A memo went around Safeway and affiliated stores introducing a new POS limit of $500 per transaction on select retailer gift cards. The following brands are affected: Best Buy, iTunes, Google Play, GameStop. From what I understand this... Read More →
Stop&Shop will introduce to their POS systems a $500 limit per transaction on select retailer gift cards beginning December 2, 2019. The following brands will be affected: Best Buy, iTunes, Google Play, GameStop. Best Buy, especially... Read More →
Update 5/24/19: American Express is sending out more BLADE gift cards, this time for $295. Blade rides are currently $120 from Manhattan. On occasion American Express sends out gifts to select Platinum cardholders, for example last year... Read More →
I was curious as to which gift cards are most commonly gifted during the holidays. A google search turned up some articles discussing the most popular gift card people want, of course that skews toward valuable gift cards like Amazon... Read More →
Many reports are coming in that gift card conversion in Best Buy stores is no longer allowed by the POS system. It’s long been possible to buy third-party physical gift cards at a Best Buy store by paying with a Best Buy gift card... Read More →
Amazon has quietly removed the ability to check the balance of an Amazon gift card online. This had long been the case for Amazon gift cards until March 2016 when they added a ‘Check’ button next the the ‘Apply to your... Read More →
[Post below has been updated] Southwest has added an option for those who don’t have a Southwest credit card to redeem points for gift cards at around 3/4 of a penny per point. Previously, only card-holders were able to redeem for... Read More →
eBay now limits us to using a maximum of $1,500 in eBay gift cards per calendar month and a maximum of $1,000 per day. They have gone back and forth on these limits over the past few years. For the past year or two it’s been... Read More →
I’ve been hearing an uptick in reports of eBay giving error messages when attempting to pay with an eBay gift card. The message states that you’ve used too many gift cards recently, try back in a few days. A couple of... Read More →
So this is next-level stuff. Many, many Slickdeals members (start on page 61) are now noticing that their Target gift cards purchased during the recent 10%-off promo are showing a $0 balance. My understanding is that this issue is only... Read More →
Blackhawk Network announced today the acquisition of Cashstar, a venture-capital based private company, for $175M in cash. Cashstar was founded in 2008. Press Release Blackhawk Network is the name behind Giftcardmall.com. The company... Read More →
Whenever anything complains about buying gift cards from second-hand gift card exchanges, the first thing that comes to mind is always the bad, fraudulent cards. Card didn’t work, hard time getting refund, etc. I’m not the... Read More →
Here are a few new gift card deals found on eBay. Hopefully, PPDG will release a slew of deals sometime later. Remember to use INK for PPDG purchases. You can find all gift card deals at this link (this contains our eBay affiliate link)... Read More →
We’ve been seeing numerous deals with Swych over the past months. After ignoring it for while, I decided it was time to signup. Here’s my review of the Swych app. Buy Gift Cards with Swych Swych iOS link, Swych Android link... Read More →
[Updated 6/12/17] Amazon now advertises a new way of reloading an Amazon balance with Amazon Cash which allows direct reloads at drug stores, grocery stores, and convenience stores nationwide. Currently, Amazon Cash is available at 7... Read More →
