I have the card so that's no issue. Just really having a hard time justifying the full cost of a cooler I want (don't need). Lol.
YES they work 100%. I just used 35 of the $40 for $50 cards and 3 of the $85 for $100 cards to purchase a safe and all went through with no issues.
As stated above make sure if you buy online to use activejunky for another 12% cash back. Here is a link for an additional $10 if you sign up using the link (I will get $10 also). http://activejunky.com/invite/213357
Between black friday sale, discounted gift cards, cabelas cash, and activejunky I saved 48% on my safe.
Help me! lol... What is Activejunky? Also... how do you know the giftcards are legit? Usually if someones sells them online I call the number and check the balance first?
Basically deal with a legitimate seller, preferably one that backs them. Raise is a good place for electronic gift cards. I've bought at least $1000 worth for cabelas and Home Depot from them and no issues.
On eBay SVM has proven good. I just bought a 2nd $100 cabelas gift card for $85 from them. First one worked fine.
As for checking, you can often check online. If you buy through raise you can check the balance through them as they'll run it through cabelas system and tell you. Or at least with cabelas and probably any other one that accepts gift cards online, add something to your cart, go to check out and punch in the gift card number. They'll tell you the balance left on it and then you just cancel the purchase.
Also definitely go check out activejunky. They'll send you a check or deposit in your paypal account. Your choice. No real strings attached other than I assume they sell some information about me based on my purchase habits through the stores I buy things through the site. Maybe they don't and they get kick backs from merchants to be a kind of loyalty rewards website, but I kind of try to assume the worst.
But in the last 6 months since I've started using them I think I have gotten or will be getting about $80 kicked back to me on the $1000 or so I've spent at cabelas, brownells and gander.
I agree. The SVM cards for sale on ebay happen maybe once a month or so. You can check out their feedback rating which is no guarantee of course but you ebay has it's onwn safeguards in place plus you can always contest with your cc issuer. The only thing I'll add is that the activejunky rebate is issued once a quarter in my experience. I generally add items to my wish list when shopping then when ready to purchase, I login to activejunky (after closing the merchant site) to activate the activejunky discount/rebate. You have to go through activejunky to access the merchant website for the rebate to take effect.
Basically deal with a legitimate seller, preferably one that backs them. Raise is a good place for electronic gift cards. I've bought at least $1000 worth for cabelas and Home Depot from them and no issues.
On eBay SVM has proven good. I just bought a 2nd $100 cabelas gift card for $85 from them. First one worked fine.
As for checking, you can often check online. If you buy through raise you can check the balance through them as they'll run it through cabelas system and tell you. Or at least with cabelas and probably any other one that accepts gift cards online, add something to your cart, go to check out and punch in the gift card number. They'll tell you the balance left on it and then you just cancel the purchase.
Also definitely go check out activejunky. They'll send you a check or deposit in your paypal account. Your choice. No real strings attached other than I assume they sell some information about me based on my purchase habits through the stores I buy things through the site. Maybe they don't and they get kick backs from merchants to be a kind of loyalty rewards website, but I kind of try to assume the worst.
But in the last 6 months since I've started using them I think I have gotten or will be getting about $80 kicked back to me on the $1000 or so I've spent at cabelas, brownells and gander.
I would say normally yes, but I think once you've done it once, they may link back to active junky always. Caution, go through activejunky. That said, one time I forgot on a $80 purchase and I was going to see if I could get my order number and submit it to activejunky support or something just to see if they could add the transaction. While poking around in my account to figure out how to do that, the transaction appeared in my account even though I had absolutely NOT clicked through activejunky before going to cabelas to make the purchase. Heck I hadn't even been on activejunky's website in >>24hrs.
So I almost always click through activejunky so it records the transactions, but with some merchants once you do it once, those merchants MAY link transactions back from there on out.
I would NOT rely on that.
"On October 3, 2016, Bass Pro Shops announced an agreement to acquire Cabela's for $5.5 billion."
It's like buying from Bass Pro now... no thanks.
While I hear you, and I'm not happy about the merger/acquicsition, Cabela's is still Cabela's for the time being. For me, they're still my best option for online purchases for the most part. YMMV.
Once they are fully integrated into BPS, and we lose the sales tax part of the equation, they'll likely fall way down my list.
Help me! lol... What is Activejunky? Also... how do you know the giftcards are legit? Usually if someones sells them online I call the number and check the balance first?