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giftcards.com master thread (2018 onwards)

Old Jan 1, 2018, 11:00 am
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This is the thread for 2018. The previous discussion can be found here.

Giftcards.com (and giftcardmall) now limit Visa loads to $250. No more $500 cards, Change happened sometime in 2020.

Check cash back portals to help cover the fees. Around the holidays there is usually free shipping. http://www.cashbackmonitor.com/cashback-store/giftcards.com/

Limit 5k/ every 48 hours (2 orders under 2.5k including the fees). However, system will reportedly "error out" if more than two orders are attempted within two days.

Cards must be activated before use. Orders usually arrive in 5-7 days.

Select the free letter on the left instead of paying for a card on the right of the screen to save money.

Warning: Orders can be lost or stolen. Call to have them reissued.

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giftcards.com master thread (2018 onwards)

Old Sep 9, 2018, 6:01 pm
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Thanks wyogold. I got it to work. Hopefully it pays out and lasts a while.
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Old Sep 9, 2018, 8:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Travelz
Thanks wyogold. I got it to work. Hopefully it pays out and lasts a while.
I tried the 96093 on 2 different orders using 2 different gc.com accounts and 2 different tcb accounts. 4 x 500 only gave 1% and 4 x 500, 1 x465.25 (different card added) only gave 1%. How the heck are you all getting 2%? I clicked the Mastercard link off of the tcb page. Tried Firefox and Chrome.
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 12:30 am
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Originally Posted by wyogold
The fees are what they are. The trick is to make enough back to make it worth your while ..
I understand but the reason the fees matter is that if for some reason it tracks at 1% instead of 2% it becomes a bad deal and you wont know until you have completed the purchase. At 2% cash back it is definitely worth it but if the fees were $6.95 with no shipping then I might still do it because if it tracks at 1% it is still an acceptable deal.
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 1:20 am
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Originally Posted by svasandani
I understand but the reason the fees matter is that if for some reason it tracks at 1% instead of 2% it becomes a bad deal and you wont know until you have completed the purchase. At 2% cash back it is definitely worth it but if the fees were $6.95 with no shipping then I might still do it because if it tracks at 1% it is still an acceptable deal.
tracks at 1% like it says in their T&C's
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 1:21 am
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 5:40 am
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 5:52 am
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 7:53 am
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Originally Posted by svasandani
I understand but the reason the fees matter is that if for some reason it tracks at 1% instead of 2% it becomes a bad deal and you wont know until you have completed the purchase. At 2% cash back it is definitely worth it but if the fees were $6.95 with no shipping then I might still do it because if it tracks at 1% it is still an acceptable deal.
At 1 % with the discover miles it at 3% is very profitable, this is my routine. For a 4 x500 order profit is about 80 - 35 s&h / fees = 45 profit. I can do this twice per day, so not bad ...
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 5:33 pm
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How long does it take for TCB to track?
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Old Sep 10, 2018, 7:00 pm
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Originally Posted by devastitis
How long does it take for TCB to track?
Should be about an hour after order placement. They can sometimes fail to track if you close the TCB or GCC window too quickly after placing an order or if you've got a adblocker. The email may come many hours later, but it's typically an hour in my experience that you can see the tracking in the TCB website
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 8:28 am
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Success at tracking per Wyogold.

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Old Sep 11, 2018, 9:30 am
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 10:16 am
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Its not even tracking for me. I must be a glutton for punishment because TCB has been a very poor experience for me and I keep going back.
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 10:47 am
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Originally Posted by devastitis
Its not even tracking for me. I must be a glutton for punishment because TCB has been a very poor experience for me and I keep going back.
I've had failure to track because I closed the TCB / GCC windows too soon after submitting the order. I now do everything in a fresh incognito window and toggle back and forth to reload the pages a couple times, which seems to have resulted in consistent tracking. I also don't place a second order until the first one is showing as tracking, placing a second order too soon seems to have caused problems in the past where the system couldn't distinguish between two orders close together.
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Old Sep 11, 2018, 7:51 pm
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i'm not getting anything tracking at all. did 2 to test this morning, nothing showing up. never had problems with gcc in the past.
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