What do you do with gift cards after you load them?
#31
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,493
Yeah good luck matching the exact card to that purchase online. The point is if you need to find that specific card you loaded on that particular day you don't have a way to figure that out...unless you organize all your VGCs in separate little zip lock baggies. Personally I just mark up each card so i can just stack and rubber band them together. I don't bother keeping the WM load receipts after I drain the funds since there is already too much clutter already.
#32
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 92
1)Buy cards, place receipt in envelope in sun visor in car.
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
#33
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AA plat, SPG gold
Posts: 721
1)Buy cards, place receipt in envelope in sun visor in car.
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
#34
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 92
Quicken rental property manager
Record purchases as a transfer to an account marked cards.
Enter a line marked fees, deduct the total fees for the cards.
Record liquidation as a transfer from cards into whatever account you liquidated it into...
Works for me!
Record purchases as a transfer to an account marked cards.
Enter a line marked fees, deduct the total fees for the cards.
Record liquidation as a transfer from cards into whatever account you liquidated it into...
Works for me!
#35
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Northwest, United
Posts: 3,256
Easy enough to test cards with a zero balance - I think those are plentiful among this crowd...
#37
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 827
The best explanations I have thought of are all negative except one: They sit there for hours running them through a terminal trying to find the one that still has $1.44 or $1.30 or whatever on it, or, if they're really lucky, the $500 you thought you lost.
#38
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,805
-Currently active bank credit or debit cards
-Currently active store credit cards
-Pre-paid Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover cards, regardless of the amount on the card
-Expired bank or store cards that have been expired less than 10 years
-Non-embossed bank or store credit cards
Yes, there are some current auctions on ebay that appear to violate these rules, but it is highly likely that these auctions will be removed before the auction is concluded.
#39
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: DFW
Posts: 246
1)Buy cards, place receipt in envelope in sun visor in car.
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
2)On the way to unload, have my kids shuck the cards and file them in wallet for unloading. (any old cards in that wallet left over from a previous day have a mark on them so they are identifiable as NOT being today's cards.)
3)Unload cards, wrap each card in the unload receipt as it is unloaded, or match to each card as soon as you get back to the car, and place those in an envelope with the receipt.
4)Input each card into financial software that maps out the card's rout from purchase to the grave, staple card with unload receipt to purchase receipt and file it in a cigarette tube box (they fit perfectly!)
5)Each box is marked with start date and end date, taped shut and stacked in a box bound for storage.
I've never misplaced money/cards/MO's, etc.
My kids started a new game with the shucked card boxes... they cut out an entire stack of the cards from the pictures and they MS themselves now... It's all good until they start rattling numbers off when I am trying to record my data from the day. I have to remind them that mine actually have the real money on them, and if they keep rattling numbers off while I am inputting my information, I will have real money confused... They KNOW that's not good! I find it particularly amusing when they are pretend MS'ing and they remark, Oh, great... lets go. Next stop! That new over zealous lady is working the money center! ....
#41
Moderator: Manufactured Spending
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,576
Back on the topic of this thread, I recycle mine in the gift card recycling bin at Best Buy. MS is not great for the environment, so why not offset it. I'm not too concerned about someone looking up the card's history, because I don't register the cards so there wouldn't be any personal information available.
#42
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 827
Back on the topic of this thread, I recycle mine in the gift card recycling bin at Best Buy. MS is not great for the environment, so why not offset it. I'm not too concerned about someone looking up the card's history, because I don't register the cards so there wouldn't be any personal information available.
a)the cashiers who treat me the best (just to show off, and then take them to recycle)
OR
b)the cashiers who treat me the worst (and leave them on the counter in front of them)
#44
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 92
I like that they fit so well in that particular box so that the bundles don't come undone. I use a vitamin bottle to keep them snug until the box is full enough. I hate it when they get all jumbled around!
I started off with a shoe box with my bottles of vitamins to fill the extra space and hold them snugly in order, then I used a plastic cassette box, and then a goofy sized plastic container that I never really used for food storage. Some of the smaller boxes electronics come in with the flaps that tuck in, those worked well too. Sturdy and securely closed...