Great card until
I have bought several of these gift cards for personal use. One of the reasons I buy these is because you can use them at stores that do not accept credit cards. You can assign a pin and use the card as a debit card. There is a grocery store that I like to shop at that will not accept credit cards but does accept visa debit gift cards such as this one. Again I think this is my 3rd or 4th card purchased from Amazon and up until this point I had no issues with this card.<br />So what happened?<br />There is a lot of fraud that happens with gift cards. They can be easily compromised. The gift card I purchased prior to this one did have a fraudulent charge on it. I caught it a few hours after it happened and called Paypal. They were able to stop the transaction and get me my money back. Understanding this, when I made any transactions with this card I made sure the card was not handed over to anyone. In early November I decided to check on my balance. The card was compromised. The last transaction was identical to the fraudulent charge mentioned above. A paypal charge leaving a few pennies left in the card. This gift card DOES have a way to dispute fraudulent charges. I downloaded the forms filled them out and e-mailed them to the e-mail address listed. A week later after receiving no response I sent another email inquiring on the status of my dispute. They e-mailed stating I need to send them the dispute form. I replied with the dispute form and explained I had sent it with my first e-mail. A week later no response. I sent it again to both emails asking for a status. Again no response. At this point it feels the ignorance is intentional.<br />So here's my suggestion.<br />Unless you use all the funds on this card within a month after purchasing it I don't recommend this card.
Rating: 1 stars