I used a 20% off hd coupon at lowes. no OD's by me

damn wish this was the case 2 yrs ago with no gc fees.. we should do a WH petition to have simon increase gc amount to $1,000 or more instead of the measly $500. 50 gcs and the terminals are gonna freeze.

New form requires SSN if purchase "exceeds" $10k. Today, I purchased 20X$500, so $10k for cards but >$10k when considering fees. CSR did not require me to complete the SSN section. Not sure if this is reflective of policy or just an outlier.

P.S> I still vote for Simon as the overall best place to acquire GCs -- friendly, efficient, professional, competitive pricing. These guys are really the kings of GC sellers, as far as I am concerned.

EDIT: I originally said 10 cards, meant 20 cards.

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Has anyone purchased from Simon on their CIC recently? Simon purchases show up as Office & Supply in my UR portal, so I was wondering if they trigger the 5x.

You are correct to note my error, now amended above. But your observation on $3.95 price is surprising -- I don't know of any walk-up outlet that has better "everyday" pricing, where you can buy cards in bulk with no difficulty. Very glad I won't see you at Simon, one less person to wait in line behind.

I agree and disagree with you. The determining factor is what CC is being used and what are its bonus if any categories

eg 1 CC earns me 6x @ a supermkt or 3x at SM, it doesnt pay to use that CC @ SM, another earns me 2x everywhere SM turns out cheaper, a person has a CC that earns say 2% back then SM is a better deal

You're right, it's not a competitive price, it's the ONLY price for any real volume of MS. Sure, the fees are too high for the people that do small volume, but for the hard hitters its the only real option.

It's in effect in MI for those of us that used to do 10k, should be in effect for everyone this week.

I purchased 12k 2 days ago with the new form in Texas. It's rolling out slowly.

I'm certainly happy to hear this.

I'll have to recalibrate some of what I do. I know now that if I drop my form off at the CS desk and walk to the restroom and back, that's about how long it takes them to swipe my 20 cards. I'll probably go back to calling in advance.

But since my nearest SM is 30 miles away, anything that cuts down my trips is really good news.

what credit card do you buy them with?

Assuming you were replying to my post, the answer is that I have 5 different credit cards I use. Not all at once, but sometimes as many as 3.

I did my first >$10K purchase today, at a mall where they don't know me (not intentionally, I just happened to be in that town). Very easy.

I think I'm going to change my basic order from 19x500 + 1x421 to 48x500. I prefer to buy multiples of $2K because that's how I liquidate them, and it will simplify things because I'll never have to buy a MO for $920.12