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This family tried to save money on a Disney trip with discounted gift cards at Sam's Club ... they accidentally bought $10,000 in Disney+ cards
Not The Bee ^ | Dec 22, 2022 | Staff

Posted on 12/22/2023 1:09:10 PM PST by Red Badger

This family got bailed out by Disney in the end, but this story is hilarious (and painful).

Grandma and grandpa — you gotta love 'em — decided they'd try to save some money on this 16-person family Christmas trip to Disney, so they went out to Sam's Club to purchase some Disney gift cards which are marked down 25%. For the trip, they needed $10,000, so, naturally, they bought $10,000 worth of gift cards so they could spend them at the park and save like $2,500.

Only one problem with those gift cards…

Those are Disney+ gift cards.

70 years worth of Disney+ gift cards.

They do not work at Disney parks.

SO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA HAD APPARENTLY WASTED $7,500 ON DISNEY+ GIFT CARDS!! Even worse, grandma and grandpa scratched the numbers off the back of the gift cards when they tried to redeem them, so they were ineligible for return.

Man, this is like its very own Christmas movie right here!

Here's the TikTok one of the siblings made of the incident:

Yeah, that went viral incredibly fast, and this lady even got invited to appear on CBS for her troubles. She took a lot of heat online for the post and I may or may not have been one of the hecklers shouting, "Why in the world did you wait until a week out from your vacation to pay for your vacation?!?!"

Anyhow, at some point they got ahold of Disney and had some employee fixing the problem one gift card at a time. My deepest condolences to that man.

In the end, they'll take the trip and maybe make some friends along the way. They're already internet famous, so I'm sure they'll be posing for more pictures than Mickey Mouse this next weekend. I'm not entirely sure which Disney location they are visiting and they probably kept that a secret on purpose.

What a great way to slide into the Christmas holiday for this family!

Thanks again, grandma and grandpa, for making this happen!


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1 posted on 12/22/2023 1:09:10 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Their first mistake was even thinking of the word Disney


2 posted on 12/22/2023 1:12:05 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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To: NWFree

Amen. You gotta be pretty damn stupid to participate in Disney crap at this point.


3 posted on 12/22/2023 1:12:51 PM PST by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: Red Badger

“Slide into” is a horrible 21st century urbanism that has contaminated English.


4 posted on 12/22/2023 1:14:11 PM PST by nwrep
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To: Red Badger

I will give Disney for being willing to fix a situation that they did not have to.


5 posted on 12/22/2023 1:14:52 PM PST by Jonty30 (In a nuclear holocaust, there is always a point in time where the meat is cooked to perfection. )
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To: Red Badger

A careless mistake that the vendor graciously repairs.

And this is what passes for news these days. I feel so sorry for people whose lives are so shallow that they get excited when something like the referenced TikTok video is posted, and develop strong feelings, one way or the other, over something so consummately banal


6 posted on 12/22/2023 1:18:25 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: NWFree

My state offers disney themed license plates.....every time I see one I just shake my head


7 posted on 12/22/2023 1:20:26 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder if the agreement was they had to cough up full card value in order to use them. Basically, pay $10K for $10K worth of cards before Disney would accept them at their theme parks.


8 posted on 12/22/2023 1:21:35 PM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: j.havenfarm

“A careless mistake that the vendor graciously repairs”

Considering disneys current reputation I doubt they felt the had a choice....last thing they need is MORE bad public relations.


9 posted on 12/22/2023 1:22:56 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: nwrep
"Lean into" is equally annoying.
10 posted on 12/22/2023 1:27:29 PM PST by Major Matt Mason (To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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To: V_TWIN

Maybe so, but that wasn’t my principal point. But I’ll bet they would have anyway, cuz they’re going to take in the same amount of money from these people in any event


11 posted on 12/22/2023 1:28:19 PM PST by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/22/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: nwrep

Slide into seems almost nasty.


12 posted on 12/22/2023 1:30:25 PM PST by webheart
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To: Red Badger

In August, 1959, we spent the day at Disneyland. As we drove away, my father complained that we busted our budget. The admission price and ride tickets for a family of five, parking and food added up to a whopping $30.00!


13 posted on 12/22/2023 1:31:38 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: j.havenfarm

I suspect right now the PR is more valuable to disney than a few thousand dollars


14 posted on 12/22/2023 1:33:00 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: j.havenfarm

We are encouraged to take a side on all sorts of trivial issues. That is how we are distracted from anything we should be concerned about getting past.


15 posted on 12/22/2023 1:34:47 PM PST by webheart
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To: Fiji Hill

Thirty Bucks? That’s supposedly about $315 today ...

Does $315 even get a family of five in the gate?


16 posted on 12/22/2023 1:35:52 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain
Does $315 even get a family of five in the gate?

I don't know for sure, but probably not. I live nine miles from Disneyland, close enough to hear their fireworks at night, but I haven't been there since 1969, and I have no plans to go there anytime soon.

Incidentally, I visited Disneyland before it was Disneyland. My uncle had a chicken ranch on the site. That's where I heard roosters crow for the first time.

17 posted on 12/22/2023 1:41:57 PM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Red Badger

This looks bogus. No names, addresses, or any particularized facts. Holly Ash wrote the article. Either she doesn’t know how to write an article or it is a bogus article or both.


18 posted on 12/22/2023 1:52:47 PM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Red Badger

I often wonder how stupid people get that much cash?


19 posted on 12/22/2023 2:07:34 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Jim W N
Yes. A bogus bit if Disney promotion.

It smelled bogus to me from the start.

20 posted on 12/22/2023 2:10:52 PM PST by marktwain
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