Topic: Panera Gift cards - $100 for $6! (CHEAP) (Read 5843 times)

so nothing here? These cards don't work? came here to try one out if it still works.

I have the new app update and there is no way to add cards (also can't from web account) and the 1 card I had on the account isn't there.  Maybe others might be different,  I checked the 20+ dead Panera cards I have and they are all still useless.  Half show a balance that can't be used and the other half are zero.      I'll try a cashier test tomorrow but I am 100% sure they won't work. 

Panera re-activated the use of giftcards! There was a update on the iPhone app saying:


Version 1.56.0, 26 MB
Mar 2, 2016

-Stored gift cards re-activated
-Rewards improvements

Anyone with gift cards on there account, please let us know if they now work, either through the mobile ordering or going up to the register and tell the cashier the card number!

Thanks!

These were all shut down weeks ago by Panera.  Do you REALLY expect a response from the seller?  All the Panera sellers obtained their cards the same way and Panera discovered the method and shut it down so they can't get more that way which is why the chances of hearing from him are slim to none.  Seriously, what do you expect for $6 for a $100 card?  Lot's of us got screwed.

All of his cards show the $50 balance but do not work at the store. I even had a manager try to make them work and none of the 6 codes work.

I have sent the OP a message -- He responded quickly before when a card had the wrong balance so I will update if he fixes the issue.

you have ICQ or mail ?

DUDE i know! Those Chocolate Chippers were bad ass!

Damn didnt get to use my other one because it didnt work. Those cookies were pretty good 

They probably are trying to filter out all the carded/bad cards and just not accepting them. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I like there Chocolate Chipper cookies... The best!

Hey mr helpful  .... walk into a store TODAY and try using your cards.  Even if they show a balance online stores won't take them.  Last time mine worked was around 2/4.  You want all mine (around $900+ worth that show a balance but can't be used and another $400 or so that are showing zero balance) I'll give you a good deal.     I did actually buy one from their website online and THAT ONE worked fine.  I'll just have to go back to paying full price.  It was fun while it lasted. 

exactly.

This is what we all were doing until the gcs were frozen earlier this week and they won't even work in the restaurant. Try it yourself tomorrow and see how it goes.

not in the past few days, but I have used in the past week, used a e-gift i got from somewhere else on this forum, in store by walking in and going to the register and saying that I have a e-gift card, I would like to use it to pay for my order. It's just plain and simple.

have you actually used on those cards in the last few days?

The ecards that are/were being sold are no longer working in store either.

I have not bought any card from the OP (Orakelz) but I have bought many cards from other users here on the forum. I used e-gift Panera Bread cards MANY times by using the app. They have "Rapid Pick-Up", which is when they make your food and then put it in a bag and then put it on the book shelf thing when it's ready (that's what my local Panera Bread location has). I have also used the gift cards by going up to the register and telling the man/woman that I have a e-gift card and I want to use that to pay for my food, they will say that's ok!

Also, for all you people that have said something around the lines of, "Oh, the app won't let me use the card, it must not work, I must have gotten scammed", just shut up, because you're stupid. In the Android and the iOS version of the app, it CLEARLY says,

Android app: "Gift cards temporarily unsupported. If you have any issues at all, don’t hesitate to email [email protected]."

iOS app: "What's New in Version 1.51.1: Gift cards temporarily unsupported"

Proof: http://imgur.com/a/Dvfcg

iOS screenshot is from a iPhone 6S Plus.
Android screenshot is from a LG V10.

To the OP (Orakelz), hopefully a stranger (me) has helped you out a little bit by explaining why you're cards are supposedly "not working", it's only because some people are to lazy to look up their own problems.

  You obviously didn't understand what I was saying but it really doesn't matter.  Bottom line ..... DOA

Now that this is dead I'm interested in how the gcs were created in the first place.

Firstly, the fix was likely applied to all gift cards purchased prior to them disabling the use of gift cards online. Secondly, your purchased gift card did not have multiple IP addresses checking its balance from different states. Neither did whatever vpn you use tried checking balance of more than one card. Nothing you did constitutes exploit that would have triggered them freezing your account. Also, they could simply ask what card, or last 4 of the card number you purchased it with to verify. Clearly, their customer service would need more than just "this card was given to me by a friend" to unfreeze any cards involved in the exploit.

I have to slightly disagree with you with how Panera "fixed" their problem.  I just purchased a REAL e-gift card directly from Panera's website and had it emailed to me and there was no pin provided, just a card number so there is no way they could ask for a PIN to verify legitimacy.  None of their E-gifts ever had pins if any cards did it was only the physical cards purchased in store so that verification method would not seem to be correct.  I then checked the balance from the US and then a VPN in Europe and it is still good however it does show "PIN VERIFIED CREDIT" on their website when I look at the card.  None of the cards (either zeroed or with a balance) show any purchase method whether they have a balance on them or are ZERO other than the one I actually paid for.