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lorijohnhill said:
The first rep I spoke with said she'd give me the benefit of the doubt and lift the limitation as long as I got my ID, SS card, and a utility bill uploaded within 24 hours. I did as she asked (actually did it within 15 mins of talking with her). The next morning I received the appeal denied email. I called again to find out why and ended up with a different rep who told me that my purchases didn't make sense. The purchasing $600 worth of GCs was a HUGE amount of money. It looked like I was taking money from drug dealers and using that to purchase gift cards on line. She said I needed to submit the paper trail for every purchase I had made. And prove where I had gotten the original gift cards. She basically wanted to see the entire process on paper. She said the federal government requires them to prove the money didn't come from criminals. She gave me a web address to upload unlimited amount of documents so I could prove my case.

Like an idiot, I spent 6 hours printing out and tracking down what I could and when I went to upload the site wouldn't let me go to that page because my account is limited (which the rep, who was in the limitations department, would have known). Basically, it was a lie to get me off the phone and a colossal waste of my time. I realized later, after thinking on it for a while, that providing a paper trail would only have given them more access to my personal information. I have ZERO trust left for PayPal and won't give them any more of my info.
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Wow, thanks for the info. That is pretty shocking that they would ask you to provide information and not let you even upload the information.
 
I may do ebucks for promos if there's a certain gc I need. Got rid of my last $200 of BB and out of EBay cards. Between PayPal rules, PPDG difficulties, having to go into the store...the EBucks are a bit too high risk for me. I don't understand why they just don't block gc - gc purchases?

I'm happy with my 23% at Kroger-Target-Disney using Shell cards I get at 20% off during publix promos plus my travel credit card rewards - had a total of 18 flights this year for my family and only paid OOP $600 between my chase sapphire and Swa cc. I've gotten a lot of discount 20% off Shell cards from Publix on their grocery promos combining with stocking up on their b1g1 (50%) off specials. I've been able to cut grocery bill down by half this year by this and not bothering with massive couponing. I haven't even factored in my ebates from all the online shopping I try to do in favors of purchasing in store. I'd love to focus on shop kick more now that I'm not stressing over promos and trading eBay GCs.

I've also taken to stocking up on discount gc for places I frequent at Kroger for 14% off. For places that don't allow gc-gc purchases I've been mixing items I need then using a gc with success. I also was able to use that Target $15 off coupon that expired yesterday on a gc when I added it to my other items even though I didn't reach the $100 minimum on material goods.

However, I'm also out of the ecard game. I knew someone recently whose email was hacked and egc she had were drained. And it sounds like eBay/pp/Target are sketchy at best at their protection and guarantees.

Now I just need a Kroger 4x promo....as I'm out of $1 off gallons.

FYI For any Publix ppl their iTunes physical gc are $10 off $50 with the coupon in their green as in the store. I grabbed a few of these and bought at separate points over last couple days for 20% off. It's a decent deal for those who aren't messing with PPDG.
 
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I'm right there with you @smellyia! I have over $200 in Ebucks and I think I have figured out a way to cash out, but I doubt I will participate in eBay again until and if Target cards come back. In the meantime, I'm Krogering my way to Disney!
 
smellyia said:
Now I just need a Kroger 4x promo....as I'm out of $1 off gallons.
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I have one of those Kroger US Bank 1-2-3 credit cards (the cash back rate is awful - shouldn't have bought and am planning to close it). They sent me "coupons" for 4x fuel points till July 9th if I charge to their card. I would rather use a general offer and my Amex Blue Preferred, but at least this is an option if we don't see an offer. The coupons came with my statement.
 
MommaBerd said:
I'm right there with you @smellyia! I have over $200 in Ebucks and I think I have figured out a way to cash out, but I doubt I will participate in eBay again until and if Target cards come back. In the meantime, I'm Krogering my way to Disney!
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I have a bunch of ebucks too I plan to just cash out with food gc that will cover my out to eat budget for the few months or so. I'll take that cash and put in my Kroger churn. I've got the money for October WDW budgeted so all I'm doing at this point is converting to GC over the next few months at as best a discount as I can get. EBucks is more a way to *make* money if doing it right with compounding the same investment and making ebucks off the transaction. It can add up but the process was a lot more lucrative when the Target 5% compounding came into play. I'd love to make $100 ebucks per promo still but that could definitely be considered against the policies of eBay which are vague at best and basically PP and Ebays discretion whether or not to say. In addition, any loss to me is loss....whether it's my investment or earned - that's time, gas, effort. And the repercussions of being banned....well, I don't think DH would be amused at all.
 
pillow said:
I have one of those Kroger US Bank 1-2-3 credit cards (the cash back rate is awful - shouldn't have bought and am planning to close it). They sent me "coupons" for 4x fuel points till July 9th if I charge to their card. I would rather use a general offer and my Amex Blue Preferred, but at least this is an option if we don't see an offer. The coupons came with my statement.
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I'm hoping for a 4th of July sale!
 
GeraldineW said:
I’m hoping someone might have previously had the same problem I’m having and have some helpful advise for me. i bought 2 - $200 ebay egift cards through target.com in mid-May. I usually use the eBay cards as soon as I receive them but since there were no Target gift cards at gcm I did not use them. I went to use the eBay gift cards today and found that one of the cards had a $0 balance and one of the cards had a partial balance of $116.65 but it was assigned to someone’s account so I could not access the balance. I called target and they said it was ebay’s problem. I called eBay and after pushing them a bit to look up the actual card numbers they found that the one that had be partially used had been assigned to an account that is not mine. They are going to try to freeze the remaining balance, and are going to investigate, but essentially they say it is Targets responsibility to get me the funds. So Target wants Ebay to resolve and Ebay wants Target to resolve. Anyone else get caught in the middle and if so any info on how you resolved the issue would be appreciated.
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I have no advice (so sorry) but this is partly why I'm stepping back (for now) from this part of things... I don't like the idea of easily drained funds and no recourse. It's why I cashed out on the last ebucks offer(had to wait a while to get one!) and will proceed with extreme caution for a while. If I could flip a gc quickly, that's different but things are moving so slowly,the risk is bigger now.
 
GeraldineW said:
I’m hoping someone might have previously had the same problem I’m having and have some helpful advise for me. i bought 2 - $200 ebay egift cards through target.com in mid-May. I usually use the eBay cards as soon as I receive them but since there were no Target gift cards at gcm I did not use them. I went to use the eBay gift cards today and found that one of the cards had a $0 balance and one of the cards had a partial balance of $116.65 but it was assigned to someone’s account so I could not access the balance. I called target and they said it was ebay’s problem. I called eBay and after pushing them a bit to look up the actual card numbers they found that the one that had be partially used had been assigned to an account that is not mine. They are going to try to freeze the remaining balance, and are going to investigate, but essentially they say it is Targets responsibility to get me the funds. So Target wants Ebay to resolve and Ebay wants Target to resolve. Anyone else get caught in the middle and if so any info on how you resolved the issue would be appreciated.
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Same thing happened to me. I had 3, $100 cards that had a zero balance. Took 2 months to resolve because Ebay kept me in the run around. I was finally able to get it resolved through Ebay. Target actually called Ebay for me and kept me on the line whike they talked to a gift card resolution specialist. The lady from Ebay said I would have a resolution within 72hrs and receive a phone call. (After 2 months at this point) Well, 72 hours came and passed. No phone call, but I checked the balance on my cards to see if maybe the situation got resolved despite no phone call. The balance on all 3 cards was back and I used them right away. There is hope! This is the number that I used when I was in contact with Target. 612-815-5000. Good luck!!
 
I don't have a Costco or Sam's Club membership, but I do have a BJ's one.

Last time I was in the store, they were selling $100 worth of Disney Gift Cards for about $96. Not quite as good a deal, but close.
 
ETA: I went back and looked at my rewards detailed summary, and it seems I'm getting 6% at Kroger afterall - MORE than the 3% I should be getting. It's crazy. I guess it goes to show that it's important not just to look at the fine print, but also to check your rewards details!

So, I was just reading the fine print on my Blue Cash Preferred and new Costco Visa and was sad to see that supermarket fuel is EXCLUDED from the high percent cash back! Grrrrr...So, no matter which card I use, I'm only earning 1% cash back at Kroger. Bummer!
 
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MommaBerd said:
So, I was just reading the fine print on my Blue Cash Preferred and new Costco Visa and was sad to see that supermarket fuel is EXCLUDED from the high percent cash back! Grrrrr...So, no matter which card I use, I'm only earning 1% cash back at Kroger. Bummer!
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So, if we gas up at a gas station that is part of a supermarket, we only earn 1% on the new Costco Visa? If so, that stinks!
 
MommaBerd said:
ETA: I went back and looked at my rewards detailed summary, and it seems I'm getting 6% at Kroger afterall - MORE than the 3% I should be getting. It's crazy. I guess it goes to show that it's important not just to look at the fine print, but also to check your rewards details!

So, I was just reading the fine print on my Blue Cash Preferred and new Costco Visa and was sad to see that supermarket fuel is EXCLUDED from the high percent cash back! Grrrrr...So, no matter which card I use, I'm only earning 1% cash back at Kroger. Bummer!
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Buy a Kroger gift card and use that to pay for gas. Then you get 6% off. Plus you don't have to put in your zip code.
 
wendow said:
So, if we gas up at a gas station that is part of a supermarket, we only earn 1% on the new Costco Visa? If so, that stinks!
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I don't know if you saw where I edited/added to my post above. That IS what the fine print says, but when I went and looked at the detailed summary of rewards, I actually earned 6% on those transactions. That, despite the fact that it's clearly categorized/labeled on the statement as "Fuel" (at Kroger)! So for now, I'm going to be thankful for whatever I get above 1% at Kroger!
 
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