ordered through eBay from PPDG haven't been delivered yet. Never waited this long for them before to deliver. I checked online and it says order on its way, but hasn't been emailed yet. Weird. I also still have $450 in eBay cards, I am holding onto them waiting and or hoping I get the next ebucks promotion. Didn't get the one last week.

 

[pillow]

Alright folks...

You gotta know when to hold'em
Know when to fold'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

Well today, I ran.

Cashed out.

Something spooked me today about the process. Yesterday I was all cool w it, I went to Target and converted $600 in store, no problemo, cashier rang it right up. Today, I got some more Target cards in the mail, so I was going to go convert some... and it almost worked if it wasn't for those rotten kids... er... managers. Yep. Cashier didn't know if he could ring cards for cards, so he asked his mgr, she said no, no GCs for GCs. I explained to her how it works that it's only Target cards and Prepaid Visas that do not apply, but she insisted. So she asked her other manager. They concurred, it was a no-go. What spooked me tho, is she said two magical words... policy changed. Yep, she said it was a new policy that all Gift Cards could no longer be purchased with Gift cards, and that this was a new thing. So what that tells me, is that over the next few weeks, Target managers everywhere are going to be getting notice of the new policy, and in time, they will disseminate this info down to their employees. So I ran. Fast. And I didn't stop till I got to another Target, where I was relieved that the cashier just rang me up, $1800 of Disney GC goodness. Went home, had $750 more waiting for me, so I ran those right back to the same store to convert them. I really think we have a new policy. It is not a technical policy that blocks a transaction, but one that the managers should be passing down to the employees. This makes buying any GCs in store with Target GCs a definite case of YMMV. That is too risky for me, so I bailed. I have $700 or so left still coming in Target cards, and I'll keep these to play around with in the coming months and try some of the other tactics.

It was a great run though.
$5381 invested on my Amex has led to...

$6750 in my DVA
$135 coming from DVA 2%
$928 in EBates / MrRebates / EBucks eventually
$563 in value of goods acquired
$788 in Target Gift Cards

All up, $3783 in profit from $5381 invested over approximately 3 months. That's over 67% profit. Now I'm starting over.

Ugh!

If its a policy change, I wonder why you can still buy Ebay gift cards with Target gift cards ONLINE?? Seems like that would be an easy coding change if they wanted to block it. Weird.

 

[Minniekins]

I unlinked my default account. Tried it with our other one. Same thing. Tried to leave account unlinked and still same thing. It won't even let me get to the checkout page. Happens right after I hit proceed to checkout from main screen. They can't clear it on pay pals side and I'm guessing eBay can't either. I'll be inifinitely annoyed if there's a promo and in locked out.

I had that happen about a week ago. I had to go call paypal a few times. It was happening on my account and my DD25's account. They overrode some things and got one order through but next time I tried it wouldn't go. They had me clear everything out but that didn't work either. They weren't linked to my ebay account, or hers, either. My account only went as far as yours does, but hers would go to the paypal screen and let me choose her ebucks and the next screen would give me the transaction refused. Anyway, the couldn't get it to work on DD's account either, took 3 different calls. Finally, the last person was a supervisor and said he'd call me back the next evening, we needed twenty four hours. Anyway, he finally got my account and her account cleared up. I don't know why it was doing it, first mine had a fraud activity notice but hers did not, but we were trying to buy gc's for GS from PPDG, and I think that had something to do with it. I'd call and get it cleared up before a promo if you can, even it requires extra calls!

 

[smellyia]

Have you tried clearing your cookies/browsing history? It's annoying to have to retype everything, but if it helps, you won't mind. (If it doesn't help, it doesn't hurt either

I did as you suggested and clearing cookies etc including unlinking the angry PayPal account. Nope. My main eBay is on strike. I have a secondary one for DH I used but my ebucks are in the other one. hopefully tomorrow it will be cleared otherwise I'll call back. Thx for the advice.

Alright folks...

You gotta know when to hold'em
Know when to fold'em
Know when to walk away
Know when to run

Well today, I ran.

Cashed out.

Something spooked me today about the process. Yesterday I was all cool w it, I went to Target and converted $600 in store, no problemo, cashier rang it right up. Today, I got some more Target cards in the mail, so I was going to go convert some... and it almost worked if it wasn't for those rotten kids... er... managers. Yep. Cashier didn't know if he could ring cards for cards, so he asked his mgr, she said no, no GCs for GCs. I explained to her how it works that it's only Target cards and Prepaid Visas that do not apply, but she insisted. So she asked her other manager. They concurred, it was a no-go. What spooked me tho, is she said two magical words... policy changed. Yep, she said it was a new policy that all Gift Cards could no longer be purchased with Gift cards, and that this was a new thing. So what that tells me, is that over the next few weeks, Target managers everywhere are going to be getting notice of the new policy, and in time, they will disseminate this info down to their employees. So I ran. Fast. And I didn't stop till I got to another Target, where I was relieved that the cashier just rang me up, $1800 of Disney GC goodness. Went home, had $750 more waiting for me, so I ran those right back to the same store to convert them. I really think we have a new policy. It is not a technical policy that blocks a transaction, but one that the managers should be passing down to the employees. This makes buying any GCs in store with Target GCs a definite case of YMMV. That is too risky for me, so I bailed. I have $700 or so left still coming in Target cards, and I'll keep these to play around with in the coming months and try some of the other tactics.

It was a great run though.
$5381 invested on my Amex has led to...

$6750 in my DVA
$135 coming from DVA 2%
$928 in EBates / MrRebates / EBucks eventually
$563 in value of goods acquired
$788 in Target Gift Cards

All up, $3783 in profit from $5381 invested over approximately 3 months. That's over 67% profit. Now I'm starting over.

Dang. I was hoping to churn from my initial investment with ebucks back and forth for awhile. Will go to plan not-so-profitable B and buy gc's with eBay I buy outright to use elsewhere as the drama continues to evolve. Walmart could be an option here if I found those in eBay.

For those talking BB - I've routinely traded in gc's and rewards certs for Disney gc's. I seem to get a BB card for every holiday from various ppl. My BB has never questioned or said a thing but as others have said YMMV.

For those who dislike perceived frivolous posts that clog up their info gathering - here's a bit more for you to skim. Just spent last 4 hours planting a bunch of fabulousness on my patio I purchased with a home improvement store discounted card I was alerted to on here at a total of 32% discount with a churn - had I not skimmed the minutiae that's so "loud" I would have never found that tidbit in this thread. Don't remember who posted such wasteful randomness (insert sarcasm) - BUT THANKS FOR THE TIP!