I got a $25 Gift Card from my bank, from my aunt. It was for my birthday, which was a week ago.
\nAt first I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but now.. not so much. For many reasons.
\nThe first was, I wanted to buy Dragon Age: Origins with this thing, but found out it’s $29.99 — $4.99 more than the card has.<\/p>\n
I decided to ask Steam if it was possible to use my debit card to cover the $4.99. They said NO. You can only use one card. So I thought “Why not PayPal?” I could set up the Gift Card as the primary payment setting, and my Debit Card as the backup payment.<\/p>\n
I called Chase to see if I could do it. They didn’t know. So I tried to call PayPal directly. Again, NO. The gift card will not work in their system since in order to buy something through it, the card has to be authenticated.<\/p>\n
The same fucking thing happened for Papa John’s too. A third NO. I have had enough and called the number on the back of the card and get the fucking thing canceled. I got a person I could barley understand or hear, who put me on hold alot. And.. oh god the music. It was torture.
\nBut I finally got it taken care of. They charged a $12 cancellation fee to it, which leaves $13. It will be sent in 20 business days from now to me, so I can cash it and put it in my bank.
\nWith that I grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the card in a million pieces.<\/p>\n
Next year for my birthday, just give me cash. There’s nothing around here that I want and would use the card. If I can’t go online with it like I can with a debit card, I don’t want it.
\nI still don’t get it. The damn thing had the VISA logo. That means it could’ve been used as a debit card. But nooooo. Fuck it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I got a $25 Gift Card from my bank, from my aunt. It was for my birthday, which was a week ago. At first I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread, but now.. not so much. For … Continue reading