I'm having trouble finding gift cards suddenly (Toronto). In the past I purchased them from Food Basics (none today), Loblaws (now they only have the $50 card), Pharma Plus (none there for the past 2 weeks). Are they just really popular or is the supply drying up. Trying to save enough for my DVC maintenance fees in January 2019. Anyone else?
I never thought to look behind the counter, I'll check that out next time I'm in Shoppers. I've been buying the $50 ones when I can, but you can only store 5 cards and I feel a little weird about deleting them. Even though I've transferred the balance to my primary card and the others have no value. I don't know what's making me feel that way. Just paranoid I guess.I'm in Ajax. I purchased two of the $25-$500 ones at Shoppers this morning. They had lots of them on the rack and behind the cashier.
You have to delete them if you want to keep transferring to the primary card. It’ll be fine. I delete all mine except the primary and 1 spare to transfer to in case the primary gets lost. We had to do that on our last trip. I hang onto all of the actual cards though until after my trip and the spending is done.I never thought to look behind the counter, I'll check that out next time I'm in Shoppers. I've been buying the $50 ones when I can, but you can only store 5 cards and I feel a little weird about deleting them. Even though I've transferred the balance to my primary card and the others have no value. I don't know what's making me feel that way. Just paranoid I guess.
You have to delete them if you want to keep transferring to the primary card. It’ll be fine. I delete all mine except the primary and 1 spare to transfer to in case the primary gets lost. We had to do that on our last trip. I hang onto all of the actual cards though until after my trip and the spending is done.
I agree with 22Tink. I hold onto all my cards until 6 months after any trips I take. The balance is then checked and if they are at zero I shred them. Twice I have found smaller amounts on cards that should have been at zero however there were refunds on them for some reason. Probably port charge rebates but I'm not totally sure. It has amounted to about $35, not a lot but still money on the table.I never thought to look behind the counter, I'll check that out next time I'm in Shoppers. I've been buying the $50 ones when I can, but you can only store 5 cards and I feel a little weird about deleting them. Even though I've transferred the balance to my primary card and the others have no value. I don't know what's making me feel that way. Just paranoid I guess.
Just saw this thread and started reading it but my question is: Why do you buy Disney gift cards in Canada? Are they cheaper than using cash at the parks? How much does a $50 gift card cost, $50 CAD? Now I'll go back and read the thread, maybe my question is in there somewhere lol.
Thanks,
Tony
Just saw this thread and started reading it but my question is: Why do you buy Disney gift cards in Canada? Are they cheaper than using cash at the parks? How much does a $50 gift card cost, $50 CAD? Now I'll go back and read the thread, maybe my question is in there somewhere lol.
Thanks,
Tony
I live in SK and have never seen Disney gift cards in stores here. Do you think it's because we don't have a Disney store in the province? Maybe they don't think there's a market for the gift cards here without anywhere to spend them??
Has anyone used the Canadian GC at DLR/DCA recently? I just want to make sure I’m still good to use them in the parks for our trip next month. I’ve read that a few people have had some issues at WDW and it has me a little concerned.
I’m in SK too and have never seen them Who do we contact about this?!? lol. I would love to buy some!
Thanks. I've got my fingers crossed! I used some in March at WDW with no issues as well but have read since then that some people were having troubles at WDW. It was at the resort though so maybe that's why. I plan to use them at the restaurants and shops in DLR.I’ve used my CDN GC at DLR and DCA in April without any issue anywhere (restaurants, stores or to book a tour).
Does anyone know how to use the gift cards online to pay for theme park tickets? I am trying to purchase three park hopper tickets using all of our gift cards. But the message keeps telling me that it's an invalid account number. I am using the correct 12 numbers that it says next to the word account.
Or do I have to call in using the Canadian gift card?
You save a bit of money on the exchange rate vs paying the bank or CC rate which is usually around 2% more so the gift card you buy is in Canadian dollars and will have less value due to the exchange rate.Just saw this thread and started reading it but my question is: Why do you buy Disney gift cards in Canada? Are they cheaper than using cash at the parks? How much does a $50 gift card cost, $50 CAD? Now I'll go back and read the thread, maybe my question is in there somewhere lol.
Thanks,
Tony
You save a bit of money on the exchange rate vs paying the bank or CC rate which is usually around 2% more so the gift card you buy is in Canadian dollars and will have less value due to the exchange rate.
Example one canadian dollar is trading at $0.77 American but to exchange at my bank I will only get $0.75. So the gift card will exchange i believe close to if not at the trading value.. ie you get 2 more cents per dollar