@my4mainecoons Pleasantly surprised when I went to BB to buy gas gc today. In the past they only had Mobil. Today they also had Shell in $25 and $50’s. I bought a combination of Shell & Exxon Mobil cards because I get 5¢/gallon discount at the pump from their Gas Rewards program. I think that’s another 2% if the price per gallon is the same as at Exxon Mobil.

@fivetalents Thanks, I got one at Best Buy. I think effectively 21% discount on it since I got it with BB gc from RA bought with prepaid visas from Staples… lol. Panera were variable load which is nice. $15+. Mail carrier might get Panera one year instead of DD.

@mrsguin Hard to believe its only been a month. Seems like a distant memory in part because of the folks here keeping the community alive. Thanks Russ and all the mods!

@fivetalents said in Should be easy math question but I don't know how to do it.:

@meed18 said in Should be easy math question but I don't know how to do it.:

If you have a 5% card for use at office supply stores, why don’t you have a 2% card for non-category spend?

Also, are you 100% sure you can use a Best Buy gift card to buy a different gift card. Nearly every time I’ve tried something like that with a store gift card, they tell me I can’t buy another gift card.

I think Best Buy is one of the few remaining exceptions: I recently used a $50 Best Buy GC to purchase a $50 Whole Foods GC in store.

Sears/Kmart is another one. I’ve purchased Staples, Amazon, Panera, Shell, etc at KM using Sears gift cards.

@meed18 Unless things have changed recently you can buy 3rd party gc at BB using BB gc and nobody blinks an eye.

I get 2% on gas on Amex but not sure going that route saves me more than its worth to have to go to WM to cash out the prepaids.

Other times I’ve paid for the BB gc at Rite Aid using 1% cc then gone to BB and bought gas gc.
In the past when I bought them the discount/PP offer at RA was 20%. Now its only 16%.

I don’t pay attention to the cc% for gas because usually I’m paying with a gc that I got at more than 10% discount vs. only 2% on cc.