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The Offer
- Giftcards.com has a special offer to waive fees on Visa gift cards and e-gift cards. Use promo code: FEEFREE2018.
The Fine Print
- Valid through December 31, 2018.
- Shipping is $1.99 per card if you order up to 3, otherwise it’s $7.45 when ordering 4
Our Verdict
Looks like some free manufactured spend here is you have a way to unload. There is a shipping fee on the physical gift cards; the digital ones will be completely free. Each can be purchased in denominations of up to $500 with a maximum of $2,500 in a single transaction.
Go through a shopping portal for additional rewards. Topcashback is showing Visa as eligible for .75% cashback, Yazing is showing 1% (not sure if these rates apply to Visa e-gift cards or not). Readers note that promo codes usually void portal cashback, so keep that in mind.
Hat tip to readers David and Simon
Expired as of 9:14 PM PST. Not sure which timezone they’re in.
I received my order summary at 9:50 PM PST Saturday with the invoice showing Sunday’s date and their CA address at the bottom. Go figure?
did post a Q 2 days ago about if a purch at GC would earn a HH free nite after $15k, posting here as DP that the widget in my acct today shows that it did after the purch at GC was posted yday
Their e-visa cards have pretty short expirations, currently at 12/2019.
The eVGC I just purchased had a 12/2025 expiration date. And it worked for a $498 1040-ES payment at Official Payments.
Can someone share how to do MS with these GCs? Or with a new CC? Thanks.
https://www.reddit.com/r/churning/wiki/manufactured_spending
Went through BeFrugal. Doesn’t seem to be tracking, though, so the 1% is probably lost there. Paying shipping remains a cost, but not one that is too bad for MS.
It seems like there’s a limit of five cards or $24.75 discount max. I tried to buy six $200 VGCs and only got $24.75 off
Chuck
Max discount is $34.75 (5 x 6.95). Why buy $200 cards when you can get $500 cards?
Max discounts code is for 5 cards, that’s why buying about $490×5 is better options than $200×5. If you want maximum your profit.
Can I use these GCs to get MOs from USPS for MC?
no
I keep getting my orders cancelled. I’ve tried 3 different credit cards to purchase a $500 VGC egift. Checked and rechecked my name, billing address, etc. Called the bank which told me that it was on the merchant’s end, not a fraud prevention measure. Has anyone else had this experience?
same here. Three tries, 3 cards, re-checked billing address, all 3 got cancelled pretty much immediately. Had tried to get $500 virtual Visa cc and on third try did physical card too.
How do you use a e-GC? Do you get a debit card number and pin when you buy it which you can use for online purchases?
number yes, pin no, online use yes
So you basically use it just like you would use a CC online? If you return something, it comes back on your card? Also, you can check balance online?
Bought $100 e Visa gift card. Cannot pay bill on plastiq.
I also got $450 Amex from Sam’s club one week ago. I cannot use it on plastiq either.
Need to find a way to use all these gift card. 🙁
Any suggestions?
you can use the $450 Amex to buy a $450 visa gift card (or a $443.05 card with $6.95 fee) and then liquidate as usual. Good luck!
Thank you for being the plastiq datapoint I wanted to see. Sorry for your difficulty.
Buy a VGC at CVS?