Gift Cards Simplified.
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Gift Card rip off
If you have six gift cards and you wont to by one big thing with your cards
Harbor Fright will tell You, You can only use only three at a time !!
Or two with Cash ! And that is Bull%$#@
I think they do this so You will spend your cards on little cheep crap !
I sent an E-Mail to harbor fright with this problem and they told Me
We may be able to devalue the cards, and offer a new card for one total amount of all cards combined?
What a load of crap People Buy the Gift card so you can Buy The thing you need
And then harbor fright tells You , You can only use three at a time ??
So what in the Hell is the big deal Harbor fright???
Gift cards are a nice idea but generally end up working best for the business that issues them. Peet's "partners" are not required to interface with the gift card system so cards are not accepted at "partner" locations. It's up to the customer to find out what locations are company stores. I purchased gift cards for my staff but found that the "Peets" in the mall accross the street is not a company store and would not accept the cards. Very embarrassing and inconvenient.
I wouldn't even give this one star to be honest. If you are going to buy any type of prepaid gift card, I would suggest Visa. Hubby and I have had nothing but problems with any Amex cards we have purchased. We tried to use it on walmart.com for baby stuff....declined. Tried to use it on a cosmetics site...declined and told they don't accept prepaid cards which is odd because I've used prepaid visas on that same site for 3 years now with no problem so it has to just be amex cards. Tried to order off of Amazon...declined...TWICE. It's not very convenient when you have to call to register the card after you purchase it. Especially since we have never had to register any Visa cards we have purchased and if we did, you can do it online in a matter of seconds. I would seriously suggest skipping these cards and going with Visa. Period.
The multi-channel purchase and redemption options are very accommodating! Plus, the amazing selection of products is always a hit!
Gift Card Lab has the best customizable features out there. Easy to use, the customer service team walks you through any problems that arise and they're in the office longer than the 9-5 places so you don't have to use your lunch period to get a hold of them.
The 5.95 purchase fee includes shipping and a personalized greeting card which ends up being less expensive than an equivalent product elsewhere. It's safer than buying a card in the store since card numbers are kept locked up where thieves can't make fake copies and steal the funds as soon as the cards are activated at a POS station.
It would be good card if:
cashier could tell you balance left on the card
if you could find card balance on Internet.
The problem is, if you want to pay by register with remaining balance, you have to know exact amount. The cashier cannot tell you how much you have left on the card, so you cannot really use it when you want. Cashier advises you to check for remaining balance an Internet. But no matter how much time I spent on it, there is no info about A&P gift card balance. In this scenario is the best to spend all value at once. But as a single person, I don't spend as much money for one single shopping and spending $50 card value is for me quite high.
Tried to use a $10 gift card at the Sonic Drive-in in Murrieta, CA for a $14.70 purchase. I tried to pay with the $10 gift card and a $5 bill. The clerk said she could not take two forms of payment for the transaction otherwise her draw would show as short. She told me my option was to pay with cash for the entire purchase, but I decided in order to use the gift card, I would remove some items from my order so that the entire purchase did not exceed $10. I still have just under $1 on the gift card. The clerk said she could not give the remaining balance in cash; it must go back on the gift card. The clerk said it was a company policy that came from corporate. I could not believe what she was telling me, and will investigate further! If I find that this is indeed a corporate policy, I will forward a complaint to state and federal agencies. I figure that if 100,000 individuals across the U.S. have a remaining balance of, let's say, 75 cents on their gift cards, that's $75,000 that Sonic is stealing from customers. The practice is illegal!
"Don't use this store! I asked some friends to all pitch in to a group gift card for another friend. After all of them had paid, and we were ready to get it shipped, I went to redeem it--for $40.00!! That's right, to send a group gift card costs $40 because there is an obligatory cardboard accordion card shipped only by FedEx, only at express speed. The only other option? To refund all of the individual contributors--a uneasy task if you have already spent time organizing people to contribute to a joint gift that has deadlines (like birthdays, weddings, retirement dates--you know, times when gifts are given). You can't convert it into an e-gift card. You can't even get it sent without the accordion card. Its misleading, dishonest, and feels like a scam--avoid!"
This card has been an absolute pain. I got one this year for xmas and whenever I try to use it then I get a message that the credit card company declined my information. I registered it and it still isn't working. This has been more trouble then it was worth. I do not recommend getting this gift card. Instead, you should definitely get an actual gift-card issued by a credit card company. I doubt there is even money behind it.
Works well if you spend all amount of value on very first shopping. If you use just partial amount from whole card value, its impossible to find remaining balance for next use.
Register will not tell you, how much money is available on the card and register cannot process it unless you say the dollar amount you want to spend on it. So you can keep trying to guess (if cashier has patience enough)
Only good thing is - never expires.
I bought it (and also received one) as a Christmas gift. First time and last time.
Its a nice gift card don't get me wrong, But in order to check the balance on the gift card, you have to talk to a representitive. Its just a hastle and too much work.
Who doesn't like the gift of travel? US Air gift cards are great for the frequent adventure seeker on the East Coast, very convenient airline with a lot of choices. The GC never expires and I never have trouble redeeming them
Do not buy this card as a gift. Chase takes out a fee of $2.50 each month if the card has not been used in a while. Give a check or AMEX card.
My experience was very positive when, after scratching off the PIN on the back of my iTune GC, several digits were missing. At the apple.com support page for iTunes I found a link to information as to how to deal with this issue. The #'s at the BOTTOM of the GC is all they needed to know and VOILA! I had the pin and was able to redeem the $25 to my iTunes account.
I'm a huge fan of the this gift card. I shop at Amazon.com a lot so there is a good chance I'll use the card and get something I like. It's also convenient because I can order from home and Amazon has such a large selection. I'm going to add this as one of my favorites.
I checked my card and there was an inactivity fee after 12 months. New Jersey law requires 24 months before an inactivity fee is charged. I called and the CSR said that although I walked into a TD Bank in New Jersey and purchased the card, the card was maufactured (his words) in Maine, so New Jersey law does not apply, Federal law applies. He would not credit the $2.50 fee back. What a joke! How many TD Bank cards am I going to buy and give to my employees now? ZERO!
I give this a 1 star. Doesnt let you register online and doesnt work on ebay. :(
I bought a Visa Gift card a while ago, it got registered online in a few minutes and was ready to work. There were no problems. Now im going to have to use this giftcard on useless items outside, when what i need is on ebay. there goes another 25 bucks. -.-
Im very dissapointed with this card.
Who doesn't love an Amazon gift card? I buy them for my parents and friends all of the time. Amazon has everything!
I've tried searching everywhere online for whether this card is accepted for online use. And on my way to finding that out, I've heard that it DOES have monthly fee's after 7 months of purchase, even though it clearly says there are no fee's after purchase. I'm still trying to find a place to activate the card.
Bottom line, this card is almost purely false advertising, don't use it, and it's not consistent at all.
Also, the support numbers you see above, they don't work.
I thought the card was going to be a great gift but instead, they sent it to my mom earlier than to specified send date along with the receipt and ruined my mother's day surprise.
This card is absolutely horrible and barely even works. WTF! It is impossible to try and find your balance or even apply it to a purchase. WORTHLESS - DO NOT BUY THIS CARD!!!!!!!!!!
Purchase through Script program. Two separate occasions, two spartate cards told 0 balance. No way to check either by phone or internet. Will never purchase again. I do this program to help with tuition cost. I loose more than I make. Beware!!!!!!!!
This card is NOT accepted everywhere VISA is accepted. I've yet to find a gas station that takes this card (at the pump or inside). Also, I've been rejected by every restaurant where I've tried to use this card. The card given to me has a $500 balance, so it's not that there is insufficient funds (and this has been confirmed online and I've registered the card). The only place I've found that accepts this card is the grocery store and large, retailer pharmacies (CVS, RiteAid). With the price to purchase and monthly fees, this is not a good card to give.
There appears to be little trust by Taco Bell management of employees to sell company gift cards.
When I purchased my $10 card today as part of a holiday sales promotion, a manager had to come to the register, approve the sale, go to a safe, unlock the safe, remove a zero value card, apply a $10 balance to the card on a SEPARATE register, then the card was given to the salesperson to hand to me.
I was a bit put-off by the lack of trust shown to employees and the considerable delay it took the manager to provide me with a $10 gift card.
My daughters get this card for $100 every year for Christmas from an uncle and it expires at the end of the year. They are very careful with their money and sometimes forget to spend it. I would rather pay the $5 Inactivity fee but the bank takes anything left on the card, usually the entire $100.
We bought a $100 Gift2Go Visa at Walgreens, when they sold their gift cards at the register. Shortly after our purchase we discovered the card had a zero balance although we had not used the card nor had it been out of our possession. We filed a claim January 2009, with Gift2Go and were promised they would refund our $100. They mailed a claim form which we returned and that was the last contact they initiated. We have called numerous times, all to no avail. Each customer service rep tells us something different, not one of them will transfer us to a supervisor. The last person we spoke with said we'd have to send an email through the contact form on their website. We received no response from that either.
What we do know is that somebody in another state somehow used the same card numbers to rent a car which we retained the card in our possession. How they rented without having the physical card in hand was a mystery, just as it was a mystery why Gift2Go wouldn't follow up.
Needless to say, I was NOT surprised when I looked at the New Jersey Better Business Bureau report for Gift2Go. Hundreds of complaints, no responses, no resolutions.
Avoid this company like the plague!
wish the American Express page was a bit more user friendly.
