Update 3/17/24: Deal is back and valid 3/17/24 – 3/23/24 (ht GCG)
The Offer
Direct link to offer (search for Visa)
- Meijer grocery store chain is offering $10 off when you purchase $150 or more in Visa gift cards.
The Fine Print
- Valid thru 9/12/20
- Must clip coupon
- Limit one coupon per offer
Our Verdict
Meijer sells $200 Visa gift cards, and some locations sell $500 Visa gift cards, so this is a profitable deal especially when you use a card that earns at a high rate on grocery store purchases.
Post history:
- Update 11/5/23: Deal is back and valid 11/5 – 11/11 (ht GCG)
- Update 9/24/23: Deal is back and valid 9/24/23 – 9/30/23 (ht GCG)
- Update 7/2/23: Deal is back and valid until 7/8/23. Back to $150 requirement.
- Update 6/11/23: Deal is back from 6/11 – 6/17. This time the spend requirement is lower at $100 with the same $10 discount. (ht Frey)
- Update 5/7/23: Deal is back until 5/13/23
- Update 3/19/23: Deal is back until 3/25/23. Hat tip to GC Galore
- Update 9/4/22: Valid from 9/4 – 9/10
- Update 7/3/22: Deal is back and valid from 7/3 – 7/9
- Update 3/20/22: Deal is back and valid 3/20 – 3/26; stacks well with the Q1 Freedom 5x grocery category.
- Update 11/6/21: Deal is back and valid 11/7-11/13
- Update 9/4/21: Deal is back and valid through 9/11/21. Hat tip to Elizabeth & Celia
- Update 7/3/21: Deal is back and valid through 7/10/21.
- Update 3/21/21: Deal is back and valid through 3/27/21
- Update 11/8/20: Deal is back through 11/14/20 (ht reader Celia)
My local Meijer has removed all of the Master gift card and Visa gift card. Customer service said they had issues with activating the card and have to manually cancel the transactions, which gave them trouble, so they discontinued all of mgc and vgc.
I think this issue is at the self-checkouts only…most of the times it will ask for manual override at the self-checkout…not sure what they are doing, but it comes with this little not the bottom “card will be activated by 24 hrs”..if you have this it’s not activated and still charge you. You need get it refunded at customer service…that won’t be easy either since we generally load high amounts in these. You need to go back and forth in for couple of weeks to get your money back. I had this issue in the past…from that I’m only doing these at regular counters not at self-checkouts.
I just saw your post below about activation issue. Did you get it resolved eventually?
At my local store I found some older Visas with the lower 5.95 fee instead of 6.95 fee. Nice.
Got a note on my receipt saying that my card will be activated by 24 hrs. But still not activated. Called the BHN, they asked me to return the card to the same store. Anyone had this issues before?
The sale just started today, so assuming you bought it today after the store opened at 6am, there’s no way it could have been more than 24 hours since you bought it.
That being said – I’ve bought about a million of these and have never seen an “activated in 24 hours” message. 100% of the time they are activated and ready to use within a couple minutes.
I did not use the coupon. I bought it yesterday
@Hans, Was your card got activated after 24 hours? or Did you return it to the store? I ran into the same activation issue for the visa card I purchased today at Meijer?
nope, I had to go back and the customer service verified that it was not activated before they got me a new card
@Hans, Did the verification was immediate? My store manager was giving me hard time…he says he can’t do anything as activation slip was printed and I think he knows way to check the card is activated or not.
He is asking me to follow up BHN and BHN is saying card was not activated at store, so no money loaded. They are saying store should replace it with another card.
Not sure how to handle this. Other than credit card charge back?
Is there a way I can escalate this to Meijer online customer support?
Appreciate any help!
Thanks
Bank of America rewards day is coming up so this is a good stack. Even better if you have multiple meijer accounts.
what is the fee for the purchase of a Meijer Visa Giftcard ?
5.95 to 6.95
in the app it says
Meijer $10 off of $150 or more in Visa Gift Cards starting 09-26 900am – thru 09-30 so you won’t get $10 off today (Monday)
Meijer’s promotions usually start every Sunday, so the weekly coupons are usually available starting Sunday. Personally, I successfully clipped the coupon and applied the coupon for my VGC purchase yesterday (Sunday).
what is Meijers fee for the purchase of a VGC purchase ?
I just bought it this week and it had a $5.95 fee.
so $10 minus $5.95 = $4.05 is the net profit on this deal
probably not worth my time and effort of buying one and then trying to find places to spend the VGC
Are you paying with cash? Have you considered any other possibilities?
ljviss If you have a card like Citi Custom Cash that can net 5% cashback on grocery purchases, and you buy a $150 VGC:
$150 + $6.95 fee – $10 coupon = $146.95 purchase
– 5% cashback = $139.60
$139.60 final cost / $150 VGC value = 6.93% discount
Think of it such that you now have a card that you can use practically anywhere that was bought w/ a 7% discount, like using a CC w/ 7% cashback. Great for paying utility bills, too. Sadly my ISP (Spectrum) used to accept VGC and MGC but now rejects both types, electronic or physical.
The best I have is a 2% cash back Visa from PSECU but did find a Visa Gift Card today at Meijer that has a $5.95 fee. So my net profit was $6.97.
I called the phone number on the back of the card and set a pin number so I can use it like a debit card. Meijer sells money orders for a $0.65 fee and it can be purchased with a debit card.
anyone still have issue registering these online or unable to check balance online?
Kay Nope. Registered two this morning (pink floral). But I haven’t had a problem that I recall. Weirdly I am never asked for a captcha anymore though.
That’s good. I havent been able to register or check balance for sometime. Not sure why.
Perfect. Have another Discover card to use up the quarter and three Meijer accounts. Thanks!
Can this apply online or in stone only?
In store only.
$10 off $150 Visa coupon is back for 9/24 – 9/30
Thanks!
Perfect. Just in time for me to dust off my 2 grocery MS cards.