Simon mall gift card(2014-2015)
Dec 1, 2014, 10:59 pm
#736
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 55
As a further data point:
SoCal Simon- purchased 2.5k today, filled out form, no sweat. Customer behind me seemed to be on very friendly terms with the cashier; while I was filling out my form she informed her friend the cashier that she would be purchasing 9.5k that day. All smiles and gift cards.
SoCal Simon- purchased 2.5k today, filled out form, no sweat. Customer behind me seemed to be on very friendly terms with the cashier; while I was filling out my form she informed her friend the cashier that she would be purchasing 9.5k that day. All smiles and gift cards.
Dec 2, 2014, 4:11 am
#737
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: SJC
Programs: AA, AS, Marriott
Posts: 6,059
As a further data point:
SoCal Simon- purchased 2.5k today, filled out form, no sweat. Customer behind me seemed to be on very friendly terms with the cashier; while I was filling out my form she informed her friend the cashier that she would be purchasing 9.5k that day. All smiles and gift cards.
SoCal Simon- purchased 2.5k today, filled out form, no sweat. Customer behind me seemed to be on very friendly terms with the cashier; while I was filling out my form she informed her friend the cashier that she would be purchasing 9.5k that day. All smiles and gift cards.
Dec 2, 2014, 5:01 am
#738
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 647
In case you didn't notice, there are some real jerks in here, who think they are oh-so-smart simply because they discovered this forum before you. 
Some of them *might* realize that they are too clever by a half when they get a letter from the IRS, or worse, their bank gets a civil forfeiture order from an LE agency.
Some of them *might* realize that they are too clever by a half when they get a letter from the IRS, or worse, their bank gets a civil forfeiture order from an LE agency.
I guess my "Legal" purchase of one item and converting it to another "Legal" item is against the law... Don't troll please - we have enough of them here
Dec 2, 2014, 5:35 am
#739
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
I can honestly say I have read 40+ hours on MS and it does get confusing...I'll be reading one page and it talks about such and such so I open another page and start reading there, then find more info on yet another page, before long I have over 10 pages/tabs open in flyer talk taking me in all different directions and find out after reading months of info, that procedure does not work any longer, so close that page out and continue...one has to remember those that have been doing this for years know all the ins and outs and when they learned it was not as difficult to get the concept as there were not as many road blocks, thus when new info arrives they have to process just that new info...while the newbie's have to process all the info and so much of it is old, and it sure makes it mystifying on what is going on at the moment...
For instance, you just posted there is an entire thread using pinable prepaid debit cards, I put a number of different options to search that... i.e, pinable card, prepaid cards, pinable debit cards, etc and came up with 7 different threads...not in the mood to figure which one 'might' be the correct thread...as I have searched for the right threads for weeks now...Thanks for the feedback tho...take care
For instance, you just posted there is an entire thread using pinable prepaid debit cards, I put a number of different options to search that... i.e, pinable card, prepaid cards, pinable debit cards, etc and came up with 7 different threads...not in the mood to figure which one 'might' be the correct thread...as I have searched for the right threads for weeks now...Thanks for the feedback tho...take care
Guess what - everyone here had to do the same thing. We all had to read old material, we all had to use trial and error and we all had to get ourselves up to speed.
Dec 2, 2014, 6:01 am
#740
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 253
One thing I'll never understand is why new participants think they're the only ones to have to dig thru old material or figure things out on their own. There seems to be this perception that people who've been here for a while had it easy and it's only been recently that it's taken an amount of effort to get up to speed.
Guess what - everyone here had to do the same thing. We all had to read old material, we all had to use trial and error and we all had to get ourselves up to speed.
Guess what - everyone here had to do the same thing. We all had to read old material, we all had to use trial and error and we all had to get ourselves up to speed.
Reading the stuff is one thing, but people are scared to try. Its not that hard to buy a $25 gift card and try to convert for "testing purposes." If it works, go balls to the wall, if not, try another and use that $25 for groceries or gas.
People feel like they need to by a $500 card from the get go.
Dec 2, 2014, 6:39 am
#741
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Indianapolis
Programs: Hilton-Diamond Lifetime Platinum AA UA, WN-CP, SPG Gold.
Posts: 7,377
If you can not afford one 500 GC, find another game.
Small change is a waste if time,
Do it or forget it.
make a day of it hit 3 or 4 malls and convert them to MO,
Or get a business account and hit 109 k, @ 1,000 a clip,
I drove to Vegas and lost a quarter in the slots, but I did go to Vegas.
Do 500, one could always BS. About a higher amount.
Small change is a waste if time,
Do it or forget it.
make a day of it hit 3 or 4 malls and convert them to MO,
Or get a business account and hit 109 k, @ 1,000 a clip,
I drove to Vegas and lost a quarter in the slots, but I did go to Vegas.
Do 500, one could always BS. About a higher amount.
Dec 2, 2014, 9:49 am
#742
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Chyona
Programs: Anywhere I can ski...
Posts: 401
+1
Reading the stuff is one thing, but people are scared to try. Its not that hard to buy a $25 gift card and try to convert for "testing purposes." If it works, go balls to the wall, if not, try another and use that $25 for groceries or gas.
People feel like they need to by a $500 card from the get go.
Reading the stuff is one thing, but people are scared to try. Its not that hard to buy a $25 gift card and try to convert for "testing purposes." If it works, go balls to the wall, if not, try another and use that $25 for groceries or gas.
People feel like they need to by a $500 card from the get go.
**was shut down in july when moneypaks began to get pulled from RA.
Dec 2, 2014, 10:02 am
#743
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: DC Area
Programs: UR
Posts: 10
Isn't buying $500 VGCs from Simon more expensive than Staples, 0.007838 vs .006717 (or 16.70% higher)?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
Last edited by jaewang; Dec 2, 2014 at 10:09 am
Dec 2, 2014, 10:10 am
#744
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Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
Isn't buying $500 VGCs from Simon more expensive than Staples, 0.007838 vs .006717?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
Dec 2, 2014, 10:28 am
#747
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162
Isn't buying $500 VGCs from Simon more expensive than Staples, 0.007838 vs .006717 (or 16.70% higher)?
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...QlM/edit#gid=0
Only $1k from Simon is cheaper than Staples.
Then you have to get rid of them -- I buy MOs at WM, where 4 Simon GCs gain me 2 $1000 MOs. Because of the 4-card swipe limit, I could only buy 1 $800 MO at a time with the $200 cards.
Last edited by PaulMSN; Dec 2, 2014 at 10:36 am
Dec 2, 2014, 10:42 am
#748
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,207
As of last week it is, assuming you're using an Ink at both places, but the hassle factor is much less for Simon GCs. Many office supply stores won't let you buy more than a few $200 GCs, whereas most Simon malls let you buy 19-20 $500 GCs at one time.
Then you have to get rid of them -- I buy MOs at WM, where 4 Simon GCs gain me 2 $1000 MOs. Because of the 4-card swipe limit, I could only buy 1 $800 MO at a time with the $200 cards.
Then you have to get rid of them -- I buy MOs at WM, where 4 Simon GCs gain me 2 $1000 MOs. Because of the 4-card swipe limit, I could only buy 1 $800 MO at a time with the $200 cards.
Dec 2, 2014, 10:42 am
#749
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: DC Area
Programs: UR
Posts: 10
As of last week it is, assuming you're using an Ink at both places, but the hassle factor is much less for Simon GCs. Many office supply stores won't let you buy more than a few $200 GCs, whereas most Simon malls let you buy 19-20 $500 GCs at one time.
Then you have to get rid of them -- I buy MOs at WM, where 4 Simon GCs gain me 2 $1000 MOs. Because of the 4-card swipe limit, I could only buy 1 $800 MO at a time with the $200 cards.
Then you have to get rid of them -- I buy MOs at WM, where 4 Simon GCs gain me 2 $1000 MOs. Because of the 4-card swipe limit, I could only buy 1 $800 MO at a time with the $200 cards.
The spreadsheet is meant for newbies that want to buy $500 VGCs. Higher value GCs do not always translate to cost saving.
Dec 2, 2014, 11:10 am
#750
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
Posts: 14,162