[Shell] EXPIRED: Save 10% on purchases until December 30th with linked Mastercard

markg1000 wrote: ↑ Do you honestly think they are going to do that?

AdScientia wrote: ↑ If not Shell, then the GC companies for sure once they find out a location is refusing to sell their products.

There's really no debate here. Until Shell revokes the promotion, they can't refuse service.

gekaizer wrote: ↑ Just went to Yonge and hwy 7 location. They asked for name and license plate, apparently a recent enforcement?transaction was split into $200

Phlav wrote: ↑ For those that buy the prepaid mastercards doesn't the activation fee negate most of the savings? Is there still an activation fee for those cards?

Phlav wrote: ↑ For those that buy the prepaid mastercards doesn't the activation fee negate most of the savings? Is there still an activation fee for those cards?

Phlav wrote: ↑ For those that buy the prepaid mastercards doesn't the activation fee negate most of the savings? Is there still an activation fee for those cards?

AdScientia wrote: ↑ There is. However it doesn't scale that much when you go into higher denominations. For example, the $200 GC has an activation fee of (IIRC) $6.95 + tax.
So you spend roughly $207.50 for a $200 GC. But you have 10% cashback from Shell promotion on top of whatever other promotions/cashback cards you're using (for me it's 5% BMO cashback).
So I get 15% cashback just from the purchase. That's 31.125 in returns - the 7.50 from the activation fee, and so I make overall $23.

Activation ranges between $4-6 for lower GC amounts so the best return is of course the $200 as it's less than 10% of the card itself.

moonj86 wrote: ↑ so will I get the 10% if I only buy GC? Or have to get gas at the same time?

razrez wrote: ↑ You will not get 10% if you ask a quiestion that has been answered a gazillion times....

moonj86 wrote: ↑ I can't read over all 150 pages, from the summary can't see the answer.

TransporterSD wrote: ↑ Just bought more best buy cards and amazon, I am the only person who cleared them out from my shell gas station. I feel good lol

mikka2017 wrote: ↑ how much how u spent so far? i don't want huge MC statement bills! im just under 1k spent so far , prolly be way more if double dipping those prepaids work! o well saves me driving around like good ole years when i drove around flipping video games lol man i feel bad doing that

TransporterSD wrote: ↑ just shy of 5k. I am not buying master card or visas. I need amazon or bestbuy and along with my capitalone 2% cashback, I get 12% back + air miles which is a bonus.

User772911 wrote: ↑ Did you get AM for prepaid Visas or MC? I purchased prepaid visa but no AM for that transaction

TorontoEh wrote: ↑ 403/ Dundas machine down when I went.

cyn88canada wrote: ↑ If that's 2163 Dundas St. East, Mississauga, the cashier said I could buy gc with cash/debit only around 12pm. Apparently the Manager says, "No Credit Card" payment for gc, and of course the Manager is not back 'til Monday...

401/Weston, the cashier says they took the whole activation machine out...so, after visiting 5 different days, STILL no Shell gc available here. Other gc might still activate, but Shell gc is a definite fail, and that's really the only one I'm interested in. (They kept saying a tech. would fix the machine in 4-6 hours, initially.)