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[CoP Luv]

I think they didn't get a circle bonus of $25 for spending $150 but a regular circle offer of $25 off a purchase of $150. Those offers do usually exclude gift cards.

That’s how I read it as well. A certain amount OFF a purchase does not include gift cards. You would not get a $150 DGC for $125, thus getting $25 off the purchase. You could get $25 in Target Circle rewards when you spend $150 in DGC.

I received $10 off $70.

 

[AngusIsMySpiritAnimal]

Sorry I'm trying to catch up.

You can use Sam's Cash to offset purchases made elsewhere buy visiting the service desk and requesting to be cashed out.
I always get cashed out and don't apply the sam's cash to purchases as I would not be earning on those purchases.

I agree I have never had sam's cash credit for me with discounted gift cards but some here state it has credited but I always use a different card for those now.

Some people also have reported that they can redeem Sam's cash on GC but I won't ever try that one.

Edit: Looks like @Plutofan posted about this just a little lower down the page....

I haven't ever tried to redeem Sam's Cash for physical cards in store, but it's never let me apply it when I've had it available at the same time I was buying digital cards. However, if you cashed it out and then used that cash to partially pay for a gift card, I guess that would be a work around! At any rate, I was not aware that Sam's would pay out Sam's Cash IN cash (I thought it was like Target Circle dollars) so that's good info to keep in my pocket if/when we make a big ticket purchase and accrue a fair chunk all at once.

Otherwise, I'll probably just keep applying it off groceries for convenience, since I rarely have more than a few dollars available, I rarely want to take on the line at our Sam's customer service desk, and the cash accrues quite slowly compared to credit card cash back. I have applied it towards groceries purchased at an Orlando Sam's Club for grocery delivery to our Disney resort, however, so I guess it's still going to a good cause in that case!!

 

[samsonjs]

Are you sure? Target Circle Deals always includes Disney Gift Cards. Mine completed and paid out already.

It says “gift cards and tax will not be included in determining total.”

It is one that needs to be applied to your cart for immediate cash off, not one that will give you a dollar amount off at a later date or gift card.

 

[afan]

Are you sure? Target Circle Deals always includes Disney Gift Cards. Mine completed and paid out already.

I think they didn't get a circle bonus of $25 for spending $150 but a regular circle offer of $25 off a purchase of $150. Those offers do usually exclude gift cards.

There's two different types of offers out now, ones for spend x get x rewards, works for gc, or spend x and save x, doesn't work for gc.

I saw the 1st post here about a spend x get x and saw my offer and though oh nice, bought a gc then a couple hours later realized I hadn't seen anything about it triggering. That's when I actually read it and saw it was spend and save.

I don't remember them doing both types of offers at the same time before.

 

[eticketplease]

I haven't ever tried to redeem Sam's Cash for physical cards in store, but it's never let me apply it when I've had it available at the same time I was buying digital cards. However, if you cashed it out and then used that cash to partially pay for a gift card, I guess that would be a work around! At any rate, I was not aware that Sam's would pay out Sam's Cash IN cash (I thought it was like Target Circle dollars) so that's good info to keep in my pocket if/when we make a big ticket purchase and accrue a fair chunk all at once.

Otherwise, I'll probably just keep applying it off groceries for convenience, since I rarely have more than a few dollars available, I rarely want to take on the line at our Sam's customer service desk, and the cash accrues quite slowly compared to credit card cash back. I have applied it towards groceries purchased at an Orlando Sam's Club for grocery delivery to our Disney resort, however, so I guess it's still going to a good cause in that case!!

I have the credit card so I use that basically exclusively for gas with the 5% back on gas. I cash mine out right before going on Disney trips so I have money for tips as I never go to the bank to get small bills.

 

[AngusIsMySpiritAnimal]

I have the credit card so I use that basically exclusively for gas with the 5% back on gas. I cash mine out right before going on Disney trips so I have money for tips as I never go to the bank to get small bills.

Unfortunately our Sam's has no gas! Definitely miss that being a perk of membership. But yes, that would be a great way to rack up Sam's cash faster!

 

[eticketplease]

Unfortunately our Sam's has no gas! Definitely miss that being a perk of membership. But yes, that would be a great way to rack up Sam's cash faster!

I never get gas at Sam’s lol I always use Kroger since I rack up gift cards there with 4X. The credit card gives you 5% cashback on gas station any place

 

[AngusIsMySpiritAnimal]

I never get gas at Sam’s lol I always use Kroger since I rack up gift cards there with 4X. The credit card gives you 5% cashback on gas station any place

Good deal! I have pretty much always used my trusty Fidelity card with 2% on all purchases unlimited cashback directly into my investment acct and swap out with Discover during the 5% on gas quarter. We don't have Kroger either, but I use Fuel Rewards at Stop and Shop or 7/11 Rewards to maximize fuel points as much as is possible.

 

[AngusIsMySpiritAnimal]

Side note for fellow NY/NJ shoppers, Stop and Shop is running 6x points on GCs this week. Just picked up a couple non-DGCs for end of year teacher gifts today!

 

[eticketplease]

Side note for fellow NY/NJ shoppers, Stop and Shop is running 6x points on GCs this week. Just picked up a couple non-DGCs for end of year teacher gifts today!

Teachers will certainly appreciate you!!

I grab Target cards when they are 10% off for this exact same reason. Unfortunately they only seem to do it about twice a year but a few times Discover had Target as a 5% category when they were on sale so that worked out nicely.

 

[kristenrice]

Most probably the issue is with Speedway and not with Giftcards.com. I have found that many of these gas apps don't work well a lot of times (the exception being the ExxonMobil app, which I have never had an issue with -but have only used them a few times.)

A few years ago there was an Amex offer for Conoco / Philllips 76 - out of 6 gas stations, only once was I able to get their app to work.

And BP, don't get me started with their app. In NJ, it is state law that you are not allowed to pump your own gas. Well, in the BP app, once you authorize the pump, you must start pumping within 45 seconds or it times out. So I pull into the station and start authorizing the pump and the attendant didn't want to wait so he goes to another customer. Of course, by the time he gets back it was more than 45 seconds, so now I have to authorize the app again. So again, he doesn't wait and goes to another customer, and again, by the time he gets back the app times out. After doing this 3 times, I finally said to the guy, it only gives you 45 seconds and you keep walking away for more than 45 seconds - just wait here until I get it authorized. He gave me a dirty look but waited. After that, I never went back to a BP station.

Also, some of these gas companies have all sorts of fine print that you don't realize until afterwards. For example, Shell only allows e-gift cards and not physical gift cards to be loaded into their app (presumably because e-gift cards are only sold directly from Shell and can't be bought at a discount).

For this reason, I stay away from gas gift cards. Instead, I use my sisters Costco account to buy Costco Shop cards and use those to buy gas at Costco. If you have any family member or friend who has Costco membership, you can use their account to buy Costco Shop cards and have it shipped directly to your house.

(The other gift cards I stay away from are airline gift cards since most of them will only allow you to pay for the flight itself and nothing else with the gift card, which is a bunch of garbage. Also, I would much rather pay for flights with points, because if you cancel the flight, you just get your points back which never expire on most airlines as opposed to if you pay with cash or gift cards you get a voucher which has expiration dates. The exception is American Airlines, where points expire if you don't have activity in 24 months.)

After I filed a ticket with giftcards.com (...still waiting to hear back...shows as "pending"), I waited a few hours and tried again to load the gift card into the Speedway app and it magically worked just fine! I'm thinking now that perhaps there was a delay of a few hours from when the gift card was sent and when it was "activated". I know that an e-card shouldn't have to be "activated", but I cannot think of any other reason why it went from invalid to valid without any intervention.

 

[Plutofan]

Unfortunately our Sam's has no gas! Definitely miss that being a perk of membership. But yes, that would be a great way to rack up Sam's cash faster!

You dont have to buy gas at Sams for the 5%.
Most places where you fill up qualify, as long as the transaction is processed under MCC 5541 (Service Stations) or 5542 (Automated Fuel Dispensers).
That includes:

• Sam’s Club Fuel Centers
• Walmart / Murphy USA fuel stations
• Major branded gas stations (e.g., Exxon, Shell, Phillips 66, Chevron)
• EV-charging stations similarly coded reddit.com+11scene7.samsclub.com+11help.samsclub.com+11

• What Doesn’t Qualify​

  • Fuel at warehouse club pumps (e.g., Costco, BJ’s), even if branded under a major station reddit.com+1cardratings.com+1
  • Fuel purchased inside grocery or convenience stores that are coded under non‑gas MCCs (like grocery stores) help.samsclub.com+9scene7.samsclub.com+9reddit.com+9

 

[bbsearchlight]

Doctor of Credit (aka Doc) is reporting that GCX Raise has now added a platform fee of 10% on the amount that your gift card is being discounted. So for example, if you buy a $100 gift card on Raise for $95, the $5 you save will now be assessed a 10% fee, or 50 cents.

Personally, 3rd party gift card sites like Raise would have to have discounts of at least 15 to 20% for me to start with the hassle and risks involved, and most gift cards I see on Raise have puny discounts of less than 3% which is why I haven't bought from them in years.

There are rumors that most 3rd party gift card sites are not making money and in jeopardy of folding. Hey, even the site that shall not be named (for those who haven't been here awhile, it was a site that sold $10,000 Disney gift cards at 25% off for $7,500 and of course ended up stealing a lot of people's money) doesn't have any gift cards for sale at the moment.

 

[AngusIsMySpiritAnimal]

Teachers will certainly appreciate you!!

I grab Target cards when they are 10% off for this exact same reason. Unfortunately they only seem to do it about twice a year but a few times Discover had Target as a 5% category when they were on sale so that worked out nicely.

Wow, that IS a great stack!

 

[eticketplease]

Doctor of Credit (aka Doc) is reporting that GCX Raise has now added a platform fee of 10% on the amount that your gift card is being discounted. So for example, if you buy a $100 gift card on Raise for $95, the $5 you save will now be assessed a 10% fee, or 50 cents.

Personally, 3rd party gift card sites like Raise would have to have discounts of at least 15 to 20% for me to start with the hassle and risks involved, and most gift cards I see on Raise have puny discounts of less than 3% which is why I haven't bought from them in years.

There are rumors that most 3rd party gift card sites are not making money and in jeopardy of folding. Hey, even the site that shall not be named (for those who haven't been here awhile, it was a site that sold $10,000 Disney gift cards at 25% off for $7,500 and of course ended up stealing a lot of people's money) doesn't have any gift cards for sale at the moment.

funny you brought that up since I just got an email from them a little while ago that they are back in stock lol

I didn't have a problem with them but I probably only bought about $5k from them. After everyone here was having issues I never went back as it is a high risk high reward situation with them that I'm not willing to gamble with anymore.

 

[Bmramaut]

Managed to do quite the deal at Target today! I had 30 back when you spend 100x3, a 15 off 100 purchase, and a free Target 360 membership with 200 dollars spent.

The 15 off 100 wasn’t good for gift cards but I was able to coupon down the total cost combined with Ibotta cash back. The 15 didn’t come off at register so I got a 15 dollar gift card with my receipt at customer service. Check 1 out of 3 100 dollar spends.

Then did two separate transactions for 100 dollar gift cards to complete the other two steps. This also completed my free Target circle membership.

Went home with 45 dollars back AND got the 10 dollars off good and gather activated immediately with my membership activation.

THANK YOU TO THIS GROUP!!!

 

[LadySarathano]

Back in July, I made a post that tried to explain the difference between what does and doesn't qualify so I will repost it below:

For those with Target Circle bonus offers, note the language for qualifying offers:

"A "qualifying purchase" is a purchase made with your Target Circle Card after you activate the offer that meets the minimum purchase threshold. Your purchase qualifies after automatic Target Circle deals are applied but before other discounts and coupons."

So what this is saying is that if you have a target circle deal that is auto applied (meaning you don't have to click on anything to activate the offer) that does NOT count towards the spending for the bonus.

For example, take a look at the 2 offers pictured below. In the first one for toothpaste, you must click on the red APPLY button to activate the offer so that purchase the full amount (including the 10% being taken off) would qualify for the bonus.

In the second offer for soda, notice the offer is auto-applied, meaning you don't have to click on anything to activate the offer. In that case, the 40% being taken off the soda does not count towards the bonus spend - only the amount paid after the 40% is taken off qualifies.View attachment 974681

This is super helpful, thank you! I promise I tried searching this thread and even Google but couldn’t find this thorough of an explanation for the *new* rules.

 

[ChipTheRescueRanger]

Can newegg hurry up and do disney cards again. I swear they have done every other brand under the sun but not disney

 

[Luna81]

Can newegg hurry up and do disney cards again. I swear they have done every other brand under the sun but not disney

I really need to have a list of places to check each morning. I keep forgetting about Newegg.

 

[FoxC63]

Can newegg hurry up and do disney cards again. I swear they have done every other brand under the sun but not disney

Don't count on it being a regular thing. Since posting the link on the Updated DGC thread (2020) and shifting here (2024), I think we've only seen Newegg put DGC on sale three or four times.

I really need to have a list of places to check each morning. I keep forgetting about Newegg.

All the links I checked can be found on Post #2 Discount District - sites are in alphabetical order too.