Disney Gift Card Deals

[GMU MOM]

Trying to purchase BB GC's from PPDG today has been a nightmare. After many phone calls throughout the day to paypal, I was able to get 2 transaction of $100 each to go through and now my ebay account won't let me proceed to check out anymore because apparently there's a limit on how many GC's you can purchase in a day. This is my first time purchasing GC's through ebay so I was not aware of this limit.

 

[Marionnette]

I got the same problem. Paypal has lifted my limitation, but I still can't access eBay checkout. As soon as I click proceed to checkout, it just gives me the error. Or if I get to the checkout page, it prompts me to log in my Paypal account. Once I do, that error appears. SO FRUSTRATING!

I finally got my account PP account unfrozen. The CSR that I spoke with on my 4th phone call could see exactly what was wrong and lifted the limitation on my account. She asked me to wait 30 minutes and try checking out again. It finally worked, but I'm gun shy about dealing with PPDG again. I ordered an item from a national retailer that has an eBay store, using up all but a few dollars of my eBay GCs. If I need to return the item, I can just go to their B&M store for the return and a refund. I can deal with that a lot better than having eBay/PP goof up my account again. And if the refund is in the form of a merchandise credit at the retailer, I can live with that, too.

Between canceled Target orders, Target GCs that lost their value when an ordered was canceled, BB canceled online orders, PPDG freezing my PP access and a misdirected GCM order with $1K in Target GCs, I have lost my enthusiasm for the churning process. I think that I need a break. Next month, we are leaving for a delayed 30th anniversary cruise in Italy and Greece. I need to divert my attention to shore excursions and onboard activities instead of whether GCM will ever re-stock Target GCs or if Target will ever get digital eBay GCs back in their online store.

 

[sumlthomp]

I'm getting an error when trying to checkout too. I purchased just two $100 Best Buy gift cards and it will not let me proceed to checkout.

 

[Cydney]

Yesterday I did 2 $600 orders through PPDG. Didn't have a problem and the people at Best Buy didn't question it at all. I even got shopkick on them. I wanted to do it again today and end the day with a gs order from GCM but I'm nervous to try again because of all the problems I've read on here the past couple of days!

 

[uncharch7]

Yesterday I did 2 $600 orders through PPDG. Didn't have a problem and the people at Best Buy didn't question it at all. I even got shopkick on them. I wanted to do it again today and end the day with a gs order from GCM but I'm nervous to try again because of all the problems I've read on here the past couple of days!

GAH I didn't know you could get Shopkick when paying with GCs! I could've gotten 300 kicks (it's 1:1, right?)

I'm now not able to access my cart on eBay. I called eBay and they couldn't help. I can't be too disappointed after my purchases today though.

 

[Lain]

Wow, what a busy two days!

I started off Monday reading here about the Ebates 3% back on GCs, debated whether to jump on it and finally did because GCM was still out of Target GCs, so that left GS or BB via PPDG – both of which are electronic so would allow for a “fast flip” in store in case there was a Bucks bonus this week. Unfortunately, I got the dreaded errors 70266 and 70245 and was instructed to call PayPal customer support. I did, and she was less than helpful, but could tell I was trying to buy GCs, said there were no limitations or holds on my account, said there were technical issues affecting eBay that could have caused this, and told me to try again in an hour. An hour later didn’t work, so I gave up for the day reasoning 3% Ebates and 2% Bucks wasn’t worth the trouble.

Sure enough, Tuesday kicked off with word here of a 5x Bonus! Thank you guys for the notice because you all sure are more on top of this than eBay eventually sending me an email sometime mid-morning. My account got the bonus, but my wife’s didn’t (which sucks because we have leftover credit on a GC tied to her account.) I tried PPDG again, and was able to get $500 in GS GCs and banked $50 Bucks + Ebates. One thing I’ve gathered from this thread is to be conservative with how much you order from PPDG, and $500 at one time is about as much as I’m comfortable doing. After work, I took my last batch of Target GCs from GCM and converted them all to eBay in store, and I rolled my GS GCs into eBay GCs. I didn’t want to try another order yesterday because another thing I’ve learned about PPDG and eBay, particularly with digital GCs, is to be conservative with how many times you order per day.

This morning, I ordered another $500 in GS GCs, banked another $50 Bucks + Ebates, but locked up my account again with error codes 70226 and 70266. After calls with PP, which said my account was fine; and eBay, which said it must be a technical issue that they then reported to IT and told me to try again later, my account is finally back up this afternoon. During lunch, I went to two different GS to roll back to eBay. One GS guy recognized me from the day before even though it was at a different store (!) and asked if I got these (printouts of the GCs) from PP and if I’m redeeming them just for the PowerUp reward points. I was a bit taken aback because until now, the GS employees have processed my transactions no questions asked. I said, yeah, and well sometimes PP runs sales on GS GCs. So yeah… that’s the story I went with. He rung me up fine, but I’m thinking I need to draw less attention to myself. Still, the 5x Bonus is just too good to pass up.

With my eBay account back up, I ordered $1000 in physical GS GCs from GCM and banked another $100 Bucks + Ebates. There’s been some talk here about how tedious it is for GS employees to process PPDG GCs. My stores don’t type out the GC number – they scan the barcode – but they still have to scan every printout (or email if you’re pulling them up on your phone) and then type in the four-digit PIN. The thing I like about the physical GCs is that they are swipeable like any other plastic (credit/debit) card, and GS has their card readers right on the cashier’s counter facing the customer to use so there’s no awkward pulling out paper printouts or your phone to load up and scan each email.

I still have $500 in eBay GCs that I’m thinking of trying tonight for BB from PPDG – that is, if my account isn’t locked up – or another batch of physical GS GCs. I see there’s also been some debate between GS vs. BB. In my experience, both retailers’ systems allow GC-for-GC purchases, but you all are right that GS doesn’t sell Disney GCs but BB does so that’s something to consider if you’re planning an exit strategy for your vacation funds. For that reason, I’d prefer BB to GS, and the risk of being “stuck” with their GCs. Other considerations are I don’t have anything to buy from GS other than GCs, but I could find something to buy at BB; and also if you wanted to liquidate the GCs you’re stuck with, BB sells for a lower discounted percentage (so a better return to you the seller) than GS on resale sites like Raise. So why GS? There are more GS stores around me that consistently have loadable eBay GCs in stock. But the big kicker for me, which has me dabbling in GS for the time being, is because the only way you can buy BB from a legitimate seller on eBay is from PPDG. The problem with PPDG is I can’t seem to run very much volume through it or my account gets shut down. When there’s a big Bucks bonus like 5x, which lasts just two days, you can be sure I’m going to try and maximize my Bucks. But $500 per order, per day through PPDG isn’t going to cut it. I’ve never had any problems with high volume through GCM. Unfortunately, GCM carries physical GS GCs but not BB.

On the subject of GCM, I’m hopeful they will restock Target at some point. Thank you all who reached out to GCM. Their replies don’t suggest to me that they plan to stop offering Target on eBay. On the other hand, GCM has said that they only process GCs for eBay and eBay decides what they sell. I’m much less optimistic that Target .com will ever sell electronic eBay GCs again because the product page is just gone. And despite GCM telling their customers that they hope to offer electronic delivery of GCs and to look out for that feature, I don’t think it’s going to happen. It just seems to me that PPDG has some exclusive arrangement with eBay to be its only digital GCs seller.

I figure this lengthy post should make up for my silence this week. Anyway, hope this Bonus was productive for everyone even though things are up in the air with Target and GCM and PPDG is being a PITA. (So many acronyms in this post!)

ETA: By some miracle, I just got another order through PPDG for $500 in BB GCs and $50 Bucks. That's it for me for this promotion. I don't want to push my luck any further. I've banked $250 Bucks in two days (and $25 Ebates), and am at $466.50 on my account for this quarter.

 

[Cydney]

GAH I didn't know you could get Shopkick when paying with GCs! I could've gotten 300 kicks (it's 1:1, right?)

I'm now not able to access my cart on eBay. I called eBay and they couldn't help. I can't be too disappointed after my purchases today though.

It depends, and I can't figure out why, but my husband has shopkick on his phone and it is 1:1 plus a bonus for spending different amounts ($75 is 250, $150 is 650 and $200 is 1000). Mine has 2/$1. The first time we did it my husband was picking up a game he had preordered and we got kicks for all of it. I don't know if it will work if it is just giftcards because the second time I went i picked up a Disney infinity character. It does say gift cards don't count though. So I got 1230 kicks for my purchase and my husband got 1650.

 

[SUSIEQ]

Not sure if anyone uses Samsung pay but right now they have $50 best buy and game stop gift cards 20% off ($40.00). Also if you have an American Express you might check for offers for $10.00 off $20.00 when you use samsung pay as a form of payment. There's a daily limit of 2 cards.

Thank you for this info. I was able to take advantage of both the 20% off BB gift cards(then turned them into Disney gift cards) and the $10 off $20.

 

[Cydney]

It depends, and I can't figure out why, but my husband has shopkick on his phone and it is 1:1 plus a bonus for spending different amounts ($75 is 250, $150 is 650 and $200 is 1000). Mine has 2/$1. The first time we did it my husband was picking up a game he had preordered and we got kicks for all of it. I don't know if it will work if it is just giftcards because the second time I went i picked up a Disney infinity character. It does say gift cards don't count though. So I got 1230 kicks for my purchase and my husband got 1650.

so that is a little over $12 for those, which makes up for the ebates I would normally get for ordering online.

 

[wendow]

I see Sears sells Target GC's online through GCM store. Does anyone know if you can use a Sears GC to pay?

https://wl.giftcardmall.com/product/3743/target-puppy-gift-card

ETA: NVM, went through the checkout and nope..

 

[SarahSlink]

I hope everybody gets everything resolved with PPDG.

I went ahead and threw everything back into GS with physical gift cards through GCM with the 10% ebucks promo and then I'll go into Gamestop and transfer back into Ebay when I get them.

That's what I did as well.

 

[MichelleB]

I see Sears sells Target GC's online through GCM store. Does anyone know if you can use a Sears GC to pay?

https://wl.giftcardmall.com/product/3743/target-puppy-gift-card

ETA: NVM, went through the checkout and nope..

Can you use an eBay gc? Or is that GCM's own site?

 

[wendow]

Can you use an eBay gc? Or is that GCM's own site?

No, it is Sears site but they host many other stores, including GCM. I was hoping we could use a Sears GC since those are on sale today. But no-go, only can pay with a CC

 

[Jing]

If you order an item for in-store pick up from Target, do you get the eBates? I know it is excluded on the website, but sometimes we get lucky . . .

 

[3 DD love princesses]

can't remember what is the limit for paypal digital gc?

 

[3 DD love princesses]

also, if you have target gc apparently the cashiers have something going on with gift cards. Had a cashier get all excited over my purchasing 950 in ebay gc today.

So those of you who do gs do you get points with the basic membership for gc purchases paying with gc?

bb do you get rewards with gc purchases?
thanks

 

[Angrose]

If you order an item for in-store pick up from Target, do you get the eBates? I know it is excluded on the website, but sometimes we get lucky . . .

Yes, I have always received them!

 

[berkfam22]

For those of you that are Vera Bradley fans, if you spend $100 or more, then you get $25 off your purchase. $150 or more, $30 off. The best part is you still get $10 ebay bucks for the initial purchase. They don't penalize you for the coupon. So you can spend $75 and still get your 10 Ebay bucks. Hope this makes sense to you all. I think my brain is fried after all this PPDG run around!

ETA: Nevermind....when I looked at my bucks, it only showed $1.54. When I was in the checkout process it said 10.11. Sorry!

 

[Jing]

So much for PPDG for me too.

I hate Best Buy's parking lot anyway.

Stupidheads.

 

[adudeinblue]

Stirring the pot with GCM Target GC stock on ebay a little bit more:

I got an alert that listing is expiring soon for Target GC with GCM on ebay. I wonder if they are going to post a new listing with stock tomorrow or completely stop? Fun to speculate.