The Offer
- Purchase Visa gift cards from giftcards.com and get the shipping fee waived with coupon code: INDEPENDENCE.
There is a $4.95 activation fee which is not waived, but this code can help waive the $1.99 shipping fee per card.
You can only order max of $1500 worth for the code to work. (Higher amounts require alternate shipping methods which the code doesn’t work on.)
The Fine Print
- Valid until 7/8/15
Our Verdict
This can be nice for meeting a minimum spend or similar. It’s typically hard to get $500 Visa gift cards online for just $504.95 and this deal can be an added convenience so that you don’t need to go into the drugstore for the purchase.
Note that these Visa cards from giftcards.com are Bancorp cards. They’ve been working to load REDbird just fine, but they won’t work well in Walmart to load Bluebird/Serve.
Happens with a variety of cards. Chase, Citi, amex to name a few
For those who have their ordered cancelled, are you using amex cards to buy the vgc? The reason why I asked is because when I used my Barclay Arrival +, I didnt have an issue. However, when I switched to SPG, the order was flagged by amex as suspicious. So I am thinking giftcards.com doesnt like amex. =(
My first order was cancelled for the security reason. For the second order, I used different CC. I called CC and preauthorized before placing the order. It was still cancelled. My account was also blocked. Called customer care, they are simply helpless. They just can’t do anything.
ro, did you just call the CC company and tell them it was legit? I’ve had a couple go through and a couple cancelled. giftcards.com won’t tell me why they are cancelling.
weird thing is on was fine and one was denied, both with the same credit card.
thanks
just wanted to add a datapoint that my first 2 orders from giftcards.com were cancelled due to the same security screening. turns out that the credit card i was using flagged it as a suspicious purchase. once i cleared this up with my credit card online, i did ordered from giftcards.com again and it went through!
I got “We’re sorry. The cart must contain at least one of these Shipping products — USPS First Class, USPS Free. Please update your cart and then submit this code again.” What is wrong with this?
Do you have more than 3 Visa cards that you’re checking out? See details in the post.
Did you choose a shipping method before applying the code?
I’m having trouble with my Amex Gold card for some reason. “Please enter a valid credit card number.” So I guess they don’t accept charge cards? Oh well, no biggie.
Never mind. It has something to do with Amex records. I hate when banks still keep my physical address even though every single time I tell them my billing is my PO Box.
My order has been cancelled since it didn’t pass their security screening. I have tried with three different credit cards. I have given the exact credit card info as it appears on credit card statement and shipping and billing address are same. I spoke with the customer care. She just told me they can’t share their screening process. Is anyone having similar issue?
They blocked my account. She cant even tell what is gonna be next other than I would get email stating my account has been blocked. There is nothing I could do..
There is a way to bypass as I have also had my account suspended due to too many purchases with different cards, All I did was sign up using another email address and BINGO, it worked =)
Thanks Greg. Mine is different scenario. This is the first time I’m ordering with them. So I’m wondering whether they have to verify something as I’m a new customer. Anyway I’ll try different with another email id. Thanks.
anyway used this website before? is it safe?
I have purchased more than $20,000 gift cards from them so far, no problem yet.
Which ones work at Walmart to load serve? All the Walmart near me look for name on the debit card. I.will they want it to be a real debit card. Should I just find a KATE and hit her u with my gift cards?
Yeah, that’s the only option if the cashiers won’t let. These Bancorp cards only work at Target, not Walmart.
Are you saying they will not work at Walmart kiosks?
What is the issue with these at Wal-Mart registers?
Do they simply failed to load? I had thought I was successful with Bank Corp. cards before
Reportedly, it defaults as credit.