RIP: Walmart gift cards!!!
Sep 3, 2004 | 3:20 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 231
RIP: Walmart gift cards!!!
This week has been a double whammy for me, first I find out that CO is history and now wal-mart has issued new bar-coded gift cards that cannot be cashed out under any circumstances.
Oh, the horror!
Oh, the horror!
Sep 4, 2004 | 7:34 am
#4
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Easton, CT, USA
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The description clearly states they are, quoting:
Not returnable or refundable for cash except in states where required by law
So you may still be OK in those states.
Not returnable or refundable for cash except in states where required by law
So you may still be OK in those states.
Sep 6, 2004 | 12:37 am
#5
Join Date: May 2004
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From my reading of other treads, it seems it would depend on the clerks and local stores if you can cash out, giving your residing state allows it to start with. In Central TX, I'd kindly asked the local WalMart clerks about cashing out their GCs, I was firmly told 'no way.'
Sep 8, 2004 | 2:27 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Ca USA
Posts: 112
I was told by walmart that i could not get a credit for the card I had bought- we emailed each other back and forth to no avail. I finally told them that i had used a card to buy a money order and as they were not letting me do that again I felt I should be credited the $2500, as i could not do what I wanted to do with the gift card. They finally agreed and credited my account. So polite persistency does pay off sometimes.
Sep 9, 2004 | 9:05 pm
#8
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Flooded out of Metairie, LA--moved to Baton Rouge! AA EXP/2MM; AirTran Elite; DL Nobody; Marriott Uber Plat; *Wood Gold; Maker's Mark Ambassador
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Originally Posted by phoenixitc
Isnt' it a real shame that y'all can't skirt the system anymore and get free points when you really should not. Ow, brother 
Sep 14, 2004 | 12:06 pm
#10
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Augusta, GA, USA
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Originally Posted by ginandtacos.com
This week has been a double whammy for me, first I find out that CO is history and now wal-mart has issued new bar-coded gift cards that cannot be cashed out under any circumstances.
Oh, the horror!
Oh, the horror!
The cashiers hate to scan them at all puchases and at Sam's Clubs, sometimes they are a real pain in the (you know where) because some of the registers won't work with the scanning and they have to enter the code manually twice. Becoming a major pain just to earn miles the legit way.
It was good while it lasted...
Sep 15, 2004 | 7:46 am
#14
Join Date: Jul 2004
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Posts: 49
No problemo in San Diego
Went into a WalMart in San Diego, told them I lived in WA and was on vacation in SAN, and needed some money orders to pay bills. The clerk checked with the manager who told her I could buy a shopping card with my Amex card and use it for money orders as long as the transactions were on different days. I also confirmed the shopping card was refundable if the scheme didn't work.
So, purchased the shopping card Friday ($1510), went back Monday, got a different clerk, who proceeded to cash out my shopping card and sell me two money orders.
No problemo ........
So, purchased the shopping card Friday ($1510), went back Monday, got a different clerk, who proceeded to cash out my shopping card and sell me two money orders.
No problemo ........