Disney Gift Card Deals

[davper]

When you wish upon a star
And ebay has no target card
Snort some fairy dust and play some pong
Pray that GCM restocks before too long

 

[madhavok]

Since Target GC wasn't an option, figured I'd try a GS test run. It took a lot of haggling to get the cashier to try the PPDG email voucher and they were not happy about it. Too much risk for me to get stuck with GS gift cards, so that's the last. I can live with ebay or target, so I'll just keep my fingers cross GCM will sell target again, although I have my doubts.

 

[firsttimedisn]

I hope I can help someone in the ebay/paypal/PPDG hell. After over an hour on the phone with both ebay, paypal and the two of them together, I think it really is an ebay problem. To correct the error code I was instructed to go to the ebay home page, hover over my name in the top top left corner (hello xxxx!) and click on "account settings". Click on "Personal Information" in the top left. Scroll down to "financial information" and "saved payment methods" and remove paypal. After doing this I was able to get to the checkout screen, log into paypal and complete my transaction for PPDG. I hope this method works for others.

 

[uncharch7]

I hope I can help someone in the ebay/paypal/PPDG hell. After over an hour on the phone with both ebay, paypal and the two of them together, I think it really is an ebay problem. To correct the error code I was instructed to go to the ebay home page, hover over my name in the top top left corner (hello xxxx!) and click on "account settings". Click on "Personal Information" in the top left. Scroll down to "financial information" and "saved payment methods" and remove paypal. After doing this I was able to get to the checkout screen, log into paypal and complete my transaction for PPDG. I hope this method works for others.

This is what I was told too and it worked. God bless Lynn and her patience. She was AWESOME.

 

[JKalai]

I'm interested in this option for my Sept trip. We are adding two extra nights on at WDW and I need to book two rooms each night. I see that hotels.com has WDW hotels. So, if I buy the hotels.com GC's off ebay, I can use those to book a Disney onsite hotel? Any problems with cancelling if that came up?

Thank you for mentioning hotels.com. I had pretty much ignored the chatter about that b/c I didn't think I would need that option but I think now I might.

No problem.

Now as I hate hotels.com/expedia with a passion as I deal with them daily (reservations agent here from a big resort in Las Vegas), it's not that bad if you know what you're getting into and know what to do. With this being an end-game with me due to it being cheap/next to free... I will take it.

Here are my tips with dealing with them if you choose this route:

- It'll greatly help if you have no plans to cancel or change your plans. If you need to change absolutely anything on your reservation, the hotel itself can never do it. You'll have to go through the horrible Expedia customer service (similar to Paypal/Ebay since you all are familiar with how bad they are ). Also, check the cancel by date just in case it's different from the hotel policy. Since you signed a contract with the third party instead of the hotel, you will abide by the third party websites policies and not the hotel. Although most times it's the same as the hotel, sometimes it's different (non-refundable).

- Check your reservation before you come in. A lot of the times, the reservations don't get to us and your reservation won't be in our system. Sometimes our computer system and the third party's system don't "talk" to each other and your reservation can get lost in the computer. Sometimes the third party doesn't even send it over if they do it that way. It's very very very common for guests to show up and nothing is in the system because something didn't go right with the reservation transfer etc. Call the hotel directly and ask for them to pull up the reservation for confirmation.

- Triple check the fine text. Any resort fees that the hotel has will never be covered by the third party website and will be charged at the front desk when you arrive. Gift cards will not cover it as it goes to directly to the hotel. Most times I've seen resort fees hidden down way below the booking process on the website in font that's barely legible to read. At the resort I work at, it's a whopping $31.36 per night... It can definitely add up.

That's all I can think of for now. If anyone has questions, I'll answer them as I'm back from my vacation and available. I don't know too much about paying with gift cards, but these are the best tips I can think of to avoid getting shafted by them as I've seen it constantly happen. Even worse is that most people blame the hotel when it's not even out fault.

 

[susan137]

Didn't work for me , but thanks for sharing. I hope it helps others!

 

[MrInfinity]

I wonder how long BB & GS will continue to allow gift card for gift purchase if the traffic there really picks up with Target out of the equation. I really wouldn't be happy being stuck with GS or BB. UGH! Just wish things would go back to normal!

It's not the same.

Target escalated because you could do it all on the internet. BB and GS you can't, so it will continue to be low volume. I tried GS -- it was okay, but I got the feeling that it was dependent on the person working that day. And then with digitals, he had to type in every number. That is not a system that can be easily repeated. Target I was doing $1800 a pop, but GS I tried a couple hundred and am not drawn in to making repeat trips waiting for guys to key in codes. On top of it, it's a one-sided churn, really only useful for the EBucks. And then you have the gas and time. The real value in the Target churn came on the Target side, where you'd get that 5% immediately for almost no effort, plus 2% more from EBates.

EBucks are easy to get other ways, just by normal life spending. On 10% days like this, it only takes buying $5000 of anything on EBay to amass your EBucks for the quarter... Computers, TVs, housewares, Toys (+5% right now on EBates-Ebay!), etc. Your kids' birthday later in the year and you know he'll want that $200 LEGO set? This is the time to buy it. Or gas cards. Or restaurant cards. Think of everything you might want to buy, cuz 10% will probly only hit once more before the end of the quarter.

And then don't look at it as just a buyer. Think of all angles. Have something to sell? Sell it now! Buyers will pay more when 10% EBucks are running, so you can indirectly benefit from EBucks -- even if you didn't get targeted -- by selling stuff.

Since Target GC wasn't an option, figured I'd try a GS test run. It took a lot of haggling to get the cashier to try the PPDG email voucher and they were not happy about it. Too much risk for me to get stuck with GS gift cards, so that's the last.

Exactly. It was very human-intensive.

 

[wendow]

@JKalai Thank you so much for typing all that out! I am pretty sure we won't cancel but I am still kind of deciding between hotels so I need to think more before I jump on this since cancelling and/or making changes could be more problematic than just going through WDW. I do like this option though as that might be the best way for me to get 'Disney hotel' funds.

 

[wendow]

Target escalated because you could do it all on the internet. BB and GS you can't, so it will continue to be low volume. I tried GS -- it was okay, but I got the feeling that it was dependent on the person working that day. And then with digitals, he had to type in every number. That is not a system that can be easily repeated. Target I was doing $1800 a pop, but GS I tried a couple hundred and am not drawn in to making repeat trips waiting for guys to key in codes. On top of it, it's a one-sided churn, really only useful for the EBucks. And then you have the gas and time. The real value in the Target churn came on the Target side, where you'd get that 5% immediately for almost no effort, plus 2% more from EBates.

I agree with you. GS and BB churning isn't near as appealing, easy or guaranteed as Target was. I can't imagine there will be as many people doing it.

 

[BSwest]

As anyone been denied gc to gc purchases at Best Buy? I am thinking about trying it ( if I can ever purchase PPDG without being locked out). I checked my bb last time I was there and they had Disney and eBay gift cards.

 

[momto4obkids]

Which BB's do you use? I'm in Kentwood so I typically hit the one on 28th St, but I'm close to M-6 so hopping over to the one in Grandville is not too difficult either. I haven't found the eBay cards at the one on 28th St, but I've never checked in Grandville. I doubt I'll make the hike up to the one on Alpine, but we do go to the beach in Holland quite a bit in the summer so that one might work too. Hmmmm....

I am in Grand Haven, but on the south side, so I am 15 minutes from the Holland best buy, they usually have the $50 ebay, but they do tend to go out of stock more often than the one in Norton Shores I go to when I'm up that way. They have the loadable up to $500 for ebay and the loadable disney cards too at the one in Norton Shores.

When I have been in the Holland one and they are out, they check on the stock in their other "system" for me and usually Grandville has them when they check.

 

[smellyia]

If someone has eBay gc's and got the offer why not just buy eBay from GCM or PPDG to at least make money on the ebucks and ebates?

 

[Deirdres]

If someone has eBay gc's and got the offer why not just buy eBay from GCM or PPDG to at least make money on the ebucks and ebates?

You can't earn ebucks on ebay gift cards, it is one of the limitations.

 

[madhavok]

If someone has eBay gc's and got the offer why not just buy eBay from GCM or PPDG to at least make money on the ebucks and ebates?

I don't think you earn ebucks when buying ebay GC.

 

[CMNJ]

You also can no longer buy eBay gift cards with eBay gift cards even if buying from GCM-the error "cannot apply this code" will come up if you try

 

[smellyia]

You can't earn ebucks on ebay gift cards, it is one of the limitations.

I don't think you earn ebucks when buying ebay GC.

Gotcha. Thx. Never bothered to look before.

I'm trying to decide if I want to take the target gc I have and just cash out to Disney now or if I want to change over to eBay in store tonight and risk dealing with PPDG and the lockout. I'd prefer Best Buy over GS for my reward certificate usage. GS I would buy from GCM though.

 

[itchyb]

I'm thinking target will never have ebay gift cards on their site any more, it will only be in store so I used my red card to buy the ebay gift cards I used.

I ended up buying $200 worth of speedway gift cards to pay for gas around town and when we see one on our drive to Florida.

 

[madhavok]

I'm thinking target will never have ebay gift cards on their site any more, it will only be in store so I used my red card to buy the ebay gift cards I used.

I ended up buying $200 worth of speedway gift cards to pay for gas around town and when we see one on our drive to Florida.

I thought of buying speedway GC as well, easy way for me to use up my funds.

 

[Deirdres]

I was just checking out at Target.com with one $100 Disney GC and one $50 Disney GC. After adding shipping information, the $50 card was taken out of my cart. When I tried to add it back, it said that it was out of stock. Boy that didn't take long to empty their stock, very disappointed

 

[BrandyCheryl]

Gotcha. Thx. Never bothered to look before.

I'm trying to decide if I want to take the target gc I have and just cash out to Disney now or if I want to change over to eBay in store tonight and risk dealing with PPDG and the lockout. I'd prefer Best Buy over GS for my reward certificate usage. GS I would buy from GCM though.

Do you get the BB rewards still when you are paying with a BB gift card?