$25 off $250 Best Buy Amex Sync
Jul 21, 15, 11:31 pm
#152
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: CA
Posts: 48
Originally Posted by vickyforever08
Went to BB, bought 5 * 200 split into 4 amex cards and loaded to the serve immediately at WM...will do the other 8 amex cards tomorrow....nice easy money....
Jul 23, 15, 7:54 pm
#155
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by pennstate94
Fellow North Texans: Would you please PM me if you know of any area Best Buy stores that sell the variable visas? I've been to three Dallas-area stores so far and haven't located any.
Also note that you do earn BBY reward points buying the gift cards. On last year's same AMEX offer, there were enough BBY reward points earned that worth 2/3 of the fee paid, making the deal even sweeter.
Jul 23, 15, 7:56 pm
#156
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 292
Originally Posted by Happy
Ask the sales at BBY - the local BBY has multiple places for GCs, but only put the BBY Visas on the bottom of ONE stand which can easily be missed. After circle 2 times of the usual spots and could not found it, I asked the guy at the door where the BBY Visas were and he pointed me to the right stand. Note - these are BBY's own label Visa therefore they dont look at all like the generic ones sold at Office Supply stores. You could totally miss them if you dont know what to look for.
Jul 23, 15, 9:13 pm
#157
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: DFW
Posts: 477
Originally Posted by Happy
...Also note that you do earn BBY reward points buying the gift cards. On last year's same AMEX offer, there were enough BBY reward points earned that worth 2/3 of the fee paid, making the deal even sweeter.
Jul 23, 15, 9:32 pm
#159
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Michigan
Programs: AA, UA, DL, UR, IHG platnium, AirAsia
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Bought 2 BB VGC's for $200 and $50 on my BCE which totalled $261.90. It's the only AMEX card I have right now. $25 + $2.62 (1% cashback with card) - $11.90 fees still nets $15.72 not bad..
Will dump the $200 onto RB tomorrow. Dumped the other $50 onto Kiva loans.
Will dump the $200 onto RB tomorrow. Dumped the other $50 onto Kiva loans.
Jul 23, 15, 9:55 pm
#160
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 80
Originally Posted by JamieDee78
Bought 2 BB VGC's for $200 and $50 on my BCE which totalled $261.90. It's the only AMEX card I have right now. $25 + $2.62 (1% cashback with card) - $11.90 fees still nets $15.72 not bad..
Will dump the $200 onto RB tomorrow. Dumped the other $50 onto Kiva loans.
Will dump the $200 onto RB tomorrow. Dumped the other $50 onto Kiva loans.
Worried about not being able to turn it into cash (maxing out RB, etc.) is the only reason I can think of because the fee stays the same whether you get $50 or $200.
Jul 24, 15, 3:39 pm
#162
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Location: Florida
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Originally Posted by spgbus
One point per $ on GC == 2% reward $. Better yet, spend >=$3500 earns ElitePlus membership
Jul 24, 15, 3:41 pm
#163
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Originally Posted by ostornadoe1
Why wouldn't you just buy $200? It would get you another $1.5 in cash back.
Worried about not being able to turn it into cash (maxing out RB, etc.) is the only reason I can think of because the fee stays the same whether you get $50 or $200.
Worried about not being able to turn it into cash (maxing out RB, etc.) is the only reason I can think of because the fee stays the same whether you get $50 or $200.
If I have only one AMEX card to use, this would be the route I take.
Jul 24, 15, 6:44 pm
#164
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,476
I purchased 5x$200 VGC in BB few days ago, splitting in 4 cards - everything went OK. Came today and the same cashier was working at the checkout. It seems she recognized me from that day (probably, not many people do split transactions in BB) and called manager over. General manager come and started to question me, why I'm buying this and according to him it's not normal. At the end (since cashier informed him that I purchased VGC before) he claimed that Bestbuy has a "unwritten" policy - they can sell only $1K/6 months.
