Hidden fees and a Hassle to use - AVOID !!
I have received Fandango cards two times in a row (from the same person that knows I am a movie nut)  for Christmas. And while I HATE to be that guy who complains about a gift, I'm going to have to tell the person to please stop giving me these cards. I'll break it down for you, the potential buyer here on Amazon who is thinking about buying the movie nut in your family one of these practically useless cards.<br /><br />1. You can't just take the card into a theater and pay for a movie, like you would with any other type of gift card, in any store.<br />2. You HAVE to purchase your tickets on your laptop or desktop computer, planning ahead and hoping nothing comes up to make you miss your showtime.<br />3. You CAN'T use your smart phone with these cards. Many gifts cards I've seen, you just scan the number on the back and it loads your card into the app for whatever store or service the card is for, like Starbucks or iTunes does.<br />4. You can create an account on Fandango but you CAN'T just load your gift card amount into your &#34;account bank&#34; because there is no such feature on their website.<br />5. You have to use the card for each ticket you purchase, for a specific time and place, and there is a &#34;convenience&#34; charge (the amount depends upon the theater chain - the one chain in my city that actually accepts these cards charges $1.30 for EACH TICKET (not just for each transaction.)<br />6. You get a numbered code either in an email or a printable ticket (I've never used the the printable ticket, I've been told it's a nightmare) and go to the kiosk outside said theater and use the numbered code to get your actual ticket.<br />7. Once you realise you have only 2 or 3 dollars left on the card, it's pretty much useless, because THAT 2 or 3 dollars is going to taken up by the &#34;convenience fee&#34; Fandango charges you to use their gift card.<br /><br />In short, a $25 Fandango Gift card I got that should get me at least 4 tickets (we always go to matinees and they are only $6.00 each - hell, our theater has $5.00 Tuesdays every week that we take advantage of, and that would be FIVE tickets!) gets me 3 tickets (or only two if we go at night) and a few dollars left on a card I know I won't use. If you're gonna give someone a gift of movie tickets, Just hand them 25 dollars in cash and say &#34;Go out and enjoy a few movies.&#34;
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