Don't Use VISA Giftcards!!!!

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shenagen

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I read on a post or two here that said using a visa giftcard was a good way to stay anonymous.....WRONG. I got one the other day and you have to give your name and freakin soc. sec. number, address, phone number.....the works. I got screwed because of this...The teller said I didn't need any personal info to buy the dam card (which was true).....but she didn't tell me that in order to activate the thing you have to give all that info. I was pissed I had 300 bucks on the stupid thing and you have to pay fees for anything and it takes a week to get the real card that can be swiped at a store. It sucked even more because I had to use that money to pay for an order of nutes immediately....so my info is with the order, but I did get it sent to a dif. address. I'm sure I'll be alright as the purchase was just nutes but I thought I'd give everyone a heads up about these pre-pay cards. (I'm done bitching now):blsmoke:
 
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dirtyal1223

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That sucks but you guys still shouldnt worry that much, people buy seeds with their credit and debit cards all the time, if customs catches you for the first time, its a slap on the wrist letter
 
vespa17

vespa17

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That's funny, I did the EXACT same thing today - I bought a prepaid Visa for $300 at Walgreens, then realized you had to give all your info to activate the thing, plus pay $15 to activate, and $15 a month. I activated it and when I did they also gave me an ATM pin. I plan on withdrawing all the money as soon as it comes in and then closing the account before I get charged again. I went back to Walgreens and got the Visa gift card instead. Its different than the pre-paid one and comes in fixed denominations. You don't have to give any info and you don't have to activate it -- just like a regular gift card. I wish I would have seen your post earlier!
 
bwinn27

bwinn27

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i used them before the only info they wantend from me was the shipping info and if you by from a normal store they dont ask anything
 
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shenagen

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i'm talking about activating it. You can't just put money on the giftcard ones and then spend it anonymously. They do a check to see if your info matches too.
 
bwinn27

bwinn27

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so when i give some one a gift card how are they going to use it if im the one that bought it . people have giving me them before and i used it right away with out activating it or maby the person that bought it did that but how would i have used it? i dont know i have one now i going to order something and see what happens it wasent that particuler site you where on? im not calling you i liar by anymeans just when i used them all i had to do is give them my name and shipping address but like i said im going to try it thanks for the warning
 
bwinn27

bwinn27

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and the gift card you got wasent the real gift card you had to wate for one wierd. maybe the one i had was a mastercard gift card like a said my girlfriend just bought me one im going to be pissed if i cant use this and have to wate for another one
 
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shenagen

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bwinn27 said:
and the gift card you got wasent the real gift card you had to wate for one wierd. maybe the one i had was a mastercard gift card like a said my girlfriend just bought me one im going to be pissed if i cant use this and have to wate for another one
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The card I bought had an activation code on it. Then when you call and activate it by giving them your personal info and the y give you the physical cards number exp. date and sec code on back. The real card is sent to you a few days later. You can do it online too though....BEWARE I tried first using fake info and soc. sec # and stuff and it froze the phone thing and said I couldn't activate it. Then I went online right after that and got it activated and printed off the card info.
 
bwinn27

bwinn27

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fucked up thanks for the heads up the best way to do it then is have someone else buy it for you and order it for you to have a friend do it for a joint or something LOL good luck and thanks again
 
mastakoosh

mastakoosh

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shenagen said:
I read on a post or two here that said using a visa giftcard was a good way to stay anonymous.....WRONG. I got one the other day and you have to give your name and freakin soc. sec. number, address, phone number.....the works. I got screwed because of this...The teller said I didn't need any personal info to buy the dam card (which was true).....but she didn't tell me that in order to activate the thing you have to give all that info. I was pissed I had 300 bucks on the stupid thing and you have to pay fees for anything and it takes a week to get the real card that can be swiped at a store. It sucked even more because I had to use that money to pay for an order of nutes immediately....so my info is with the order, but I did get it sent to a dif. address. I'm sure I'll be alright as the purchase was just nutes but I thought I'd give everyone a heads up about these pre-pay cards. (I'm done bitching now):blsmoke:
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damn i thought i would just get one and put money on it without my name being brought up.
 
potpimp

potpimp

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Just be aware that with gift cards you can't buy online most of the time; when it asks for the "name on the card" and the expiration date you can't get past that because there is no "name" on the card and it never expires. I too bought $300 worth of the damn things, hoping to buy a bunch of stuff anonomously but it was almost useless and I still have one of them in my wallet with about $14 left on it. You can use it about anywhere you swipe the card but not on the net.
 
mastakoosh

mastakoosh

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potpimp said:
Just be aware that with gift cards you can't buy online most of the time; when it asks for the "name on the card" and the expiration date you can't get past that because there is no "name" on the card and it never expires. I too bought $300 worth of the damn things, hoping to buy a bunch of stuff anonomously but it was almost useless and I still have one of them in my wallet with about $14 left on it. You can use it about anywhere you swipe the card but not on the net.
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and the net is what i wanted it for. any suggestions? i would rather not have to order using my credit card and real name.
 
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shenagen

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I did mine over the phone and they don't need a name or anything, just find a place that accepts the giftcards...and take it from there
 
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