Lain
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 4, 2014
We can still use Best Buy gift cards to buy gift cards in store right?
Yes, but YMMV.
We can still use Best Buy gift cards to buy gift cards in store right?
@bbsearchlight -- good suggestions and I mostly agree.
I'm not entirely comfortable with having so many open accounts or trusting other people with my credit so that limits how much savings I can get out of Amex. .
I do not actually give the authorized user cards to other people, I just open them in family members names (with their permission first, of course) and use the cards myself. As far as having so many open accounts, an authorized user doesn't even affect your credit score.
As far as getting the Amex offers, you must sign up for them quickly after they are released as the best ones fill up very quickly (there is only a limited amount of signups for the best ones). Amex releases the offers at midnight Pacific time so if you live on the east coast you want check the deal websites first thing in the morning especially around holiday time. The BJ's offer was open to everyone, you just had to sign up very quickly. (I think it was filled up by around 7:30 AM the morning after it was released). The Sams club offer was only available on Business amex cards like the SPG (Starwoods Preferred Guest) or the SimplyCash.
I personally do not consider buying gift cards at reseller sites like CardCash or raise an easy way of saving money - You must spend the gift cards quickly and always worry that the balance will be drained and then have to deal with the hassle of getting the money back. That doesn't sound easy to me.
I wish this would work for me! The 2 targets by me don't allow you to buy gift cards with a gift card (and I don't know of one that does, I would go there if I did because i bought discounted target gift cards during the time of the sale)Please people, the current way to save on Disney gift cards is using AMERICAN EXPRESS. Not 5%, not 10%, but 25 - 30%.
The 30% was achieved using the Amex 20% offer at Staples (buying Target gift cards) and then converting to new Target gift cards on the 10% sale day. I purchased $1000 of Disney gift cards at 30% off.
I got 27% off using the Amex 25% off offer at BJ's and buying their discounted Disney gift cards. I bought $800 of Disney gift cards at 27% off.
And I got 25% off using the Amex 20% Sam's Club offer and buying their discounted gift cards. I bought $2,000 of Disney gift cards at 25% off and will be buying another $1000 at 25% off this weekend.
The key is to get 2 or 3 Amex cards (many of them have no annual fee) and then add family members as authorized users. Add your mother, father, brother, sister, dog (ok, maybe not your dog). Each authorized user can get the offer on their card. I have 3 Amex cards but have my mother and father as authorized users on each one and my sister as an authorized user on 1 of them. So that is 3 cards and 7 authorized users for a total of 10 cards.
Many of these offers take place around the holidays, so you want to start applying for Amex cards now to be ready for next years holidays.
Please people, the current way to save on Disney gift cards is using AMERICAN EXPRESS. Not 5%, not 10%, but 25 - 30%.
The 30% was achieved using the Amex 20% offer at Staples (buying Target gift cards) and then converting to new Target gift cards on the 10% sale day. I purchased $1000 of Disney gift cards at 30% off.
I got 27% off using the Amex 25% off offer at BJ's and buying their discounted Disney gift cards. I bought $800 of Disney gift cards at 27% off.
And I got 25% off using the Amex 20% Sam's Club offer and buying their discounted gift cards. I bought $2,000 of Disney gift cards at 25% off and will be buying another $1000 at 25% off this weekend.
The key is to get 2 or 3 Amex cards (many of them have no annual fee) and then add family members as authorized users. Add your mother, father, brother, sister, dog (ok, maybe not your dog). Each authorized user can get the offer on their card. I have 3 Amex cards but have my mother and father as authorized users on each one and my sister as an authorized user on 1 of them. So that is 3 cards and 7 authorized users for a total of 10 cards.
Many of these offers take place around the holidays, so you want to start applying for Amex cards now to be ready for next years holidays.
Please people, the current way to save on Disney gift cards is using AMERICAN EXPRESS. Not 5%, not 10%, but 25 - 30%.
The 30% was achieved using the Amex 20% offer at Staples (buying Target gift cards) and then converting to new Target gift cards on the 10% sale day. I purchased $1000 of Disney gift cards at 30% off.
I got 27% off using the Amex 25% off offer at BJ's and buying their discounted Disney gift cards. I bought $800 of Disney gift cards at 27% off.
And I got 25% off using the Amex 20% Sam's Club offer and buying their discounted gift cards. I bought $2,000 of Disney gift cards at 25% off and will be buying another $1000 at 25% off this weekend.
The key is to get 2 or 3 Amex cards (many of them have no annual fee) and then add family members as authorized users. Add your mother, father, brother, sister, dog (ok, maybe not your dog). Each authorized user can get the offer on their card. I have 3 Amex cards but have my mother and father as authorized users on each one and my sister as an authorized user on 1 of them. So that is 3 cards and 7 authorized users for a total of 10 cards.
Many of these offers take place around the holidays, so you want to start applying for Amex cards now to be ready for next years holidays.
Hey Y'all!
My trip is Saturday and I have spent all week cashing out GCs.
Target- Used $600 Target GC to purchase (6) $100 Disney GCs. had no problems at self checkout
Sam's Club- I had (15) $5 Walmart GCs from Mileup and swagbucks. Purchased $150 worth of DIsney GCs at self checkout. This was a pain but it worked. you have to put the scanner back after every GC scanned.
Walgreens- Used (3) $100 Wags GCs to purchase 1 $300 Disney GC. no fillers needed, worked perfectly.
Best Buy- Used the (3) $10 email i received earlier this week (yes, they stack) and a $50 GC to purchase a $100 Disney GC. cashier didn't even realize what was going on.
Animal kingdom lodge here I come!
All right, for those who want to be mathematically exact, the savings were 25% at Sam's club, 28% at BJ's, and 28.9% at Staples/Target. I did think the average person would be okay with me saying 25% - 30% instead of 25% - 28.9%.
Now for the people who want to know how I came up with those numbers, the details are below: (For the rest of you, you can just skip to the next post)
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So you can use Sam's and/or Walmart gift cards at Sam's to get Disney gift cards?
Just to note, for you pajama shoppers , you can get Walmart gift cards from Raise and other sites and use those discounted gift cards to purchase from SamsClub online. .99 shipping the last time I did it but still everything from the luxury of your own home.Yes, you can use Walmart gift cards at Sam's Club to purchase the gift cards. But, you can't use Walmart gift cards at Walmart to buy gift car
Since when? I've used Walmart gift cards to buy gift cards at Walmart.Yes, you can use Walmart gift cards at Sam's Club to purchase the gift cards. But, you can't use Walmart gift cards at Walmart to buy gift cards.
I wish but am happy for you! I have access to almost as many American Express cards but out of all these I only got the Staples offer and only on 2All right, for those who want to be mathematically exact, the savings were 25% at Sam's club, 28% at BJ's, and 28.9% at Staples/Target. I did think the average person would be okay with me saying 25% - 30% instead of 25% - 28.9%.
Now for the people who want to know how I came up with those numbers, the details are below: (For the rest of you, you can just skip to the next post)
Staples: Purchase Target $900 gift cards for $900 and then getting $9 back from Amex (standard 1% back) plus getting $180 back using Amex promo 20% back. Final cost $711. Buying$1000 of Target gift cards using the original $900 on the Target 10% off day and then converting to Disney. Final cost of $711 for $1000 of Disney gift cards. Savings of $289. Percent of discount is calculated by dividing the amount of discount over the original amount. So 289/1000 = 28.9% Savings. (Please note that I used the offer on 9 different Amex cards to get the $900 in gift cards. However, the calculations would be the same with only $100)
BJ's: Purchase three $100 Disney gift cards for $95.99 and one $25 Disney gift card for $23.99. Total cost is $311.96. Getting $3.12 back from Amex (standard 1% back) plus getting $75 back using Amex promo 25% back on $100 at BJ's (split across 3 cards). Final cost of $233.84 for $325 of Disney gift cards. Savings of $91.16. Percent of discount is calculated by dividing the amount of discount over the original amount. So 91.16/325 = 28% Savings.
Sam's Club: Purchase a $500 Disney gift card for $474.98. Getting $4.75 back from Amex (Standard 1% back) plus getting $95 back using Amex promo 20% back at Sam's Club. Final cost of $375.23 for $500 of Disney gift cards. Savings of $124.77. Percent of discount is calculated by dividing the amount of discount over the original amount. So 124.77/500 = 25% Savings.
Every time I try there's an issue at the register, I have to have other items in my shopping trip over the amount of the gift card. Maybe I've just had bad luck!Since when? I've used Walmart gift cards to buy gift cards at Walmart.