What do you do with gift cards after you load them?
Dec 31, 2015, 10:43 am
#16
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 827
If you aren't good at organizing, you should probably not be MSing...
Dec 31, 2015, 5:08 pm
#17
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 92
staple liquidation receipt and card to the purchase receipt and stick it in a shoe box. keep them indefinitely, until you are sure no one will do a FR and need to harass you about where you got money you never had... it's magic, it goes around and around...
Dec 31, 2015, 7:50 pm
#20
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 39
I used to be environmentally friendly and recycled them at my local best buy, but then I realized that a person could go through my purchase history with them, so....... I shred them before disposal now =(
wish I could recycle them and hug some trees while I'm at it
EDIT: I just reread the topic title.
Obviously you spend it after you load it lol
now after you UNLOAD it? that's another story...................
wish I could recycle them and hug some trees while I'm at it
EDIT: I just reread the topic title.
Obviously you spend it after you load it lol
now after you UNLOAD it? that's another story...................
Jan 1, 2016, 10:42 am
#22
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 39
to save you and the employees time ---- unless it is a section that's specifically marked for gift cards, they actually don't recycle it but throw it away. Best Buy literally has a section for gift cards, they really do recycle those. Walmart I believe I've only seen *PLASTIC* bags, and nothing else. I think they throw away bags that aren't the regular shopping bags, too.........
Jan 1, 2016, 11:02 am
#23
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Fort Myers, FL
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I toss them into an ammo box and then six months or so later go back and check them online for balances. Last week I found a balance on 2 ebay cards that I had totally used totaling $48, and 2 Amex gift cards with $1 balances, most likely from the AP days. No I guess I will have to try to use a $1 card for a split payment at WM for bananas!!!
Jan 1, 2016, 12:06 pm
#25
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,507
Are people not marking each card with a Sharpie to indicate the following:
1) Date
2) What it was drained for in general
3) Where
If yall are not doing that then yall are not organizing it that well. At least if there was some questions asked you can quickly scroll through your cards. I do this with all my cards so its easy to trace.
1) Date
2) What it was drained for in general
3) Where
If yall are not doing that then yall are not organizing it that well. At least if there was some questions asked you can quickly scroll through your cards. I do this with all my cards so its easy to trace.
Jan 2, 2016, 8:57 am
#26
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 511
Are people not marking each card with a Sharpie to indicate the following:
1) Date
2) What it was drained for in general
3) Where
If yall are not doing that then yall are not organizing it that well. At least if there was some questions asked you can quickly scroll through your cards. I do this with all my cards so its easy to trace.
1) Date
2) What it was drained for in general
3) Where
If yall are not doing that then yall are not organizing it that well. At least if there was some questions asked you can quickly scroll through your cards. I do this with all my cards so its easy to trace.
Jan 2, 2016, 12:39 pm
#28
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 38
ericsabbs is stating its easier to write on the card than to look it up later. If you have the cards for 5 years will that still be available online? Each person has to determine any potential questions regarding MO/serve/BB deposits and how long to keep detailed information. looking up each card online is not viable, especially when u are talking about >1k annually. I don't think each card needs to be written on as long as the purchase through deposit is kept together.
Jan 2, 2016, 2:21 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2015
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Posts: 59
I heard a rumor that Gift Cards with $0.50 or $0.00 remaining balance can be used on parking meters above the available balance, I have not tried this myself
Curious is anyone has any info on this ???
Curious is anyone has any info on this ???