{"id":4389,"date":"2022-04-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=4389"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:44:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:44:44","slug":"may-comes-early","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/28\/may-comes-early\/","title":{"rendered":"May Comes Early"},"content":{"rendered":"

May typically marks the start of great deals for gift-card reselling and this year the deals started early. A good gift card resale deal will be cashflow positive, scalable, and provide a nice credit card bonus category. Three of those have just hit:<\/p>\n

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  1. Many Vons<\/a>, Safeway<\/a>, Albertsons<\/a>, and other Just4U stores have an offer for $10 back on a future purchase with a purchase of $50 or more gift cards through May 10, the most worthwhile of which for a manufactured spender is Apple with its 90-92% resale value. This is unique for two reasons:\n

    \u2013 The limit is one per transaction, not one per account which makes scaling easy
    \u2013 The deal isn\u2019t chain-wide; check your region\u2019s local weekly ad to see if it\u2019s available near you<\/p>\n

    Provided your Just4U store allows you to buy gift cards at self checkout, I\u2019d buy as many of these back-to-back as you\u2019re comfortable with using a card that bonuses at grocery or with several of your many AmEx employee cards<\/a>. (Thanks to GC Galore<\/a>)<\/li>\n

  2. Save Mart<\/a> and Lucky<\/a> stores are running a similar deal with similar math: you\u2019ll get 1,000 points worth $10 in groceries for purchasing $50 in more of gift cards through May 10. The best option here is also Apple.\n

    Unlike the previous deal though, this one requires clipping a digital coupon and is limit one per account. So, scale this one with multiple accounts, but remember that redeeming 1,000 points across multiple accounts will be annoying.<\/li>\n

  3. Shoppers stores will print a $15 off coupon when buying $100 in gift cards<\/a> for certain third party brands. The most interesting ones are Starbucks or Sephora which resell at approximately 89%.\n

    This will print off a coupon with each transaction, so I\u2019d camp at self check-out and run as many back-to-back as you\u2019re comfortable with, using the coupon for the last transaction to buy the next gift card over and over again. (Thanks to Roger)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While we\u2019re at it, don\u2019t forget about the slightly less profitable but still great deal for $50 back on $500 in gift cards from Meijer.<\/a><\/p>\n

    Happy Thursday!<\/p>\n

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    The one thing that could throw a wrench in your plans: self-checkout lines like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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