Category - Manufactured Spending

Safeway and Meijer are running an offer on gift cards. The offers are unrelated, but we’re putting them together due to similarity. Safeway Offer Direct Link This offer is showing in the Safeway Just4U. $10 instant savings on... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 3) Purchase $300 in Visa, Mastercard, or Amex gift cards and receive a $20 Staples gift card as a rebate via the Staples Easy Rebate system. The Fine Print Valid 12/6/15 – 12/12/15 Limit one per... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link CVS is selling American Express gift cards with  the purchase fee waived from November 29 – December 5. The Fine Print Requires Extrabucks card to get the discount  Our Verdict This could be useful for... Read More →

Press Release American Express announced today that their prepaid Serve cardholders can now add cash for free at Rite Aid and Dollar General locations. The prepaid card has been partners with Walmart, Family Dollar, CVS, and 7-Eleven... Read More →

$500 Visa Gift Cards For a short time, it was impossible to purchase $500 Visa gift cards online as both giftcards.com and Giftcardmall removed the $500 denomination and left $250 as the highest. The good news is that now giftcards.com... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (click the ‘gift cards’ option to sort) Purchase $100 Visa or Mastercard gift cards with no purchase fee at Kroger and subsidiary stores.   The Fine Print Valid until 11/29. Must save digital... Read More →

The Offer Office Max is offering a $20 discount on the purchase of $300 in Visa or Mastercard gift cards. The Fine Print Valid until 11/28/15 Limit 2 discounts per customer ($40 off $600 is the most you can get according to the terms)... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Plastiq is launching another one of their discounted bill pay fees, this one is again for Mastercard payments. Pay any bill with a Mastercard credit card and the processing fee will be just 1.5%. This offer is not... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link  (page 6) Purchase American Express gift cards at Office Depot and Office Max with no purchase fee. The regular purchase fee of $3.95 – $6.95 is waived. The Fine Print Valid 11/15 – 11/21 Not valid in... Read More →

As you all know by now, Discover has made it clear that they intend to enforce the new rule of not paying out for gift card purchases made under the Apple Pay promo, albeit with some slight leeway. Let’s try to find alternative... Read More →

Starting on January 6, 2016, the Softcard version of Serve (‘SoftServe’) will have a $4.95 monthly fee. The fee will be waived if you have a direct deposit into your account each month. There is no mention of a minimum... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Purchase $150 in Visa or Amex gift cards from Safeway or Von’s and receive a $15 shopping credit toward your next shopping trip of $25 or more. The Fine Print Valid 11/4/15 – 11/17/15 Reportedly, they... Read More →

Discover announced a while back that the 10% Apple Pay promo won’t apply to gift card purchases. My friend Deanna made numerous Apple Pay purchases immediately when the 10% promo started on September 16. She got a few very... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link For a limited time, AAA members can purchase Visa gift cards of up to $500 each with no purchase fee at any AAA location in the Mid-Atlantic. AAA Locator It appears on the Mid-Atlantic AAA web page; other areas are... Read More →

Update 1/11/17: From what I understand, Giftcardmall Visa gift cards are coming PIN-enabled now. Numerous readers have noted that the Visa gift cards now being sent out by Giftcardmall are not PIN enabled and will not be able to be used... Read More →