Aug 21, 2019, 12:38 pm
Last edit by: Klemhuzzah
Signing up to buy $1000 visa/mc gift cards
You can buy the $1000 cards on Simon's volume site. Their regular site only sells $500 cards.
If you're new, or haven't bought anything in a year, you need to register at https://www.simon.com/volume/register-consumer
As part of the registration process, you will have to go to a brick and mortar mall and buy at least $3000 in cards in person, as well as filling out some paperwork while there. After that, you can do everything online.
As of Nov 2020, Simon Mall Gift cards will only work for $99/swipe for money services at Walmart and many grocery chains.
$1000 gift cards are available indefinitely.
2020 Promotions
Ongoing: FREEGROUND - Free Ground Shipping on any order size. Limited to 5 orders per customer. Expires December 31, 2020 (subject to change).
5/15-6/17: MDHOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 9 more cards
5/15/5/31: MAYGROUND - Free UPS Ground shipping on orders of 7 or more cards
5/15-6/31: MAY20VG10 - 10% off purchase fees on Visa Giftcards
6/29-7/20: JUL4HOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 5 or more cards. If you select a shipping other than Ground - the code will still take 20% off the purchase fees. Limited to 10 orders per customer.
8/11-8/31: AUG20PR - 15% off ALL fees (excl. shipping fees) on orders of 5 or more cards. Limited to 10 orders per customer (Originally expired on 8/23; on 8/24 promo was extended through 8/31)
10/12-10/14: FSOCT20 - 30% off all purchase fees on Visas and Mastercards.
10/26-10/31 - FS20SCARY - 35% off all purchase fees
11/1-11/30 - HOL20MC25 - 25% off all purchase fees on MasterCard / HOL20VG25 - 25% off all purchase fees on Visa / HOL20AG50 50% off all purchase fees on American Express
11/6-11/8 - FS20THANKS - 35% off all purchase fees
11/16-11/18 - FS20SAVINGS - 35% off all purchase fees
You can buy the $1000 cards on Simon's volume site. Their regular site only sells $500 cards.
If you're new, or haven't bought anything in a year, you need to register at https://www.simon.com/volume/register-consumer
As part of the registration process, you will have to go to a brick and mortar mall and buy at least $3000 in cards in person, as well as filling out some paperwork while there. After that, you can do everything online.
As of Nov 2020, Simon Mall Gift cards will only work for $99/swipe for money services at Walmart and many grocery chains.
$1000 gift cards are available indefinitely.
2020 Promotions
Ongoing: FREEGROUND - Free Ground Shipping on any order size. Limited to 5 orders per customer. Expires December 31, 2020 (subject to change).
5/15-6/17: MDHOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 9 more cards
5/15/5/31: MAYGROUND - Free UPS Ground shipping on orders of 7 or more cards
5/15-6/31: MAY20VG10 - 10% off purchase fees on Visa Giftcards
6/29-7/20: JUL4HOL20 - 20% off Visa Giftcard Purchase Fees + Free Ground Shipping on orders of 5 or more cards. If you select a shipping other than Ground - the code will still take 20% off the purchase fees. Limited to 10 orders per customer.
8/11-8/31: AUG20PR - 15% off ALL fees (excl. shipping fees) on orders of 5 or more cards. Limited to 10 orders per customer (Originally expired on 8/23; on 8/24 promo was extended through 8/31)
10/12-10/14: FSOCT20 - 30% off all purchase fees on Visas and Mastercards.
10/26-10/31 - FS20SCARY - 35% off all purchase fees
11/1-11/30 - HOL20MC25 - 25% off all purchase fees on MasterCard / HOL20VG25 - 25% off all purchase fees on Visa / HOL20AG50 50% off all purchase fees on American Express
11/6-11/8 - FS20THANKS - 35% off all purchase fees
11/16-11/18 - FS20SAVINGS - 35% off all purchase fees
Simon Mall Gift Cards (2019-2023)
May 27, 2022, 7:52 am
#2476
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,295
For anyone that has experience with both, I've got a local grocery store that I can use OD/OM Metas at to buy MOs. If that's the case, would SVGC work as well? I'm only asking because I don't have a Simon near me to get one to test so I wouldn't be able to get one until the next time I'm out of town near a Simon Center
May 27, 2022, 7:56 am
#2477
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 34
For anyone that has experience with both, I've got a local grocery store that I can use OD/OM Metas at to buy MOs. If that's the case, would SVGC work as well? I'm only asking because I don't have a Simon near me to get one to test so I wouldn't be able to get one until the next time I'm out of town near a Simon Center
Jun 6, 2022, 11:21 am
#2478
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 13
Went to my friendly grocer chain today w/a $1k SVGC and got my $500 MO, approved right after i entered PIN. Went to the next location, used the same card for a $499 MO, so there would still be 8 cents left, entered my pin and waited....for awhile, nothing, just blank screen, not approved message and no "not authorized" or declined message. She then asked to see debit card, even with my name printed on it, she said it was a gift card and couldn't accept it. I'll have to try the second location another day with a fresh SVGC and see if they are shutting down this chain for even <$500 or if Meta is doing something to the card after the 1st MO purchase.
Jun 8, 2022, 5:13 am
#2479
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,295
60% off card purchase fees through 6/11 with code JUN22FLASH60.
Note this is only on the card fees, not all fees, thus netting about a 39% discount on a $10K order.
Note this is only on the card fees, not all fees, thus netting about a 39% discount on a $10K order.
Jun 8, 2022, 6:52 am
#2480
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 2,061
Went to my friendly grocer chain today w/a $1k SVGC and got my $500 MO, approved right after i entered PIN. Went to the next location, used the same card for a $499 MO, so there would still be 8 cents left, entered my pin and waited....for awhile, nothing, just blank screen, not approved message and no "not authorized" or declined message. She then asked to see debit card, even with my name printed on it, she said it was a gift card and couldn't accept it. I'll have to try the second location another day with a fresh SVGC and see if they are shutting down this chain for even <$500 or if Meta is doing something to the card after the 1st MO purchase.
Jun 8, 2022, 9:02 am
#2481
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
Programs: various
Posts: 3,693
Went to my friendly grocer chain today w/a $1k SVGC and got my $500 MO, approved right after i entered PIN. Went to the next location, used the same card for a $499 MO, so there would still be 8 cents left, entered my pin and waited....for awhile, nothing, just blank screen, not approved message and no "not authorized" or declined message. She then asked to see debit card, even with my name printed on it, she said it was a gift card and couldn't accept it. I'll have to try the second location another day with a fresh SVGC and see if they are shutting down this chain for even <$500 or if Meta is doing something to the card after the 1st MO purchase.
MO2 = 499 + fee
Card load = $1k
Sure you were not short a buck?
Jun 8, 2022, 9:20 pm
#2485
Join Date: Apr 2016
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 13
The black sparkle ones have Simon GC discreetly in the corner which is where I hold it with my fingers covering it up. I also have my name and a credit union name printed on the card. However, the card still had numbers printed on it like a GC vs embossed like a true debit card. Sometimes it still works, other times not.
Jun 9, 2022, 4:16 pm
#2486
Join Date: Dec 2012
Programs: Most of 'em
Posts: 128
The black sparkle ones have Simon GC discreetly in the corner which is where I hold it with my fingers covering it up. I also have my name and a credit union name printed on the card. However, the card still had numbers printed on it like a GC vs embossed like a true debit card. Sometimes it still works, other times not.
Jun 15, 2022, 7:14 pm
#2487
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: JRF
Programs: AA Gold, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,784
Anyone load Bluebird/Serve at Walmart for $1k swipes recently? I last attempted on June 9 and no swipe no matter the amount would go through, but reading comments posted in a few places I'm starting to suspect it's a false alarm or fluke that it didn't work that day. I remember this happened once before for BHN/Metabank, I stopped buying Simon for weeks until I realized it was swiping normally all along and the only people who had problems were Staples buyers with screwy expiry dates
Jun 16, 2022, 7:24 am
#2488
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,447
Anyone load Bluebird/Serve at Walmart for $1k swipes recently? I last attempted on June 9 and no swipe no matter the amount would go through, but reading comments posted in a few places I'm starting to suspect it's a false alarm or fluke that it didn't work that day. I remember this happened once before for BHN/Metabank, I stopped buying Simon for weeks until I realized it was swiping normally all along and the only people who had problems were Staples buyers with screwy expiry dates
I once tried to load my Go bank card with a $995 load plus the $3.74 load fee that WM now charges accepting the .04% cost of loading due to the fee and the attempt failed.
Try decreasing you load to $500 and I suspect that it will go through.
Jun 16, 2022, 4:59 pm
#2489
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: JRF
Programs: AA Gold, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, National Executive Elite
Posts: 1,784
That's true for the Visa version of Bluebird/Serve, but for Amex Bluebird/Serve the limits are the same as it always was, $1999/transaction up to $2500/day and $5000/mo. Subject of course to the same 4 swipes (including Bluebird/Serve swipe) per transaction if associate is willing and not CS/MC for BHN
Jun 17, 2022, 4:45 pm
#2490
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 169
Haven't in the game of Simon for years, and passing by the mall today, so I bought two visa, one from meta, the other from sutton.
Then drove to usps to unload, but all failed. I checked the card balance online, it's all good. For sutton one, there is no usps transaction at all. For meta, it reads as following:
Authorization Request
Location: USPS PO xxxxx xxxx PAY
Status: Invalid Cardholder Transaction Type
Post Date: 6/17/2022 xx:xx:xx PM
Reference: Declined
So anyone know how to unload them these days since I haven't been in the MS games for years. Thank you!
Then drove to usps to unload, but all failed. I checked the card balance online, it's all good. For sutton one, there is no usps transaction at all. For meta, it reads as following:
Authorization Request
Location: USPS PO xxxxx xxxx PAY
Status: Invalid Cardholder Transaction Type
Post Date: 6/17/2022 xx:xx:xx PM
Reference: Declined
So anyone know how to unload them these days since I haven't been in the MS games for years. Thank you!