Disney Gift Card Deals

[SUSIEQ]

Oh I agree - but if I had to venture a guess, I would guess that as a business, Target would rather not sell a mountain of gift cards to one buyer - even if they are for personal use. So they just classify them as a reseller. Then they don't have to pay an employee to restock or ship or whatever for what is very little profit. Just a guess ....

I do agree with that. I imagine the shipping/handling fees are costly.

 

[Friendlyadvice2]

Interesting-Out of curiosity I wonder if the 3rd poster (@fitnessmouse) who was banned also was trying to use gift cards from gift card zen? I looked back to see if they said but all I saw was them telling others of the recent gift card zen sale on target cards-really glad now I didn't buy any

Oh crap! Yes I used giftcardzen :-( and with the sale they had, purchased a large one

Oh no! So, all those banned had purchased from giftcardzen?? Which I had never even heard from until this last 10% off sale that was posted here. I bought 3-4 gift cards from them (about $200 worth) and I have used them all to buy new Target gift cards. Ugh, I hope I am not flagged now.

I just wonder if Gift Card Zen is the common factor? Maybe so. Ughhhh.

Giftcard Zen is just a middleman for selling the cards; they don't actually take possession of the cards and therefore, there is no way for Target or anybody else to know the card was even purchased from the public site. It is possible to ID a string of gift card numbers that were fraudulently purchased and later resold (like the recent Lowes data points), but that would be coincidental that they were sold on Giftcard Zen or any other site.

To illustrate this, if you have loaded any of the Target giftcards you've purchased from Raise, Giftcard Zen, or even Target itself, go into your account on Target and click "manage cards" not "manage gift cards" under the Wallet section. You will get a list of all of the gift cards you've saved and/or used to your Target account. If you click on any of those cards, it will bring up a history of it's use. Many are from Balckhawk (the card issuer for third party retailers) and Target.com (cards bought directly from their site), but most are from store credits from various Target stores across the country. These credits could be from legitimate returns or they could be from fraudulent purchases and refunds. It will list the city of the Target location as the starting balance and then whatever transactions have occurred on the card to date.

Again, there is no way for Target to know where you got the card from or what you've paid for it. One thing that would be possible for Target to do if they don't like reselling of giftcards generated from store credits is to program into their fraud detection or risk mitigation software the ability track if someone having a Target account with a physical address in lets say Atlanta is using a card that was last used/issued in lets say Portland. That in and of itself obviously doesn't indicate fraud, but a consistent pattern of that may make them unhappy and lead to a ban. Or they could just not allow the store credit giftcards to be used online like Lowes did.

 

[Marionnette]

I received a $10 off of a $20 purchase welcome to eBay coupon that expires on the 22nd. What is the smallest non-resale denomination Target GC I can buy. I went to the eBay site the other day when I joined but only found resale cards. What is GCM, there are GC for sale other than in GCM too, right? TIA

GCM = Gift Card Mall; they are an eBay merchant and the same company that provides the gift cards that you see at your local grocery store and other retailers. there are plenty of other Target GCs for sale on eBay, but they are likely to sell for more than face value.

The smallest Target GC that GCM sells is a $50 GC. At $10 off, you would get a little under 20% off your purchase IF GCM accepts the coupon. I had a GCM order canceled when I used an eBay coupon. I got the money back on the eBay GCs I had use for payment, but the coupon code was lost.

 

[Marionnette]

And when will I have access to that $52 in eBay bucks? Do they send me a check or can I us it directly from my eBay acct to buy another target gc?

eBay Bucks earned during this period will be available to spend on April 3. You will not be sent a check, you can have t spend it on eBay purchases. You can access directly from your account.

 

[Marionnette]

Again, there is no way for Target to know where you got the card from or what you've paid for it. One thing that would be possible for Target to do if they don't like reselling of giftcards generated from store credits is to program into their fraud detection or risk mitigation software the ability track if someone having a Target account with a physical address in lets say Atlanta is using a card that was last used/issued in lets say Portland. That in and of itself obviously doesn't indicate fraud, but a consistent pattern of that may make them unhappy and lead to a ban. Or they could just not allow the store credit giftcards to be used online like Lowes did.

I think that this is most likely what they are seeing. Store credits from all over the country being used by a single customer to make GC purchases. Like the banned posters have said, they've been told that Target has observed a pattern to their purchases.

 

[davper]

I'm from the NE. But 1' of snow in VA is very different from 1' of snow in the NE. We don't have snow tires, school buses don't have chains on their tires (meaning missing 10+ days of school in a year has become common the last few years), and a lot of people don't have a clue how to drive in it so basically no one goes anywhere.

We don't have snow tires on our cars or chains on school buses either. I can't remember the last time I even saw fire engines with chains on. I think the difference is snow removal equipment.
We have school issues as well. Last year, students had to go to school on the weekend/holidays or for longer days to make up the missed time. We only budget an extra 5 days for snow cancellations. Anything more than that, and we have to make up the difference somewhere.

The funniest thing I ever saw for snow in the south was in Dallas, TX. I had to go down to my companies HQ on a business trip. There was a 1/4" of snow on the ground one morning. Being from the NE, I thought nothing of it and went to the office. When I got there, I learned they had closed for the day due to snow. They have no snow removal equipment or trucks to lay down ice melt. It was all melted by 10am.

I love driving in the snow. Even more so when I drove pizza delivery as a kid. No one on the road and sharp turns became so much easier as you fish tailed through the turn.

 

[starjazz]

Anyone willing to start from the top, or point me to the original post. I think I'm following the basics, but just looking for the starting point to complete the churn. Thanks for the help in advance. Looking forward to jumping on the bandwagon!

 

[Cydney]

I think that this is most likely what they are seeing. Store credits from all over the country being used by a single customer to make GC purchases. Like the banned posters have said, they've been told that Target has observed a pattern to their purchases.

If you send a gift card to someone for Christmas this would happen. How can they use that as a way to ban someone? Yes there would be a lot more, but that wouldn't make you a reseller. I'm wondering if someone stole someone's credit and bought a bunch of giftcards, then sold them. I sold a kohls card I got for Christmas on raise one time and it was 5% off but I paid them 15% to sell it. The standard recommended percentage is around 5, but you can change it. I'm wondering if the higher percentage are people wanting to dump the cards for money quick. Target can flag those fraudulent cards.

 

[wendow]

We don't have snow tires on our cars or chains on school buses either. I can't remember the last time I even saw fire engines with chains on. I think the difference is snow removal equipment.
We have school issues as well. Last year, students had to go to school on the weekend/holidays or for longer days to make up the missed time. We only budget an extra 5 days for snow cancellations. Anything more than that, and we have to make up the difference somewhere.

The funniest thing I ever saw for snow in the south was in Dallas, TX. I had to go down to my companies HQ on a business trip. There was a 1/4" of snow on the ground one morning. Being from the NE, I thought nothing of it and went to the office. When I got there, I learned they had closed for the day due to snow. They have no snow removal equipment or trucks to lay down ice melt. It was all melted by 10am.

I love driving in the snow. Even more so when I drove pizza delivery as a kid. No one on the road and sharp turns became so much easier as you fish tailed through the turn.

No snow tires here either, or chains on anything other than big rigs. And I live in CO. We get plenty of snow. But we have pretty decent snow removal crews for the main roads. However, getting out of our neighborhood is ridiculous. No plowing there! Our schools only close if the storm is really big. They would close for 1' but I've seen them not close many times for 8"-10".

I grew up in Dallas. They close everything down as soon as the first flake falls LOL! And honestly, I despise driving in snow so I miss Dallas sometimes in that regard.

 

[havaneselover]

It just seems to be too big of a coincidence that all three data points involve one gift card reseller. I'll stick with buying my Target gift cards from Kroger and don't think I'll buy doing any eBay churning.

 

[wendow]

Anyone willing to start from the top, or point me to the original post. I think I'm following the basics, but just looking for the starting point to complete the churn. Thanks for the help in advance. Looking forward to jumping on the bandwagon!

Honestly, I have no idea in this monster thread where any one original post might be. The deal has changed many times since this thread began.

What I did to learn this churning thing was go back 20'ish pages and I just started reading. The basic steps end up being posted over and over. As you come up with questions, post those and we will try to help. It's easier to answer specific questions. You will have it down in no time!

 

[wendow]

It just seems to be too big of a coincidence that all three data points involve one gift card reseller. I'll stick with buying my Target gift cards from Kroger and don't think I'll buy doing any eBay churning.

I agree that it is too coincidental that all three bought from giftcardzen. When so many of us have been buying from Raise pretty much only for a year or more, no one is getting banned...now, three people who all bought from this one place all get banned. That is strange.

 

[Narnia_girl]

Anyone willing to start from the top, or point me to the original post. I think I'm following the basics, but just looking for the starting point to complete the churn. Thanks for the help in advance. Looking forward to jumping on the bandwagon!

As wendow said, it's a long thread and hard to point to a 'start' for any particular method. Yesterday alone there were five pages of posts on this thread! But I did find a particular post recently by @JohnDaleswife to be helpful and I bookmarked it. You can find it here. As always, tread cautiously with your money--and good luck!

 

[Vernie822]

I'm still new to this so please excuse my (likely) stupid questions.. I've done my research I think so hopefully I am understanding this...

1. Log into Swagbucks, then log into Raise and purchase a Target GC.

2. Using my new Target GC, purchase Ebay gift cards @ Target . com, saving 5% with my Target RedCard (can Swagbucks or Ebates be used here? If I buy something in addition to the Ebay GC, will that award me Swagbucks or Ebates?)

3. Using my newly purchased Ebay GC, purchase a Target Gc from GCM on Ebay, getting 2x Ebucks (or whatever the offer is at the time.. Currently for me its 2x). (Can you use Swagbucks or Ebates here?)

4. Once my Target GC arrives in the mail, use it to buy a Disney GC on Target's website using my Redcard to save 5%. (Can Swagbucks or Ebates be used here?)

I think I understand the process.. my question is.. when the heck do I buy the rulers, and what am I going to do with all of them!? Lol

 

[Vernie822]

Also.. By using Southwest points, a $500 United credit my brother gifted us after some travel inconveniences, and Discover cash back that we had accumulated, we saved 65% on our honeymoon flights from Pittsburgh to Hawaii to California and back! I feel like you guys can appreciate this. Now that I've got that out of the way I'm here to churn some gift cards lol.

 

[horse11]

Thanks for sharing, horse11! Wondering about your last comment on forgetting to go thru Ebates first and adding info later. How did you go about doing that? I ordered something from Amazon a few weeks ago and, of course, forgot to go thru Ebates. I'm pretty new to ebates and it's still not just an automatic habit to open it up, lol. So, if possible to do so, I'm wondering how to add the info to hopefully get some cash back! TIA!

Sorry just seeing this. You click on help at the top of the screen. That opens a menu on the left hand side. Choose where is my ebucks or something like that it might say where is my cash back. You will need to go into your actual order and copy all the information then paste it in the box provided when you open up the option I mentioned above. Fill in the date , store, and order number as well as the category. If you have any questions you can pm me.

 

[Marionnette]

I'm still new to this so please excuse my (likely) stupid questions.. I've done my research I think so hopefully I am understanding this...

1. Log into Swagbucks, then log into Raise and purchase a Target GC.

2. Using my new Target GC, purchase Ebay gift cards @ Target . com, saving 5% with my Target RedCard (can Swagbucks or Ebates be used here? If I buy something in addition to the Ebay GC, will that award me Swagbucks or Ebates?)

Either SB or eBates can be used. Both of them technically do not credit for gift card purchases, it's always possible that your order might slip through and get credited. If you add a small item in addition to your GC order, you increase your chances of success through eBates. I'm not sure if it works with SB also.

3. Using my newly purchased Ebay GC, purchase a Target Gc from GCM on Ebay, getting 2x Ebucks (or whatever the offer is at the time.. Currently for me its 2x). (Can you use Swagbucks or Ebates here?)

It depends on whether GC purchases on ebay are one of the categories included for credit. I know that ebates currently credit 1%.

4. Once my Target GC arrives in the mail, use it to buy a Disney GC on Target's website using my Redcard to save 5%. (Can Swagbucks or Ebates be used here?)

I think I understand the process.. my question is.. when the heck do I buy the rulers, and what am I going to do with all of them!? Lol

Again, you can go through either rewards program to make your purchase. If it automatically credits, great. If it doesn't, you probably won't get anywhere by submitting a trouble ticket since both programs exclude GC purchases from credit.

As for the rulers, you purchase them each time that you shop at Target for a GC, when going through a rewards program. It doesn't have to be a ruler. Other office supplies like tape, glue, colored pencils, etc. work just as well.

Also.. By using Southwest points, a $500 United credit my brother gifted us after some travel inconveniences, and Discover cash back that we had accumulated, we saved 65% on our honeymoon flights from Pittsburgh to Hawaii to California and back! I feel like you guys can appreciate this. Now that I've got that out of the way I'm here to churn some gift cards lol.

Nice job! What a great feeling it must have been to be able to take such a nice trip and know that part of it was free!

 

[wendow]

when the heck do I buy the rulers, and what am I going to do with all of them!? Lol

You have a great handle on how to do this!

As far as the rulers, in the interest of not drawing anymore Target attention, I would vary what you order. All these orders of gift cards and a 25 cent ruler will bring attention we don't want. Especially with them now banning people!! All school & office supplies have the potential to be credited by ebates (though it is not guaranteed). Also, clothes, baby items, washcloths, placemats...just read what ebates pays cash back on and shop from those categories.

 

[CMNJ]

I agree that it is too coincidental that all three bought from giftcardzen. When so many of us have been buying from Raise pretty much only for a year or more, no one is getting banned...now, three people who all bought from this one place all get banned. That is strange.

I was thinking it seemed odd as well-wondering if somehow (at least some of) the gift cards purchased via gift card zen were in some way flagged that led to the ban-not necessarily because they were purchased through that particular website but because there was something unusual about them-I'm guessing they couldn't be fraudulent or target would have disallowed their use entirely not just online-I really think there has to be more to this as so many of us have purchased lots of gift cards for a long time now without any problems.

 

[Cydney]

Swagbucks does not work for the target step, at least it never has for me. Ebates does most of the time with another item. For Ebay I use swagbucks because it has been 2%. Swagbucks can take up to a week to show up as pending and then it is pending for a couple of months.

EDIT: I just looked and today ebay is only 1% on swagbucks so you can go either way, sometimes they have double back on SB.