I recieved an American Express Gift Card as a...gift. It says mostly how to use it but I still have a question. On one of the many instruction sheets it does say I can use it at online vendors, but it does not say how. In the past I have seen one, that I can remember, online vendor that had the option to pay with a gift card, aside from regular credit card payment. Can I only buy online from sites that offer this option, or am I missing something. It seems they avoid the topic in all the instructions and online, just telling me I can, but not how to...Thank you.
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American Express Gift Cards...?
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What do I fill in for billing information? Just my name? I thought about that, but I was not sure...
yg17 said:
Yep, just do as yg17 has said and you will be able to enjoy using your AMEX gift card online D34th.
D34th said:
They will probably require name, address, and maybe a phone number- just as if it was an actual credit card.
dmw007 said:They will probably require name, address, and maybe a phone number- just as if it was an actual credit card.
lol yeah, I just meant do I fill in (all) my information just like if I were paying with my actual credit card...Alrighty then, thanks everyone...
i used one of these a while back. problem is, a lot of places won't accept partial payments in different forms. so once you are down to a few bucks on the card, you basically lose that money.... dumb
jelloshotsrule said:
Really? I don't know what places those would be, but when I use a gift card with a low balance, the place is more than happy to accept cash to cover the difference. I know for a fact that Best Buy will, and their gift cards are (or at some point were) handled by American Express (there's a little AMEX logo on the back of the card). It may be different online (which is perhaps what you meant), but I'm sure that brick and mortar stores would accept multiple payment types. And in any case, you could probably just reload the card with cash or something so that the money doesn't go to waste.
jdechko said:
sorry, i meant online. guess i should bring it with me to a real store sometime to get that last few cents then! thanks for the tip.
The scam is that because it acts like a debit card, you have to know exactly how much is left on the card. If you have $4.99 left and you try charging $5.00 your card is going to get rejected.
i tried entering my information as if i was using a regular AMEX card and it didn't work. The amount was well under my card amount, too.
it said that my information didn't match the information on the card.
has anyone ever successfully used on of these online?
it said that my information didn't match the information on the card.
has anyone ever successfully used on of these online?
Holy thread resurrection, Batman!
Try this
http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,22206,00.asp
Try this
http://www10.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,22206,00.asp
lol and thank you for resurrecting it so quickly! haha
but i've already reviewed that page. all AMEX says is that you CAN use the cards for online retailers. however, they don't include any instructions.
but i've already reviewed that page. all AMEX says is that you CAN use the cards for online retailers. however, they don't include any instructions.
Amex gift cards online
I recently worked on the development of a site to transfer the remaining balance of Amex (as well as Visa, Mastercard) gift card to PayPal (www.cashfromcards.com, if you are interested). In doing so, I played around a lot with Amex gift cards and found the following to be true with all the cards I used:
1. All Amex gift cards appear to be issued directly from American Express, unlike Visa gift cards, which are issued by numerous banks and all behave differently.
2. Since they are all issued by Amex directly, they all seem to behave the same way.
3. None of the cards I tested cared about address verification (AVS) or the expiration date. So, you should be able to use them for any online purchases and put in whatever you want for name and address as it doesn't check.
This is my experience testing a bunch of Amex gift cards and looking at what actually happens with the merchant processing back end.
I recently worked on the development of a site to transfer the remaining balance of Amex (as well as Visa, Mastercard) gift card to PayPal (www.cashfromcards.com, if you are interested). In doing so, I played around a lot with Amex gift cards and found the following to be true with all the cards I used:
1. All Amex gift cards appear to be issued directly from American Express, unlike Visa gift cards, which are issued by numerous banks and all behave differently.
2. Since they are all issued by Amex directly, they all seem to behave the same way.
3. None of the cards I tested cared about address verification (AVS) or the expiration date. So, you should be able to use them for any online purchases and put in whatever you want for name and address as it doesn't check.
This is my experience testing a bunch of Amex gift cards and looking at what actually happens with the merchant processing back end.