MGC at Sam's Club(2018)
Oct 16, 2018, 3:22 pm
#136
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 11
Thanks. I've only ever bought one GC at a time at CVS, with no splitting the transaction, and no cashier has ever asked to see the card, so I think I will give this a try. I have stayed away from AGC because they don't have a PIN -- I wasn't sure if maybe the registers at places like CVS would detect that they are GC and not CC. As long as the register doesn't reject them, I think I should be okay.
Oct 16, 2018, 9:51 pm
#137
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,727
Thanks. I've only ever bought one GC at a time at CVS, with no splitting the transaction, and no cashier has ever asked to see the card, so I think I will give this a try. I have stayed away from AGC because they don't have a PIN -- I wasn't sure if maybe the registers at places like CVS would detect that they are GC and not CC. As long as the register doesn't reject them, I think I should be okay.
Oct 17, 2018, 4:22 pm
#139
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 463
They don't work at my go-to grocery store. I found one across town (same chain) that will take them. About 5 more failures after that. Then found one nearby (different chain) that will take them. So definitely try one before you go all out.
PIN - choose any 4 digits at first use.
Oct 17, 2018, 6:15 pm
#140
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My Sam's has both Bancorp and Metabank ones so you need to read the back of the package to know what you're getting. Discussion on reddit concluded don't buy the Metas because they're a pain to liquidate. I've had no issues with the Bancorp ones at a local grocery store. Anyway I'm already done with my two Freedom cards. 5 x $250 on each. The rest I'll just spend organically at Costco between now and 12/31. Thanks to Dosh and Uber local offers for making this a particularly lucrative quarter!
Oct 17, 2018, 9:17 pm
#141
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 463
I don't know if they're Bancorp, but they are OV and MC, so harder than usual to liquidate.
They don't work at my go-to grocery store. I found one across town (same chain) that will take them. About 5 more failures after that. Then found one nearby (different chain) that will take them. So definitely try one before you go all out.
PIN - choose any 4 digits at first use.
They don't work at my go-to grocery store. I found one across town (same chain) that will take them. About 5 more failures after that. Then found one nearby (different chain) that will take them. So definitely try one before you go all out.
PIN - choose any 4 digits at first use.
Oct 18, 2018, 6:30 am
#142
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 202
I'm glad you posted that. I was at SC earlier and because I remembered your comment, I looked a little harder. Under the price sticker of "$53.88" (or whatever it was) was AGC variables up to $500. That should help solve my liquidation problem. Though now I'm going to have to go back and re-read some threads to see if there's a better way to liquidate AGC then using them to buy vgc.
I was able to get DOSH when buying AGC. I wish DOSH would accept Discover
I also buy Sams GCs to use at Sams gas or at walmart.
Nov 1, 2018, 10:21 pm
#143
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 463
AMEX OFFER: spend $15, get $5 back, on-line only, expires 11/30/18
T&C does NOT exclude gift cards, and gift cards have worked in the past.
Big downgrade from the $15 cashback they've offered in the past. My Amex CC only gives me 1x points for Sam's Club, with is about 0.5% cashback - that's only $1 for a $200 gc, not worth the trouble to liquidate. Since I plan to stop a SC for the 5% Discover and Chase, I may use the Amex offer to buy actual groceries with in-store pickup, or a 3rd-party gc that I'll use in organic spend.
T&C does NOT exclude gift cards, and gift cards have worked in the past.
Big downgrade from the $15 cashback they've offered in the past. My Amex CC only gives me 1x points for Sam's Club, with is about 0.5% cashback - that's only $1 for a $200 gc, not worth the trouble to liquidate. Since I plan to stop a SC for the 5% Discover and Chase, I may use the Amex offer to buy actual groceries with in-store pickup, or a 3rd-party gc that I'll use in organic spend.
Dec 2, 2018, 1:27 pm
#146
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 62
In the previous Sam's Club thread, people reported that near the end of 2017, the system stopped them from purchasing more than $250, even though the cashier was willing to give it a try. When they dropped the amount to $250, the purchase would go through. So yes, I assume it is hardcoded. I can't say I've ever had the chance to try it myself.
Jan 8, 2019, 11:16 pm
#148
Join Date: Dec 2016
Programs: IHG, Hilton diamond (IHG match) SPG gold
Posts: 105
Trouble at SC tonight activating
trouble at local grocery liquidating Ov
tried ov for merchandise “not authorized “
tried ov at fast food no go
reloaded GC at Amazon seems to have gone through
Check balance page ok
guessing ov network down?
Anybody else
will try tomorrow- hopefully temporary
trouble at local grocery liquidating Ov
tried ov for merchandise “not authorized “
tried ov at fast food no go
reloaded GC at Amazon seems to have gone through
Check balance page ok
guessing ov network down?
Anybody else
will try tomorrow- hopefully temporary
Last edited by 808pineapple; Jan 10, 2019 at 12:06 am
Jan 9, 2019, 2:12 pm
#149
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 86
Trouble at sams tonight activating
trouble at local grocery liquidating vanilla
tried vanilla for merchandise “not authorized “
tried vanilla at fast food no go
reloaded GC at Amazon seems to have gone through
Check balance page ok
guessing vanilla network down?
Anybody else
will try tomorrow- hopefully temporary
trouble at local grocery liquidating vanilla
tried vanilla for merchandise “not authorized “
tried vanilla at fast food no go
reloaded GC at Amazon seems to have gone through
Check balance page ok
guessing vanilla network down?
Anybody else
will try tomorrow- hopefully temporary