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 28, 2020, 11:51 pm
#1021
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: 787
Programs: Too many to list
Posts: 1,306
Just as I predicted, someone was working a bot against their "check balance page". I guess indian developers could do sh**t about it and decided to go the easy way. Now, if you submit more than 5 request in a certain time frame, server gives 429 error:
"A 429 error occurs when you have sent too many requests in a given time frame. Some servers have security in place to stop when request numbers go over a certain limit in a certain amount of time"
as if bad guys can't rotate proxies and browsing agents.. No wonder they got hacked.
"A 429 error occurs when you have sent too many requests in a given time frame. Some servers have security in place to stop when request numbers go over a certain limit in a certain amount of time"
as if bad guys can't rotate proxies and browsing agents.. No wonder they got hacked.
May 29, 2020, 6:40 am
#1022
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,447
While the malls themselves are open, none of ones I use are selling gift cards at the moment and when speaking to a manager, none have any dates in the future when they will restart.
Let us know how it is in the wild west
Let us know how it is in the wild west
May 29, 2020, 6:08 pm
#1023
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: SoCal
Posts: 123
Just an FYI, the free shipping only applies to orders of 7 cards or more. There's also a $10 processing fee per order. Still a good deal if your mall office is closed (seems like almost all of them are), or your mall is far away.
Out of curiosity, for those that have been ordering, what kind of volume are you ordering?
Out of curiosity, for those that have been ordering, what kind of volume are you ordering?
ps Have cycled all but three cards - no problems yet.
Last edited by wetsand; May 29, 2020 at 6:11 pm Reason: ps
May 29, 2020, 7:49 pm
#1024
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 19
How did you begin the verification process? Because as I see it, you need to register and use this shopping portal https://www.simon.com/volume/ for $1,000+ cards and that requires a TIN and an SSN can't be used to register. I tried.
Last edited by barcanomics; May 29, 2020 at 7:54 pm Reason: more data
May 29, 2020, 10:15 pm
#1025
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,727
How did you begin the verification process? Because as I see it, you need to register and use this shopping portal https://www.simon.com/volume/ for $1,000+ cards and that requires a TIN and an SSN can't be used to register. I tried.
https://www.simon.com/volume/Register.aspx
May 29, 2020, 10:32 pm
#1026
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 19
Yes, that's what I did. Please see my screenshot:
screen cap of registration web page
screen cap of registration web page
May 30, 2020, 8:02 am
#1028
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,447
When I tried this AM, they wanted a TIN.
My wife's business does not file a tax return and has no TIN
When I tried her SS# xxx-xx-xxxx, it was not accepted.
What now??
May 30, 2020, 1:36 pm
#1029
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 98
Purchased a few $1,000 giftcards March 3rd and March 14th. I never used 2 of them. Today I realized they both were drained for 90% of the funds. They never left my possession. Unfortunately, I think I threw away one of the receipts away. Luckily I have a receipt for one of the $1,000 gc. I'm guessing I'm out of luck for the other one and don't expect to get reimburse.
If you purchase these, register them and use them as quickly as possible.
If you purchase these, register them and use them as quickly as possible.
May 30, 2020, 3:17 pm
#1030
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,447
Purchased a few $1,000 giftcards March 3rd and March 14th. I never used 2 of them. Today I realized they both were drained for 90% of the funds. They never left my possession. Unfortunately, I think I threw away one of the receipts away. Luckily I have a receipt for one of the $1,000 gc. I'm guessing I'm out of luck for the other one and don't expect to get reimburse.
If you purchase these, register them and use them as quickly as possible.
If you purchase these, register them and use them as quickly as possible.
I would start by notifying SM and metabank of the fraud. and file a claim.
I would never and I mean never let $1000 go without a huge fight
May 30, 2020, 4:51 pm
#1031
Join Date: Jun 2015
Posts: 1,727
https://www.simon.com/volume/Register.aspx?reg_type=lpg
May 31, 2020, 4:42 am
#1032
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 98
Thanks. Yeah I will head to the mall once it opens back up. Can't believe there security is this bad that cards can be remotely used. Probably insiders?
May 31, 2020, 5:29 am
#1033
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,295
Sounds like Simon has some major fraud on their hands with people saying both in store and online cards have been compromised.
For those choosing to register their cards, what is the benefit? I assume in store purchasing using credit would go through. Does it just make it easier to fix if something goes wrong?
Jun 2, 2020, 3:58 pm
#1035
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: milwaukee
Programs: DL Diamond, HH Diamond, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 241
I was at my local Simon Mall today. Still no gift cards. The manager doesn't know when they will have them available. She was not expecting to have gift cards soon.