Rick471

Take ads from your other stores and Albertsons will price match. I just bought all my Thanksgiving dinner items and used $60 worth of coupons from the $300 gc's I bought. They took all 6 in one purchase, no issues here!

jerroranda

Nice. Went to an Albertson's in So Cal. Manager was friendly and event went looking for the GC for me. Got 5 of them.

Seabilly

Data point. Albertsons in San Diego (Mira Mesa blvd near the I-15). Used AMEX card. Cashier I used was familiar with the promo.

Bought 1 $50 MC, 1 $25 Amazon card and 1 $25 Apple card and got a single $20 coupon.

dovergator

Went to two different Albertsons today! The first one, I purchased a $100 MC GC for $105.95. The coupon machine spat out my $20 coupon which merited no reaction from the cashier. My wife and I then shopped the store and went back through the register for a $20.56 tab. The $20 came off the top and we paid the cashier $.56!!! This created quite a stir among everyone. But nobody seemed to get in on the action.

Then went to another Albertsons in which my wife and I each purchased a $100 MC GC. Went through the store and spent $20 each.

At the end of the day we spent $17.85 in MC GC fees to get $60 of free groceries. A savings of 70.25% at the store and all three MC GC's will be loaded to a BB account within the week.

DaveInLA

I tried purchasing a $500 variable MC gift card today and did NOT get the $20 coupon. This was the same Albertsons (and same cashier!) that I've purchased 3 $100 gift cards from, and I got the $20 each of those times. I guess the variable card will not reliably get the coupon. I didn't feel like disputing it because the ad clearly states that it's only good for $100 gift cards.

poemadept

Data point.

Bought 6 MC $100 cards just now, and was able to use each one to buy the next (while using my regular credit card to pay the $5.95 fee for each plus the balance for each coupon use). $20 coupons were used with no problem. Store was basically empty and cashier helped us organize our items into purchases close to the coupon value. They wouldn't let us buy alcohol, but we stocked up on laundry detergent, batteries, medicine, toiletries, etc., plus a few items we needed for Thanksgiving.

Final take was around $125 of groceries for about $40 in card fees and overage for each $20 purchase. Good deal!

hitman1420

Don't know why I didn't think of this...
Just to clarify, you bought 1 $100 MC, set the pin and used that same MC to buy another $100 MC? and just kept doing that? All in the same visit?

prasha11

I tried, register does not accept unless someone can overwrite the system....

poemadept

I didn't have to set any pin. I just cracked it open and swiped it. No problem on any of them.

DaveInLA

When the charge options popped up on the screen, what button did you push? Basically, how did you break up the payment into two cards – the MC gift card as well as your regular credit card? I have bought these gift cards using an Amex gift card and I always hit credit but I've never had to split the payments.

poemadept

I didn't have to do anything special. I just swiped the $100 gift card, which reduced the balance to $5.95. I then swiped my credit card to cover that remaining balance. I did that for each transaction.

DaveInLA

Interesting. When selecting payment, you chose "credit"?

tree100

Was able to buy $10.01 of groceries, and another $100 gift card utilizing the two $10 catalinas that were printed with the previous gift card purchased.

Total for second transaction:
105.95 - gift card
10.01 - groceries
116.96

minus $20 in catalinas
$96.96

AND two more $10 catalinas printed.

This deal just became a money maker.

DaveInLA

Are you saying the coupon can be used toward payment of the gift card?

poemadept

Yes, all payments were selected as credit.