Bidu

Went to pavilions and saw 2 vanilla hanging. So odd....

anchor79

my local Vons store are now cash only for gift cards. I wonder if its just an individual store or applying to all?

ElPresidente

Nope, went through all of them last week just to recheck.

Last time in, didn't even bother with my Safeway card.

ericdabbs

I hope its just that store.

TeamCarryOn

Hi! Newbie here.

I'm going to different Safeways to get the $15 off purchase of $25, when you buy a Visa/Amex gift card. The coupon isn't printing at any of the stores, which is not a problem, because the manager will just give me a gift card...has anyone gotten the coupon to print? Any advice?

minamhere

The promotion is not valid on variable gift cards. I bought a variable $500 and got a coupon from the manager the first time. Once I realized that they were excluded, I bought $200 fixed cards and the coupons started printing out automatically.

Alcibiades

prints every time

TeamCarryOn

Okay, thank you! I'll try the fixed card, and see what happens.

diseased

I bought a variable card the first time around and didn't receive the coupon so the manager gave me a $15 gc. The second time I forgot about the promo and was just doing my usual Wells card spend. Purchased four variable cards plus some groceries and the 15 off 25 coupon printed.

TeamCarryOn

Newbie here again.

I'm not sure how folks do this, as my experience at different stores was mixed, and I was flagged at one store as a potential credit card scammer. That store, refused to let me pay with a credit card, so I paid with my debit card and the machine printed a coupon that expires on 11-27. I spoke to a person at another store, and they said it is in the store's discretion to accept credit cards for gift card purchases. IDK ... If I had on mom jeans and kids in tow, maybe I would've flown under the radar.

diseased

How'd you get flagged? Did they say only you can't purchase gcs with ccs or is it a storewide policy?
I haven't had any problems yet. No kids or mom jeans here. Female fond of t-shirts, jeans and flip flops.

TeamCarryOn

Again, I'm a newbie, and I think the problem was going to different stores. I went to 4 stores in the morning, and the 5th one in the evening, which is where I had the problem. I worked retail when I was younger, so it was clear to me that word had gotten out that I should be watched. Even after that experience, I went to another store to use the coupon, and I had problems with the machine wanting to accept my CC. If I had known which GC to get in order to make the machine print the coupon, then I would've stayed at one store, and it all would've been easier. But I blame the circular for not making any of that clear. In the end, I'm happy. For very little effort, I racked up free groceries, and rewards points on my CC.

But I'm curious, do all of the coupons expire on the 27th of November? That seems awfully short, for such a coupon.

ElPresidente

No they expire 7 days from date of issue.

I've been cycling. Visit Safeway, buy >$25 of groceries using coupon from previous visit. Buy a $200 VGC, get a new coupon good for next visit. Repeat. I'm doing this about once a day at the Safeway on the way to work.

My pantry is well stocked with staple items now.

sechs

This is generally a local decision.

I've had one nearby store go cash-only for prepaids, and two others for all gift cards. My go-to store recently limited credit card purchases on prepaids to $200 due to fraud problems there.

Alcibiades

Doesnt the circular clearly state that Variable VISA and AMEX are excluded from the promotion ?