How to manage Visa giftcards

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use them to buy Amazon or Target gift cards and apply to my online purchases. Be careful, they expire pretty quickly.

It is illegal for gift cards to expire in under 5 years. Or it was... who knows what the oligarchs are getting away with this month.

[Anonymous]

I use them to buy Amazon gift cards (or somewhere I frequently shop) and upload them to my account. Those can be obnoxious to use if you don't use the exact amount at once so I find buying gift cards is the best way to spend them.

[Anonymous]

Use them online.

[Anonymous]

I have a virtual one that is under $5, what can I do with it? Last I checked, Amazon GC cal only be bought for $5.00 or higher.

[Anonymous]

Grocery store is the way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I actually just used Visa gift cards to buy an Amazon gift card (through the website). This way, Amazon automatically applies any gift card balances before charging your account—no need to change the default payment.

So people should just give Amazon gift cards to avoid all these extra steps.

Some people try to avoid Amazon so that’s not great. It’s really a stupid thing to complain about. Give the card to a teen you know or anyone who would actually appreciate it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a virtual one that is under $5, what can I do with it? Last I checked, Amazon GC cal only be bought for $5.00 or higher.

Add it to your digital wallet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have accumulated several visa gift cards over the years and I never use them because they're not in my wallet / I don't think of them / it feels awkward when they don't cover the balance.

Other than just getting better about carrying them ... is there a better way? Can I load them into my Amazon account or a Google wallet?

I buy them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use them to buy Amazon or Target gift cards and apply to my online purchases. Be careful, they expire pretty quickly.

It is illegal for gift cards to expire in under 5 years. Or it was... who knows what the oligarchs are getting away with this month.

I got a $150 rebate on a gift card recently and it expired in 6 months. I forgot about it and they wouldn't replace it so I was out the money. Next time I will just use it right away. I hate using apple pay so didn't put it there.