Although the Jewel spend $100 get $10 store cat was originally scheduled to end on the 17th (after having been extended one time already), the Fresh for Fall coupon booklet has a 1/2 page ad for the same deal with an expiration date of 9/24, even showing a picture of a Visa card!  So when a reader contacted me, saying she had tried to buy one this afternoon and been told she couldn’t buy a Visa gift card with a credit card, I was very suspicious.  Dragged my fat ass over to the store and talked to customer service, who was honestly surprised that the promotion was still running.  The only reason they even have Visa gift cards (as far as I can tell) is that they pulled them all off the mall wall last weekend.  boo 🙁

Bought a $500 Visa card with Discover and got five $10 cats.  They put all five on a Jewel gift card (didn’t want to queer the deal by pulling out my other Jewel cards) and thanked me for letting them know the deal was still running.

Bottom line?  The info is in their ad.  If it doesn’t work, it is probably the cat machine!