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$20-$500 variable load VGC's back @ Sam's Club

$20-$500 variable load VGC's back @ Sam's Club

Old Jun 17, 2021, 2:37 am
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$20-$500 variable load VGC's back @ Sam's Club

Just a heads up DP for any Sam's Club members with a Discover card short of hitting their 2Q 5X target.

I bought a VGC loaded with $500 2 days ago @ my regular Sam's.

The card is pale blue with a flap for adding a message for an intended recipient, (and labeled $20-$500).

The card is an InComm Vanilla Visa and has a $4.88 load fee.

I remember when the $20-$500's disappeared to be replaced by $2-$250's so I was surprised to see this.
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Old Jun 17, 2021, 4:31 pm
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Originally Posted by Chris58
Just a heads up DP for any Sam's Club members with a Discover card short of hitting their 2Q 5X target.

I bought a VGC loaded with $500 2 days ago @ my regular Sam's.

The card is pale blue with a flap for adding a message for an intended recipient, (and labeled $20-$500).

The card is an InComm Vanilla Visa and has a $4.88 load fee.

I remember when the $20-$500's disappeared to be replaced by $2-$250's so I was surprised to see this.
happened to know what the bin# are, or the first 5 on the card?
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Old Jun 17, 2021, 9:27 pm
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Do they still have to be rung seperately? Haven't bought any vgc in long time at Sams
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Old Jun 18, 2021, 3:13 pm
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I think they sell these at BJ's too. Do you know if the Vanilla variable VGC's will work with the WMBP app (not in store)?

ETA - I went to BJ's and saw they had Secure Spend variable load GC's so all was good.

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Old Jun 18, 2021, 4:26 pm
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I wonder if these have the same restrictions as the $250 ones did. Those wouldn't work for MO at my local grocer where all other Vanillas would work fine.

Not too many category bonuses making it worthwhile, aside from Discover quarterly bonus for warehouses. I don't think Dosh pays anything on in-store purchases anymore.
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Old Jun 25, 2021, 2:48 am
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Originally Posted by danhouston
happened to know what the bin# are, or the first 5 on the card?
4097 58 are the first 6 digits, (sorry for the late reply to your query).

For those who asked where this card might be liquidated, I don't have a clue as I liquidated the card organically within 2 days.

The only reason i found this card is because I was looking for a standard Sam's club gift card that I could load with my discover in order to "Pre-Pay" future Sam's club purchases @ 5X in advance of the end of the quarterly bonus period.

Other than the upcoming 3Q bonus of PayPal, (which I will do via PayUSA tax), I prefer to spread the spend out over 3 months in order to get 3 $2.00 "Small Balance Credits" from this normally "Sock Drawered Card", ($81.00 is better than $75.00 right), LOL,,, LOL...


Originally Posted by dwatcher
Do they still have to be rung seperately? Haven't bought any vgc in long time at Sams
YMMV as always. Sam's has NO "Hard-Coded" requirement for gift cards to be rung-up separately, (but some cashiers have appointed themselves as "MS* Police"), so anything's possible.
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Old Jun 25, 2021, 10:26 am
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[QUOTE=Chris58;33355731]4097 58 are the first 6 digits, (sorry for the late reply to your query).

Thx
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Old Jul 11, 2021, 3:11 am
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[QUOTE=danhouston;33356615]
Originally Posted by Chris58
4097 58 are the first 6 digits, (sorry for the late reply to your query).

Thx
How does the first 6 digits of the BIN help?
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Old Jul 11, 2021, 4:13 am
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[QUOTE=teetertotterboy;33397834]
Originally Posted by danhouston

How does the first 6 digits of the BIN help?
It's an MS* thing, (Liquidation to Money Order).
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 2:25 pm
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[QUOTE=Chris58;33397885]
Originally Posted by teetertotterboy

It's an MS* thing, (Liquidation to Money Order).
Are you able to elaborate?
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 4:43 pm
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Originally Posted by drmolly
......Do you know if the Vanilla variable VGC's will work with the WMBP app (not in store)?
Wait, the WMBP app is working again? when did this happen?
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 5:26 pm
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Originally Posted by littlewinglet
Wait, the WMBP app is working again? when did this happen?
That was a post from 2021.
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 6:16 pm
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I think the $500 variable load has been long gone. I only saw $200 ones
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 8:26 pm
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Originally Posted by danpeake
That was a post from 2021.
LOL people have no idea how to revive a dormant thread.
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Old Jan 27, 2023, 11:21 pm
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[QUOTE=jameswesley;34963092]
Originally Posted by Chris58
Are you able to elaborate?
ROTFLMAO.
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