The Offer
- (Direct Link) Purchase $75 in Staples e-gift cards from Paypal Digital on eBay for $65. (One offer per person.) [UPDATE: Dead. I predicted it would last longer – I was wrong.]
- (Direct Link) Purchase a $100 Sears e-gift card from Paypal Digital on eBay for $85. Limit 2.
- (Direct Link) Purchase a $200 Hyatt physical gift cards from SVM on eBay for $175. Limit 2.
- (Direct Link) Purchase a $50 Cabela’s physical gift card from SVM on eBay for $40.
No limit currently. (That may change…)Now limited to 5 per account. I ordered 10, we’ll see what happens… - (Direct Link) Purchase a $50 TGI Friday’s physical gift card from SVM on eBay for $40.
No limit currently. (That may change…)Now limited to 5 per account. - (Direct Link) Purchase a $25 Coldstone e-gift card from Paypal Digital on eBay for $20. Limit 2.
- (Direct Link) Purchase a $100 iTunes e-gift card from Paypal Digital on eBay for $80. Limit 4.
- (Direct Link) Purchase a $50 Gilt e-gift card from Paypal Digital on eBay for $40.
Currently no limit.Now limited to 5 per account.
All of these cards appear to have many thousands available and should hopefully not sell out any time soon.
Note: The Hyatt deal is a Daily Deal so it will probably just be around today 5/21/15.
The Fine Print
- Digital gift cards may take up to 24 hours to deliver.
- “Limited quantity available” As noted, I believe we have some time with all of these, they probably won’t be selling out in hours.
Our Verdict
Another eBay gift card day today! Still have to figure out which ones of these are useful for reselling. The TGI and Cabela’s can both be break-even resells. And the Hyatt comes close. Sears is also interesting.
- Paypal Digital should earn 5x with INK. SVM won’t.
- You’ll get 2% back in eBay Bucks.
- The portal for eBay has been down to 1.1% for over a week already. Down from 1.5%. UPDATE: FrequentMiler notes that today Ebates if offering 4% on the gift cards category. Other pointed out that FatWallet is also offering the same. This really changes the game here as it adds an additional 2.9% to the equation.
- You can use up eBay gift cards on these purchases.
- Use up Amex gift cards on these purchases, as Paypal accepts them.
Bear in mind, there can always be devaluations in the value of merchant gift cards so there is some risk involved.
Questions about gift card reselling? See The Complete Guide to Selling Your Unwanted Gift Cards for Cash.
Found this listing today by Paypal Digital Gifts: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buy-a-75-Staples-Gift-Card-for-only-60-Email-delivery-/281705455850
However, it says “This listing is restricted to pre-approved buyers only. Email the seller to be placed on that pre-approved list.”
Anyone ever see this before?
I have. When I emailed them they said it was not live yet.
Yup, whenever you see that it means the deal will become available later, within a day or a week.
Chuck, did you get email from SVM regarding your order? I received message from SVM that I order over the limit and since the limit is 5, I can choose to keep order of 5 or they can cancel the whole order and refund me full amount..!!
Yup, got the same email. Is this a new thing or do they always do that in similar scenarios?
I had this situation first time only. But they are so stupid, when I replied them clearly that it is not my fault, I ordered 15 cards only because there was no limit when I ordered. If they still want to deny, they can ship me 5 which is their limit and cancel the rest. But they cancelled whole order..!!! Now I lost Great Ebay bucks too.
Hyatt GCs are good for international Hyatt stays?
Not sure. I’d have to look at the terms on that.
They are not.
You can also buy ebay GC first from GYFT.com resulting in 5X points from Chase Ink and 1% CB from Ebates. You also get 2% in GYFT points for future use. So, effectively you are getting 3% CB. Then you use Ebates again to buy regular GCs (Cabelas, TGI, etc) from Ebay and get 4% CB or whatever is offered. This is what I did today on the Cabelas and TGI Friday’s.
Yup. There are some limits on how many ebay gc you can use per 6 months though.
Any concrete info on how many gc you can use per 6 months?
The hard limit is $5000 per 6 month rolling period. I did a more detailed write up here after I hit the limit myself:
http://moneymetagame.com/metagame/road-bump-in-the-new-business-paypal-limits-ebay-gift-card-usage/
Thanks, Noah! Much appreciated.
You mentioned using up Amex GCs here, but any tips of avoiding the $1 preauthorizations charge that PayPal puts on the card when you add it?
Yeah, that’s a problem. No solution I know of.
You can always buy eBay gc at staples first, then everything earns 5% – as long as you don’t lose portal cash back for redeeming a gc as has happened to me sometimes.
@Audrey- Staples is good too Or better, if you have a Kroger around and have a card that gives you 3% / 5% / 6% at Grocery Store. You can be much ahead with 2x (or sometimes 4x Fuel points)
Or I guess you can still buy eBay gc from paypal digital gifts.
Interesting. I never heard of that – maybe it just didn’t track properly.
At the time it was a specified exclusion at Be Frugal, although they didn’t always catch it. It said no cashback on the purchase of eBay gift cards or purchases where gift cards were redeemed.
interesting
Thanks doc, I’m in for some TGIF and Cabela’s gift cards.
Hmm, I am not sure if second one has $500 limit. (It could be) I called Paypal but CSR himself was very confused and could hardly understand my problem. I am done with all Ebay cards with my wife’s account. So I am good now.. 🙂
Listing for Staples seems to have ended, and it only let me buy one Sears. 🙁
Staples deal dead already.
TGI Friday and Cabella’s limits are set.