Simon mall gift card(2014-2015)
Nov 22, 2014, 6:26 pm
#676
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chyona
Programs: Anywhere I can ski...
Posts: 401
from page 35
"Everyone has a first post and here is mine. Have been loading Metabank Simon Mall Visa gift cards into Serve at Walmart for a couple of months. Never a issue. Today I got a "tender not available" at two different tellers at two different Walmarts. Kate was broken. Confirmed that $ was on the card, I had the correct pin, and swiped it for a coke to make sure that worked. It did. Odd thing is earlier in the day I loaded a Metabank Visa from Staples and that went fine. Yes I read the wiki and know what it says about the tender message. What do you do when that happens? Can an individual card have a hickup?"
So obviously I'm not the first to have this problem.
Nov 22, 2014, 6:43 pm
#677
Suspended
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
I still had Simon cards from the last batch this morning, but I decided to get more of them even if I didn't get rid of the ones I had. I went to the MC at WM first and Donna was there, so there was no problem getting rid of all of them. I then drove out to the mall, bought some Lindt chocolates at the outlet store and went to get more cards. The cashier there was fairly new (she trained on me), so I didn't ask if I could do more than one order -- if it had been one of the experienced cashiers or the manager I would have. She didn't know anything about the price increase.
I went back to WM and Donna was still at the MC, so I ended up buying $9,000 more in MOs for a total of $12,000 in one morning. That's by far the most MSing I've done in one day. Now I can buy more Simons tomorrow before the increase.
I went back to WM and Donna was still at the MC, so I ended up buying $9,000 more in MOs for a total of $12,000 in one morning. That's by far the most MSing I've done in one day. Now I can buy more Simons tomorrow before the increase.
Nov 22, 2014, 7:55 pm
#678
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: SAN
Posts: 1,396
The increase in holiday traffic at the mall today really made this trip a pain. Now I come here and find out the fees are about to go up? Ugh . . .
Nov 22, 2014, 7:57 pm
#679
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Austin TX.
Programs: AA GLD (1MM), Hyatt PLT, Hilton Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 783
I still had Simon cards from the last batch this morning, but I decided to get more of them even if I didn't get rid of the ones I had. I went to the MC at WM first and Donna was there, so there was no problem getting rid of all of them. I then drove out to the mall, bought some Lindt chocolates at the outlet store and went to get more cards. The cashier there was fairly new (she trained on me), so I didn't ask if I could do more than one order -- if it had been one of the experienced cashiers or the manager I would have. She didn't know anything about the price increase.
I went back to WM and Donna was still at the MC, so I ended up buying $9,000 more in MOs for a total of $12,000 in one morning. That's by far the most MSing I've done in one day. Now I can buy more Simons tomorrow before the increase.
I went back to WM and Donna was still at the MC, so I ended up buying $9,000 more in MOs for a total of $12,000 in one morning. That's by far the most MSing I've done in one day. Now I can buy more Simons tomorrow before the increase.
Nov 22, 2014, 8:14 pm
#680
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chyona
Programs: Anywhere I can ski...
Posts: 401
Nov 22, 2014, 11:38 pm
#682
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 565
The mall today had me fill out a form at ANY amount. A different mall last week needed a form at 1,500.
Zero consistency.
Zero consistency.
Nov 23, 2014, 1:33 am
#683
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
Right now I'm saving $2 a card. $38 is more than enough to fill my tank and I can make at least 4 trips on one fill-up. Worth it to me, but after Monday it might not be justifiable. Therefore the opportunity to go two times before the price increase is a good thing. Added benefit -- I'm already north of $100K in MOs for the month.
Last edited by PaulMSN; Nov 23, 2014 at 1:50 am
Nov 23, 2014, 1:35 am
#684
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
Nov 23, 2014, 2:17 am
#685
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 67
No man, first time loading a SM gc to serve. I have been maxing out serve loads with vgc's from CVS. Since a SM is on the way home from work I thought it to be a nice easy way to pop in and save a few bucks instead of good old CVS.
Nov 23, 2014, 6:33 am
#688
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 38
I was told by a Simon Mall employee that effective Monday, 11/24 Simon GC's fees are going up to $3.95. Bummer. I guess you know it had to happen eventually.
Nov 23, 2014, 6:48 am
#689
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 67
How in the hell are you guys doing that much in mo? I thought to many mo would bring suspicion from the banks and Feds. I'm scared to do over 4k in mo in my bank. Do you have 10 bank accounts? Some other secret way to liquidate them?
I'm just a Padawan and have much to learn to be a MS Jedi Master like you fools.
I'm just a Padawan and have much to learn to be a MS Jedi Master like you fools.
Nov 23, 2014, 7:41 am
#690
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 688
How in the hell are you guys doing that much in mo? I thought to many mo would bring suspicion from the banks and Feds. I'm scared to do over 4k in mo in my bank. Do you have 10 bank accounts? Some other secret way to liquidate them?
I'm just a Padawan and have much to learn to be a MS Jedi Master like you fools.
I'm just a Padawan and have much to learn to be a MS Jedi Master like you fools.