$100 Sears Gift Card for $85 on eBay, Stack with 6% Bonus Bucks for Moneymaker

The Offer

Direct Link

  • Purchase a $100 Sears physical gift card for just $85 from Giftcardmall on eBay. Limit 2.

The Fine Print

  • Limited quantity available (There currently are 685 sold and around 15k available)

Our Verdict

This is a great deal on Sears gift cards. The offer is particularly awesome because many of us were targeted with a bonus Bucks offer for today and tomorrow of 3x Bucks, or 6%.

If you don’t need the Sears cards, you can resell them for around 84% of their value. (The prices are always in flux so this amount isn’t certain to be there when you get the cards.)

  • Pay $170 for $200 in Sears gift cards
  • Sell for $168
  • Get $10.20 back in eBay Bucks
  • 1.2% from the portal, or $2.04
  • 2% from the credit card, or $3.40
  • Net profit: $13.64

Of course, if you bought those eBay gift cards at a 10% discount from Target, the profit would be more than double this amount.

HT: shipyard on Fatwallet

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Jeremy
Jeremy (@guest_163036)
August 23, 2015 18:37

I was able to convert my $100 Sears gc into 4 $25 Shell gcs from Kmart. Of course not able spending about 20 mintues and 3 cashiers later in the store. First CSR didnt know how to ring up, 2nd did but upon cashout cards didnt activate. Finally had to go to customer service desk and it get out fixed. The problem seemed to be the $50 gcs being a bad batch. Also note that I had to had the gc over to the CSR to scan at checkout. I had read you could swipe the card yourself, but that was not the case.

oozze
oozze (@guest_161321)
August 18, 2015 12:46

I got an email from Ebay today for violation. I have been buying several of this GC deal using my name and my wife’s name.

Bryan
Bryan (@guest_161492)
August 18, 2015 22:21

I would like a data point if you don’t mind! I have never had a problem doing eBay deals like this with both me and my wife. We have separate eBay accounts, separate PayPal accounts, and they are listed in separate names. I use separate Chrome users as well, but of course it is the same IP address considering we both live in the same house and use the same internet connection. I don’t bother doing one on mobile to get a different IP address.

Do you use the same PayPal or same e-mail or something? Since me and my wife are two different human beings, I don’t see how this would violate the policy. The policy doesn’t say 2 per household — it says 2 per person. So I would argue with them about that 🙂 Are you sharing *anything* that would trigger that violation e-mail?

oozze
oozze (@guest_161524)
August 19, 2015 00:39

As far as i know, they all should be separate too…
Separate emails, accounts, and paypal.
the timing were close though…
I finished mine…then maybe few more minutes I did my wife using the same computer.

i have been ebay member for a long time, but i just started this gift cards less than 2 months…

The letter is like:
MC999 NOTICE: eBay Information Alert – Site Interference – wal3t

We’re pleased to have you as part of the eBay Community. However, we are contacting you regarding a violation of eBay’s Site Interference policy.

Listings promoted on the eBay Deals have a limit on the amount of items you can purchase, primarily to maintain an equal marketplace for all members and allow other eBay members the opportunity to take part in the eBay Deals. Using multiple accounts to circumvent this limit is a violation of eBay policy.

We have become aware of purchases using multiple accounts associated to you that exceed the quantity allowed per buyer. We understand that you may not have been aware of this policy, and we invite you to learn more about this policy at the link below in order to keep your experiences on eBay pleasant and successful.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/everyone-interference.html

You are still welcome to purchase from the eBay Deals section, but you are advised to limit your buying activity to use of a single account when doing so. Please be aware that additional violations of this policy may result in your purchases being cancelled and a restriction of your buying privileges. We appreciate your understanding.

Audrey
Audrey (@guest_161036)
August 17, 2015 19:39

Despite opting into everything, I’ve only gotten bonus ebay bucks once – but at least it was the 10x.

joE
joE (@guest_161023)
August 17, 2015 18:42

How do you check how many are left for sale, specially when they limit how many you can buy since you can’t enter a high number in the box etc.?

MArk O
MArk O (@guest_160944)
August 17, 2015 15:42

Purchase keeps getting declined looks like from gift card mall…is there a limit on purchases in a certain time period? Just bought 2 of the $100 target cards from them.

Nan
Nan (@guest_160867)
August 17, 2015 12:34

Hi,

Just want to ask how to get 6% ebay bucks… I always got the default ebay bucks for 2%.
I have learnt a lot from here! Thank you! =)

Nan
Nan (@guest_160888)
August 17, 2015 13:24

Thank you!!

Colin
Colin (@guest_160864)
August 17, 2015 12:30

Why not just buy Sears gift cards through the discover portal? 30% cash back (10% through the portal, 5% category bonus, then multiplied by 2 for the Double Cash back promo), then resell the gift cards. $28 profit per $200 card.

JB
JB (@guest_160869)
August 17, 2015 12:40

Good thinking but many of us have already maxed out their Discover allowance for this quarter 😉

Colin
Colin (@guest_160903)
August 17, 2015 13:54
  JB

True. Even factoring that in, the Discover deals portal alone makes it more profitable than this. 22% back, and reselling the gift card would yield a $12 profit. So if you aren’t targeted for the increased Ebucks multiplier, then the Discover portal makes more sense.

Colin
Colin (@guest_160906)
August 17, 2015 13:56

Whoops, I meant to say “More likely to be *more* profitable than this…” (as the offer in the blog requires the targeted Ebucks offer.)

andrwe
andrwe (@guest_160899)
August 17, 2015 13:43

how does that work?

Go through discover deals sears portal and buy 1500 worth of sears gc with your discover card for 30%

Then later go through the sears portal again and use those gc and get another 20% (after double)?

Dean Martini
Dean Martini (@guest_162039)
August 20, 2015 17:01

I would recommend a test to ensure your purchase is counted as a department store before you go wild. Physical gift cards bought through the portal **may** be fulfilled by K-Mart which will not count as a department store. The e-gift cards definitely count as a department store. I bought one on Monday, Aug 17.

Also as policy the Sears gift card cannot be used to buy a Visa Gift Card, but your mileage may vary. It’s always worth a shot.

joE
joE (@guest_160861)
August 17, 2015 12:26

Is there away to sign up to get notified of sales from paypaldigital and giftcardmall etc?

Dan
Dan (@guest_160854)
August 17, 2015 12:15

I haven’t gotten targeted for Bucks promotions in months 🙁

JB
JB (@guest_160858)
August 17, 2015 12:21

Same here – in fact I’ve never ever received anything like this. I always cry when I see Chuck doing the math…

joE
joE (@guest_160862)
August 17, 2015 12:28
  JB

I never did either until I went to my e-mail communications preferences, or something of sort, uder profile, and checked the box to receive general promotions. As soon as I did that they started coming in.

Nan
Nan (@guest_160874)
August 17, 2015 12:50

Got it! Thank U!