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T3pleShot Aug 2, 2016 6:15 pm


Originally Posted by shitrus (Post 27004854)
"Because I can"

I know, right? I read (here or GCM thread) that TCB is claiming that your intent of purchase (business vs. personal) somehow has an effect on whether the purchase "tracks properly" - craziest stuff I have heard.. I never ever had any issues with TCB tracking/paying out for my amex GC purchases (total payouts exceeding 10k over 12 months).



Originally Posted by noturbizniss (Post 27005075)
I had over 1K become payable after about 6 weeks. I ordered payout as an amex gc. It has been 2 weeks and nothing came yet in the mail. I opened a support ticket on Sunday and tweeted at them today with no response yet.

Why did you opt for amex gc when TCB offers ACH as an option - I always use ACH with TCB and it is reliable. Hope it clears for you..

I am going to wait for a couple of weeks (would have crossed the 6 week mark) and then will file a support ticket, I guess..

noturbizniss Aug 2, 2016 7:38 pm


Originally Posted by T3pleShot (Post 27006090)

Why did you opt for amex gc when TCB offers ACH as an option - I always use ACH with TCB and it is reliable. Hope it clears for you..

When I requested it the AGC came with 3% bonus - as of yesterday it
s 5% ($100 payout = $105 Amex GC. or $500 = $525, more than enough to cover another $500 GC+MO and have a few $$$ left over)

noturbizniss Aug 2, 2016 8:24 pm


Originally Posted by noturbizniss (Post 27005075)
I had over 1K become payable after about 6 weeks. I ordered payout as an amex gc. It has been 2 weeks and nothing came yet in the mail. I opened a support ticket on Sunday and tweeted at them today with no response yet.

Just remembered i have a UPS package coming from Arroweye solutions tomorrow that I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was from. It shipped on 7/27. I know that the VGC and MGC from GC.com ship from there, so I thought maybe it was the MGC I ordered for the first time, but i got that on monday. I just checked arroweye's website and they deal with amex so im hopeful that this mystery package is my payout giftcard.

pharmawalk Aug 2, 2016 9:36 pm


Originally Posted by pharmawalk (Post 27004017)
So, I had something weird happen with the new non-embossed VGC from giftcards.com. I have to conduct one more test to confirm the non-embossed cards are somehow different from the previous embossed (raised printing).

Sunday: After seeing the "bluebird cancelling VGC loading at WM" post, I went out to conduct some tests. I couldn't load my chime card at WM with the new non-embossed VGC from giftcards.com. Other loadable VISA and MC still worked normally, MO worked normally. It was an odd rejection with the Chime card too - said approved on my end and then the tiniest receipt came out. Said 'debit not approved - call authorizer'..someone mentioned this was a POS reject. One of the WM i went to had the old terminals and one had the new terminals. On the new terminals, the cashier couldn't even swipe Chime on her side, while on the old terminal they still could. Also, the cashier said WM had been rolling out lots of updates for the registers over last couple of days. Chime load was rejected at both locations.

Monday: My wife still had a few of the embossed cards i had given her to load so I tried them. They loaded fine.

Tuesday (today): I'm going to try some of the new non-embossed today to complete the 'test'. If they don't load, then something has changed. If they do, then chalk it up to a random outage on Sunday.

will update later


non-embossed worked fine....ffs

dogbyte Aug 2, 2016 9:48 pm

Is there still a delay with shipping? I ordered some over the weekend and wondering when I should expect them.

pharmawalk Aug 2, 2016 11:03 pm


Originally Posted by dogbyte (Post 27006882)
Is there still a delay with shipping? I ordered some over the weekend and wondering when I should expect them.

i have been getting mine faster than ever recently. 2-3 days from ordering...last 4 orders. GCM on the other hand takes like 2 weeks.

ricohitman Aug 4, 2016 1:04 pm


Originally Posted by pharmawalk (Post 27007070)
i have been getting mine faster than ever recently. 2-3 days from ordering...last 4 orders. GCM on the other hand takes like 2 weeks.

I have been getting giftcards.com in about 5-7 business days.

GCM has been taking 12-14 total days (about 7-10 business)

Anyone have orders from the 26th not get delivered yet? I had orders from 27th and 28th of july come yesterday, but not orders from 7/26

anubond005 Aug 4, 2016 1:13 pm


Originally Posted by dogbyte (Post 27006882)
Is there still a delay with shipping? I ordered some over the weekend and wondering when I should expect them.

Mine took little more than a week. Before they used to send email with tracking info and they aren't doing that either now. But still charging the same $$ for shipping.

38ronnie Aug 5, 2016 4:42 am


Originally Posted by ricohitman (Post 27015861)
I have been getting giftcards.com in about 5-7 business days.

GCM has been taking 12-14 total days (about 7-10 business)

Anyone have orders from the 26th not get delivered yet? I had orders from 27th and 28th of july come yesterday, but not orders from 7/26

My order from 7/26 has not arrived yet.

Philip Rebisz Aug 5, 2016 6:44 am

change due?
 
2 weeks ago I bought a batch of giftcards for 3k and bought MOs at USPS.

I ordered another batch and now I can't seem to use it to buy MOs anymore, I tried to use at USPS, Western Union

When called mgr told me that this transaction is prohibited and I had to cancel all of the cards :(

pharmawalk Aug 5, 2016 7:00 am


Originally Posted by Philip Rebisz (Post 27019291)
2 weeks ago I bought a batch of giftcards for 3k and bought MOs at USPS.

I ordered another batch and now I can't seem to use it to buy MOs anymore, I tried to use at USPS, Western Union

When called mgr told me that this transaction is prohibited and I had to cancel all of the cards :(

Did you try USPS and WU both on the same day? I had a weird thing like that happen too, but it resolved itself within a couple of days.

Sandybestdog Aug 5, 2016 8:51 am

After several questions about my purchases from GCM, TCB asked for my credit card statements and some purchase receipts. I sent them several copies. The next day, they sent an email releasing the two payments. So it appears that I'm good for now and can resume using them. I noticed when you cashout, they ask if you want to tip them. I thought that was quite odd. Perhaps next time I will wait till I have a few hundred and then tip $5. Keep them on my good side.

I have looked into some other portals. I placed 2 orders through Cashbackhouse about 10 days ago and they have not showed anything.

dmac1418 Aug 5, 2016 9:20 am

What's the consensus on Yazing? From what they say on their site, and what some of the blogs say, they pay out pretty quickly and they appear to have a competitive cash back rate for VGCs with GC & GCM.

dethkultur Aug 5, 2016 9:47 am


Originally Posted by dmac1418 (Post 27019996)
What's the consensus on Yazing? From what they say on their site, and what some of the blogs say, they pay out pretty quickly and they appear to have a competitive cash back rate for VGCs with GC & GCM.

They don't pay out quickly (6-8 weeks? TCB is faster), and they don't have a dashboard where you can track your purchases, which is a huge pain, as the only evidence of transactions is when you get an email from them. The CEO is responsive and friendly and will tell you how much your pending payout is by email, but no way to just log in and find out for yourself.

Sandybestdog Aug 5, 2016 10:44 am

I tried purchases from GCM and ebay on Yazing and Giving Assistant. Both tracked them fine. Yazing just sends an email. No click history or dashboard. Hard to keep track of things. Giving Assistant has a click history and earning history. Neither seems to have a missing claim section. I don't know, does Giving Assistant expect me to donate some earnings to charity? I mean I'm a nice guy but I don't know if I want to donate like this. OK maybe I'm not a nice guy.


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