Originally Posted by Java Cool Dude (Post 28637072)

I would like to say yes but I'm pretty stumped, here's what's happening:

I placed two identical orders on July 25th with two different greetings cards to tell them apart. Order A had an American flag whereas order B had Tulips.
I also purchased another order on July 26th with a tweeting bird on the cards, let's call it order C.
What I received in the mail yesterday was order A with the American flag and what I got today was order B, the one with the Tulips.

Here's where it gets weird:
The USPS delivery notice from yesterday showed two envelopes post marked with the July 27th date and as I mentioned, I received one but was waiting for the other to show up today.
The one I got today was post marked July 28th so it couldn't have been the one shown in yesterday's mail!
Thinking the order I was supposed to receive yesterday was maybe order C, aka tweeting bird, I called GCM but I was told it shipped on July 31st and it couldn't have possibly been the one missing from Monday's delivery!!!!

My current theory is that somehow USPS scanner photographed the same order A twice?!
The smudges are pretty identical except for a few places
http://i66.tinypic.com/20r9swn.png

Originally Posted by redarmy (Post 28640687)

Curious to know what cc you guys use for GCM purchases now that Citi AT&T is RIP.

Originally Posted by qasr (Post 28648476)

SPG (1x SPG, 1.25 effective airline) or Amex business plus (2x MR) are my gotos now, but really missing the ATT card 3x :(

Originally Posted by Travelz (Post 28646644)

My USPS only scans the larger packages every once in while, so I still never know when they are coming. I signed up for Informed Delivery about 2 months ago. I was placing orders for different amounts so I could tell them apart, like 1995, 1996, 1997 & 1998 because you get free shipping on orders under 1998.

I think I will try to ramp it up to 5k per order. The only cc that seems to work for me is A+ now that Access is gone and I have a high CL, so it should work. What CC is working for all of you?

Originally Posted by Carl Christensen (Post 28283586)

In case it is of benefit to someone here is my spread sheet info for ordering and tracking.

Columns are:B C d e f g h i j
Headings are: Name, current date, 31 ago, 30 day sum, date ordered, amount, received, order number, notes,

Here is the most important part:

Current date C4=TODAY()
31 ago=C4-31
30 day sum=SUMIFS(G:G,F:F,">="&D4)


*I calculate based upon a 31 day sum (even though my column names it 30 day sum). I intentionally do this to allow for 1 day buffer for processing etc in case it happens so I am not wasting time trying to order only to get the step and see I am bumping up against 15k max
*Your columns and labels could be different but the gist of the automatic sum of past 30 days is present with the logic of 1)calculate today 2)determine 31 days ago 3) If the date in the F:F column range is more recent than that date (D4) then sum the order amount in the G:G column range

* I have columns to track:
1)that I have received the order (important when you may have 5-10 orderings coming of similar amounts)
2)order number
3)notes - i.e. Citi AA plat select 3k min spend card ending 9999, AU card on personx account for Amex Hilton Surpass upgrade from plain Hilton to meet 5k min spend ending in 9999

I have multiple tabs in my spread sheet, one for each different giftcardmall login (currently only 3).

*When I order, on the welcome card for each card I have the personalized message as something cryptic such as: A - ACPSAA-3k-5-18 : which means person A's GCM account, person a's citi plat select aa card, 3k for how much is the order, and date ordered.
*take a photo of that cryptic message when you receive.


Why do all this?

Because orders can get lost, you may not remember who account ordered it, who's cc ordered it, what purpose it was for etc etc.

The above system provides a tracking process from the ordering, to receiving to make sure nothing is missed in the process. If you are only ordering once in a great while, it won't be necessary. If you are maxing out your 15k per month ... maybe with more than one account, it really is of value to have a tracking process.

Hope this helps

Originally Posted by Java Cool Dude (Post 28644329)

I got all my cards in the mail and they all had different postal stamps. This confirms my initial theory that USPS scanners photographed the same piece of mail twice, possibly due to how thick the envelopes are.
JCD

Originally Posted by mkz (Post 28653123)

why are there white spots on your envelopes? it looks impossible to deliver mail when the envelope is like that.
anyway, the problem with gift cards not being delivered right is something my friends in the burnet street churning club have been complaining about a lot. are you a member of that churning posse? maybe gift card mall mistook you for a member.

Originally Posted by ChuckMango (Post 28654783)

Is it just me or the max amount is $250 on vgc?

Originally Posted by TalkingPoint (Post 28654926)

There is a workaround method using a custom that allows you to order $500 denomination cards but only until the end of this month.

Originally Posted by vodafone (Post 28649708)

I use BOA Alaska even though only 1x, but easy to liquidate through BP at WMT

Amex card earns more but hard to cycle back

Originally Posted by New to FF (Post 28655188)

Do you Bill Pay to BOA? I've heard some banks including Barclay's and Citi shutdown for bill pay.

Thanks for the info

Originally Posted by TalkingPoint (Post 28654926)

There is a workaround method using a custom that allows you to order $500 denomination cards but only until the end of this month.

Originally Posted by ecatalina (Post 28663652)

Anyone having issues with not receiving a confirmation email from GCM for some of the orders this month? I always get one after a successful order, but it's been inconsistent this month only.