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I've got a couple of VISA gift cards, one with $1.26 on it, the other with $0.31, how the hell do you spend these?
I thought that WM or Target, etc. would always charge a $1 pre-authorization?
That's how it always worked when I was a cashier at Kmart.Can't stores just take the exact balance remaining, and then prompt the remaining balance of the purchase for another means of payment?
I've always done that to wipe out an unknown amount on various gift cards.
How much is on it?
"I don't know"
Okay. Swipe. Your new amount due is "X".
"Thank you"
I hate gift cards because you take perfectly good, perfectly liquid money, place heavy restrictions on where it can be used, place an extra burden on the recipient, and (possibly) put an expiration date on the money - and for some stupid reason, this is viewed as a good thing.I fucking hate gift cards for precisely this reason. If you know the balance, go to a major chain, like WM or Target or pennys or macy's, ask to do a "split tender" and put exactly the amount on the gift card.
use it the next time you go shopping? buy stuff... then swipe it to pay.. it will deduct what's left from the balance.
i swear.. sometimes i wonder how people on ATOT survive day to day activities.
Whatever you do, don't take it to a gas station and fill up your tank by paying at the pump.
I didn't know dealers took plastic these days.
I've got a couple of VISA gift cards, one with $1.26 on it, the other with $0.31, how the hell do you spend these?
you throw it out, that's how companies make money. Whether you comply is another issue
Maybe you've not read stories in which they are now sending you a bill for these. After a few months, there is a "per month" fee of about $10. After the first fee, you have a negative balance. Because they have your address on file for the rebate card, they have been sending bills out for the remainder of the fee. Talk about shitty!
By the way, Walmart employees generally don't have a clue when you try to do a split payment on a transaction. I tried it several times and they don't have a clue how to set it up or get it to work. I finally just ask the gas station to do a prepaid amount of gas at the pump. The pump will stop when it gets to the prepaid amount.