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DO THEY COUNT AS PURCHASES?
It is confirmed that Citi will consider these as a Cash Advance. They will hit you with a fee AND won't count them toward spending.

HOW TO CASH OUT?
Blue Bird: Amex gift cards cannot be used to load bluebird.
Money Orders: Many locations require a debit card with a PIN; Amex GC don't have a PIN.
Try Amazon Payments, Target Amex or MC/VS GC's from many places.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #200 on: January 18, 2011, 05:30:40 AM »
If they charge you for the $50,000, it'll be $0.025 per point, or $1,250.

If you sell the giftcard to someone for $950, you lose $50 and you can keep the points.
ok so im keeping the card.. and if it wont work that they will send me the checks/bank deposits.. than i will go onward.. and i guess the best option would be to sell the card.. k well c
thanks so much for the help! ill keep yall updated when i have more info..

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #201 on: January 18, 2011, 05:37:58 AM »
ok so im keeping the card.. and if it wont work that they will send me the checks/bank deposits.. than i will go onward.. and i guess the best option would be to sell the card.. k well c
thanks so much for the help! ill keep yall updated when i have more info..

They will send what?
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #202 on: January 18, 2011, 05:46:43 AM »
They will send what?
I asked for a refund check, and they offered to do a direct bank deposit instead... i anyhow had 2 other checks im waitin for that they said they sent out (im not in US now so i dont know my mail that i received) so ill see if i didnt receive it or not in time i will call them and see what the deal is. If they say they wanna issue me a refund on my CC for purchasing the GC, than i will just sell my card instead. get it? or am i being so unclear

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #203 on: January 18, 2011, 06:35:09 AM »
I asked for a refund check, and they offered to do a direct bank deposit instead... i anyhow had 2 other checks im waitin for that they said they sent out (im not in US now so i dont know my mail that i received) so ill see if i didnt receive it or not in time i will call them and see what the deal is. If they say they wanna issue me a refund on my CC for purchasing the GC, than i will just sell my card instead. get it? or am i being so unclear

Got it.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #204 on: January 18, 2011, 12:49:45 PM »
This code is not working nor is the one that Dan gave in the post below it. Any help would be appreciated!

do we have a code that is working now?

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #205 on: January 25, 2011, 10:56:50 AM »
I actually just got in the mail yesterday a letter saying that I have to send back my coins or pay up $500.00, since they only partially charged my GC @ time of shipping, when they went to charge it again, they were not taking it anymore. Thankefully i kept my GC for some odd reason so I was able to figure out what happend. So now I have to pay the $500.00 and liquidate the GC. Was a real pain until I figured oout what happened. I called the Mint kept getting transferred around until I finally spoke with some higher, explained the situation. She said she will manually put in the GC number no problem. This morning I look ans the gift card charge went thru without a hitch.

01/24/2011   01/25/2011    US MINT POS ACCTG 000000001   P27BAOG054966E00AO   ($500.00)
01/07/2011   01/13/2011    OFC DOLLAR COIN 000000007   P29BAC20126JH809IL   ($500.00)
01/04/2011   01/04/2011    PROCESS CARD SALES SETTLEMENT FILE LOADE   CC00AA1192B9   $1,000.00

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #206 on: January 31, 2011, 12:56:25 AM »
I asked for a refund check, and they offered to do a direct bank deposit instead... i anyhow had 2 other checks im waitin for that they said they sent out (im not in US now so i dont know my mail that i received) so ill see if i didnt receive it or not in time i will call them and see what the deal is. If they say they wanna issue me a refund on my CC for purchasing the GC, than i will just sell my card instead. get it? or am i being so unclear


UPDATE: i received my bank deposit of 1000$ and it was much faster than those stupid checks which for some reason their taking months to get...

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #207 on: January 31, 2011, 01:03:37 AM »
UPDATE: i received my bank deposit of 1000$ and it was much faster than those stupid checks which for some reason their taking months to get...

Mazal Tov! Finally...
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #208 on: January 31, 2011, 03:06:32 PM »
I asked for a refund check, and they offered to do a direct bank deposit instead... i anyhow had 2 other checks im waitin for that they said they sent out (im not in US now so i dont know my mail that i received) so ill see if i didnt receive it or not in time i will call them and see what the deal is. If they say they wanna issue me a refund on my CC for purchasing the GC, than i will just sell my card instead. get it? or am i being so unclear
what reason you gave them to get a refund check

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #209 on: January 31, 2011, 11:15:17 PM »
what reason you gave them to get a refund check
I told them i dont buy anything without purchase protection, and these cards have no protection. so they sent me a refund...

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #210 on: February 01, 2011, 10:36:19 PM »
got an email with code for no fee gc. Dont know if anyone still needs this and I have not checked to see if its stackable with free s&h codes. link
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Code is EMFEBDEC
Terms & Conditions
Discount is only valid on the Gift Card purchase charge. Shipping and handling charges will apply. Offer valid through March 31, 2011, and only for web orders. Terms and conditions apply to Gift Cards. Fee-free promotion code intended for user presented with the offer and is not valid on Gift Card purchases made through partner sites. Purchase must be made via the link provided with fee-free offer. Offer valid only for web orders. Offers are subject to change without notice. May be used at merchants in the U.S. that accept American Express® Cards. Cannot be used at cruise lines, for recurring billing charges, at casinos, or ATMs. American Express does not ship Gift Cards to the states of HI, LA, and VT. See additional terms and conditions at americanexpress.com/gift.
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #211 on: February 04, 2011, 09:18:44 AM »
could i use my wife's 3 month free premium shipping to buy a gift card with my credit card? and how?

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #212 on: February 04, 2011, 09:45:36 AM »
could i use my wife's 3 month free premium shipping to buy a gift card with my credit card? and how?
Yes, why not?
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #213 on: February 10, 2011, 12:37:30 PM »
All my coin amex gift card purchases are being declined by AMEX (so says the mint). Have they caught on?

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #214 on: February 10, 2011, 12:40:22 PM »
All my coin amex gift card purchases are being declined by AMEX (so says the mint). Have they caught on?
Yup, apparently they have.
Seems like a good reason though to ask for a refund on the card!
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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #215 on: February 10, 2011, 01:32:51 PM »
Are you hearing these reports elsewhere as well? Any other ideas how to reach spending thresholds now?

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #216 on: February 10, 2011, 07:07:12 PM »
Yes I called AMEX Gift Card CS yesterday and they said the Mint denied the charge because they no longer accept AMEX Gift Cards as method of payment.

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #217 on: February 10, 2011, 08:01:03 PM »
So is it very risky to charge coins straight on an AMEX card? I know citi is out of the question.

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
« Reply #218 on: February 10, 2011, 08:24:31 PM »
So is it very risky to charge coins straight on an AMEX card? I know citi is out of the question.

It probably just depends how much you do, if you are just trying to meet the 1k Platinum spending you should be fine, I think...

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Re: Amex Free Gift Card Code (Works Great For US Mint Purchases!)
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