Feb 3, 2017, 6:02 pm

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This is the thread about the Five Back Visa card for 2017. The previous discussion can be found here.

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Simon sells $500 5back metabank vgc. Read the Simon thread for more details. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manufactured-spending/1812413-simon-mall-gift-cards-2017-a.html

Simon- Check balance: https://www.simon.com/giftcard/card_balance.aspx
FB - Check balance: https://www.fivebackgift.com/

Best Participating Stores: See the participating list for more stores
CVS - No longer working
Kmart - No longer working
Staples & Staples.com - No longer working
Lowes - Limited to buying $200 cards - more fees to pay and more to liquidate

CVS exit rumors appear: 1/9/17
CVS removed from program 1/20/17
KMart exit rumors appear: 2/2/17
KMart removed from program 2/7/17
Staples exit rumors appear: 4/26/17
Staples removed from program: 4/30/17
Lowes exit rumors appear: 5/11/17

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Apr 29, 2017, 7:48 am

#1156

randomdude

Join Date: Feb 2017

Posts: 271

Quote:

Originally Posted by radonc1

And it was mentioned that 2 sites still exist for our purposes, but I think it is only Lowes that is left. Am I missing something?

BB&B

Apr 29, 2017, 8:31 am

#1157

Mamibear

Join Date: Jul 2014

Posts: 3,688

I hope Lowes doesn't exit anytime soon, their GC racks are replenished quickly and next door WM makes it easy for easy liquidation.

Apr 29, 2017, 8:56 am

#1158

Flyby01

Join Date: Jun 2015

Posts: 348

I was calling Fivebackgift because my residual 5% has not posted. The CSR confirmed that Staples formally exited the program on April 26. Any cards USED on or before April 26 at Staples, will receive the FB.

Apr 29, 2017, 10:41 am

#1159

dealhunter32

Join Date: Jun 2014

Posts: 163

I received cashback today (4/29) for a purchase made on 4/27/2017 at Staples (in-store) using a Simon Visa 5% Back card.

Apr 29, 2017, 11:20 am

#1160

highinthesky

Join Date: Jun 2010

Posts: 40

Staples.com purchase made on 26 that posted today, did not get cashback.

Apr 29, 2017, 11:44 am

#1161

Alcibiades

Join Date: Feb 2003

Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Posts: 1,929

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fly1Away1

i saw a homeless guy in front of the door once, i thought about it for a second to have him come in with me. oh man i miss CVS

Homeless guy with an ID ?? priceless

Apr 29, 2017, 5:10 pm

#1162

livelovelaugh00

Join Date: Feb 2015

Posts: 22

All in all, it was a fun ride.

Apr 29, 2017, 6:46 pm

#1163

Fly1Away1

Join Date: Aug 2013

Posts: 208

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alcibiades

Homeless guy with an ID ?? priceless

If there was ever a time to be greedy, the CVS days were it. Road trips to kmart were pretty good too. It was a modern day California gold rush.

Apr 29, 2017, 6:58 pm

#1164

cashcyclone

Join Date: May 2016

Posts: 506

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fly1Away1

If there was ever a time to be greedy, the CVS days were it. Road trips to kmart were pretty good too. It was a modern day California gold rush.

Combined with GCM discount on FBs was the best deal ever. Second close was the recent OD $100 MCs combined with Ink+.

Apr 29, 2017, 7:03 pm

#1165

littlewinglet

Join Date: Oct 2014

Programs: All of them

Posts: 1,664

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fly1Away1

If there was ever a time to be greedy, the CVS days were it. Road trips to kmart were pretty good too. It was a modern day California gold rush.

My passport never got that much use before, or since.

Apr 30, 2017, 9:45 am

#1166

Spiral1

Join Date: Nov 2016

Posts: 81

Staples.com cashback posted today on my FB's

Apr 30, 2017, 10:23 am

#1167

SoloExperiment

Join Date: Sep 2016

Posts: 123

Quote:

Originally Posted by littlewinglet

My passport never got that much use before, or since.

Just curious but did using your passport allow you to circumvent the rolling $2k limit? That was such a ...... velocity limiter for me (and most)

Apr 30, 2017, 11:04 am

#1168

tempest347

Join Date: Nov 2014

Posts: 60

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoloExperiment

Just curious but did using your passport allow you to circumvent the rolling $2k limit? That was such a ...... velocity limiter for me (and most)

Yup. It's a nice little hack. And of course, if you're with someone else then it's 8k a day. Fun times.

Apr 30, 2017, 11:39 am

#1169

alphakenny1

Join Date: Apr 2015

Posts: 178

I'll spill the beans for what I did to circumvent the rolling limit at CVS. After already making my $2k purchase, then I would go to the next CVS and purchase 4 $295 (I'll explain below) VGCs, separate transactions since CVS doesn't swipe the driver's license for gift card purchase $300 or lower. The math for one visit works out like this:

1) $300 plus $3.95 fee for 1 Simon Five Back with 2% Fidelity = $2.13 Profit (I did this for ease of admin work, rather than buying $500 VGC).

2) Take the $300 VGC and go buy a $295 + $4.95 fee VGC at CVS = $10.05 Profit.

I'd buy 4 VGCs at a time so each visit made (($2.13 + $10.05)*4) $48.72 Profit.

I would do the $300 VGCs each day until I couldn't stand going into a CVS anymore or when I had to have dinner with my wife haha.

One unfortunate thing was I did this only in the month of January.

Apr 30, 2017, 12:27 pm

#1170

littlewinglet

Join Date: Oct 2014

Programs: All of them

Posts: 1,664

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoloExperiment

Just curious but did using your passport allow you to circumvent the rolling $2k limit? That was such a ...... velocity limiter for me (and most)

Yes, worked ok after first attempt where I gave my correct address. After that started using office address and was never asked again.