Safeway/Vons- buy $100 to $500 Visa Gift card, get $10 back in groceries
Jun 24, 2012, 10:12 pm
#46
Join Date: Dec 2011
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I purchased a $500 Visa GC, not $50.
I checked the Safeway.com weekly ad for the store I purchased the GC from and this is what it says:
I guess I will have to go back and request the $10 coupon.
I checked the Safeway.com weekly ad for the store I purchased the GC from and this is what it says:
Get $10 OFF Your next shopping order
When you buy $100 or more in Visa gift cards. Offer valid 6/20-7/17/12. Subject to availability. See gift card for details, terms, conditions, and (if applicable) fees.
When you buy $100 or more in Visa gift cards. Offer valid 6/20-7/17/12. Subject to availability. See gift card for details, terms, conditions, and (if applicable) fees.
Jun 24, 2012, 11:59 pm
#48
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CA
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i'm in sj, i did not see it in the weekly ad nor in the local store. they usually have ads by the GC area with any existing promo.
they do have the $10 in groceries with specific GC purchase, like Lowes, Nike and such. not the visa gc.
they do have the $10 in groceries with specific GC purchase, like Lowes, Nike and such. not the visa gc.
Jun 25, 2012, 12:24 am
#49
Join Date: May 2010
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The $10 in groceries with specific GC purchase had expired as of 6/20.
Jun 25, 2012, 10:08 am
#50
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Are the $10 coupons stackable? My coupon expires in two weeks. So one can't go hog-wild on this deal if not stackable.
Jun 25, 2012, 10:17 am
#51
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: CA
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You are right. I must have missed it. then if that was the case, you should have went to the manager immediately. It would be hard to go back and request that $10 coupon since they could claim that it printed and you are back for seconds.
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http://weeklyspecials.safeway.com/Sa...b878752_42.jpg
I am in sj as well. It is in their pg3 of weekly ad, 6/20-26, at the bottom right and it said: "Visa Ultimate Summer, Get $10 off your next shopping order when you buy $100 or more in visa gift cards, offer valid 6/20-7/17/12." There are 2 inserts for safeway ad, one is for the whole week, which is only 4 pages and this is where I find the ad. The other is some Friday deals, 5-day sales, etc.
The $10 in groceries with specific GC purchase had expired as of 6/20.
The $10 in groceries with specific GC purchase had expired as of 6/20.
Jun 25, 2012, 3:46 pm
#52
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The deal is minimum $100 Visa Gift card, not $50.
I went to a Vons in Southern California just now and bought a plain $100 Visa Debit Gift Card (set at $100, not one of the variable amount ones). With the activation fee, it was $105.95 (couldn't find one with just $3.95 fee). As soon as I swiped my Chase Freedom, a $10 coupon printed from the teller's machine.
I then went around and bought the $14 of groceries I was planning to buy anyway.
I went to a Vons in Southern California just now and bought a plain $100 Visa Debit Gift Card (set at $100, not one of the variable amount ones). With the activation fee, it was $105.95 (couldn't find one with just $3.95 fee). As soon as I swiped my Chase Freedom, a $10 coupon printed from the teller's machine.
I then went around and bought the $14 of groceries I was planning to buy anyway.
Similar deal around Father's Day. $50 purchase of certain GCs gave $10 credit on next visit. But here you did not get a coupon, rather the $10 credit was stored on the loyalty card. It did in fact work to give back the $10.
I got Staples GCs and turned them into Home Depot GCs, no problem.
Jun 25, 2012, 7:41 pm
#53
Join Date: Apr 2011
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The coupon didn't print when I bought the $500 gc here in Nor Cal either. The cashier was nice enough to give me the $10 in cash though. He also told me to make sure to buy the Visa gc with $100 face value next time. Sure enough, I bought three of those in separate transactions (at two different Safeways), and each time the coupons printed out right on cue.
Jun 26, 2012, 10:15 am
#54
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 75
@anders228
The coupon didn't print when I bought the $500 gc here in Nor Cal either. The cashier was nice enough to give me the $10 in cash though. He also told me to make sure to buy the Visa gc with $100 face value next time. Sure enough, I bought three of those in separate transactions (at two different Safeways), and each time the coupons printed out right on cue.
The coupon didn't print when I bought the $500 gc here in Nor Cal either. The cashier was nice enough to give me the $10 in cash though. He also told me to make sure to buy the Visa gc with $100 face value next time. Sure enough, I bought three of those in separate transactions (at two different Safeways), and each time the coupons printed out right on cue.
Jun 27, 2012, 2:58 am
#55
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Cary, NC
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I bought the $500 VISA card twice last week in Vons. No coupon was printed out. The first time the manager gave me $10 cash. The second time I got a $10 Safeway gift card. I think either of them(cash or gift card) is better than the $10 off grocery coupon.
After reading the posts above, I believe this deal would only apply to those fixed value VISA gift cards. But the weekly ad didn't specify it.
After reading the posts above, I believe this deal would only apply to those fixed value VISA gift cards. But the weekly ad didn't specify it.
Jun 27, 2012, 2:39 pm
#56
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Von's in Las Vegas has a sign for $10 groceries if purchasing $100 VS GC's...
Jun 27, 2012, 8:03 pm
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The thread title has been amended to reflect the established fact that the minimum purchase is $100 (not $50). I apologize for any disappointment or distress caused by the inaccurate title.
Jun 29, 2012, 11:42 pm
#59
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I've tried using my Chase Freedom card to buy $500 gift cards at several Vons grocery stores in the San Diego area. Every time they told me I can only pay with cash or a pin-based debit card.