Raduque
Lifer
- Aug 22, 2004
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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!
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Also, most cards only have a fee of between $1-2.50. It's still crap, but I think you don't really know what you're talking about here.
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Are you sure you got that right? So someone gives me a Visa gift card, I use it and it has a $1 balance. I throw it out and 6 months later, they charge me a fee? How is that even possible? It's not like I signed a contract or agreed to anything, the card was given to me and I used it like cash. How could it even be legal?
They do charge a fee to the card that reduces your balance, but it isn't charged typically for a month or so after you activate the card. You activate the card just by using it - there's no way the card provider has your address on file so there's no way they can bill you anything.
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