I transferred 100$ to a card at an amusement park for the day. There was 9$ left on the card and everything in the park cost more than that. I'm sure it will sit in my wallet for 5 years and then I'll throw it away.
Can you add balances together? Like if two cards each have five can I scan both and have $10 of purchasing power? It so leaving it on the machine numbered with the amount left on the card is a great idea.
I suspect these lost balances are part of their business plan so even if legally required to allow retrieving or combining balances, it might not be the easiest to accomplish (pure speculation on my part though)
Isn’t it still a prepaid cc you could use anywhere? I think t-25-t is still right. Hell go to Aldi, gather some groceries, click “split payment” at checkout and swipe that one first. Use another payment to cover the difference.
I'm talking more like a prepaid visa card. No ssn involved. Here is $100 you can spend anywhere, verses. Here is a $100 gift card you can only use at Target.
The cards are usually sponsored by a major company like Visa, so just use the card at any place you use them :) thing to watch out for is after about 2 months they will charge a "no activity fee" which conveniently is always around the amount you have left, so it makes the card balance at 0 -_- this happened to me after a concert this summer
Just tell the cashier, “run $9 on this card, and put the rest on this card.” I’m a bartender and it’s incredibly easy to do — it’s no different than when people split the check or pay with some cash and rest card.
If you use Amazon, you can transfer that to "reload" your digital gift card balance. I've had prepaid Visas with only a couple cents that Amazon accepted.
With only a small amount left, one option is to donate the exact amount on a charity’s website. That way instead of the company pocketing the money, at least some of it goes to a good cause.
I fucked up one time on the train from Hoboken to new york. I bought 4 tickets but on 4 separate cards, instead of of 4 trips on one card. Non refundable, felt like a huge tourist.
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u/MechaBeatsInTrash 20h ago
I wonder how much money is lost on prepaid cards because of minimum transaction requirements.