Some Sam’s Club stores are now stocking variable load Vanilla Visa gift cards. These can be funded with up to $500 and the fee is $4.88. Cards with rotating 5% categories often have wholesale clubs as an option and several do until the end of June so this is good to see.
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Anyone know if these are safe to use for MOs at Kroger? I think that any vanillas stopped working at WM years ago above $49/swipe. Wondering if that limitation exists at Kroger also.
Tried and doesn’t work.
it is safe to use an Amex card (im not working on MSR).
issued by Meta Bank
Mine were One Vanilla. They liquated at Kroger with no issues.
This would have been nice for the 2nd quarter DS spend. (too bad it showed up now)
They had them at my Sam’s in May
Yep this was a great find. I maxed my Disc 5% with these. Anyone know if Costco has variable load Vanilla visa as well?
No. They don’t.
I got some last year, but they were Amex. Just did it for the 5% disc cashback.
these dont work at WM sadly, correct?
Not for MS.
If you only want to spend at WM you can just buy Sam’s GCs.
That’s great, BJ’s often OOS during wholesales quarters. Now I have 2nd option within 10 mins driving distance.
Be very careful with Blackhawk reloadables – bought one at Safeway and loaded $500. After one use, someone bought Google Play gift cards – in different denominations, wiping out $385. They must have opened and reattached the sticky paper on the back. I did not notice that the cashier at Safeway had a hard time opening the paper hiding the numbers. I have bought a lot of these in the past.
I contacted Blackhawk right away after going to Costco and it only showed $2 and some change on the card. Blackhawk, which you will be on hold for a while for each call, said they were able to resolve it a week later and will send me a new card. A month + later and I’m making another call today (5th) to find out where that card is. I would never buy another one again.
CONTACT CFPB!!!!!! THEY WILL FIX YOUR ISSUE!
These are not Blackhawk reloadables
Do they share L3 data with Amex? Would use to reach SUB on new Amex Marriott business card if not.
Normally if you don’t abuse it like buy $10k in a weekend should not be too big of a problem, just play it safe and don’t buy to much
Are you suggesting that it’s ok to buy visa gift cards at OM/staples using an Amex to reach your SUB if you don’t go crazy on it OR only saying that it’s ok to buy at Sams club?
Ok to buy at Sam’s. Try to mix in some regular purchases with the VGCs and don’t buy too much.
anyone know the answer?