The Pass Card from American Express is a new prepaid open loop card that is designed for teens and young adults. The pass card is designed for young adults because the pass card acts exactly like a debit or credit card. However, you can only spend up to the balance remaining on the card. This way you will never be forced to pay overdraft fees.
When the balance on the card has been expended, the pass card is reloadable. As a parent you can put more funds on the card by logging into your account online or by calling American Express at 1-877-405-7277. This makes it the perfect card to teach your son or daughter financial responsibility. American Express even offers Financial Certification through their online Money 101 course. Read the rest of this entry »
Do you have a gift card that you forgot about with no idea the balance left on it? I’m sure you have as this problem happens to almost everyone. There are a couple of different ways to check your gift card balance, but instead of searching google for that one special 1-800 number, where your search results are probably coming up as where to buy a gift card or free gift cards, just go to Gift Card Balance Now.
Gift Card Balance Now is a free service offered by Gift Card Rescue that allows you to check the balance of your gift cards anytime from anywhere on the web. It’s 100% free and secure so you don’t have to worry about anyone trying to scam you of your gift card credit. The only thing you need to have ready is your gift card number and the process is really simple from there out!
We can help you check your Gift Card Balance for free but if you have any issues with the amount of credit on the card, you’ll have to contact the Merchant Directly. Check out this new free service from your premiere choice in discount gift card sales, trades, and exchanges, Gift Card Rescue!
Also stay tuned this weekend for some Halloween Sales!
We’ve received an incredible amount of buzz from Kwame Kuadey being on ABC’s hit show Sharktank and that certainly kept trending thanks to all of you who support us on Twitter! So now we’re rewarding you the follower for tweeting and spreading the word about Gift Card Rescue by giving one lucky person a $50 Visa Gift Card that can be used at any of your favorite retailers worldwide, just like cash!
And our second twitter promotion winner is…. Read the rest of this entry »
Gift Card Rescue would like to thank all of its loyal followers on twitter by having a an extravagant gift card giveway promotion. This promotion begins today August 13th, 2009 and ends when we get 500 followers. We will be giving away a $50 Visa Gift card to one lucky follower on twitter. This is the first of many promotions so make sure you stay updated for more chances to win!
The rules of the promotion are simple, all you have to do is follow #giftcardrescue and retweet this message.
What’s up twitter? Win a free $50 Visa Gift Card from #giftcardrescue. Retweet & follow to enter http://tinyurl.com/oaut8o
One winner will be drawn at random at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time the day we reach 500 followers. The winner will be posted via twitter and an interview will be done on our blog. You see all of these contests running on twitter but where are the winners? We’ll have them here on our blog. Good Luck Everyone, Happy Tweeting, and be sure to sign up for our e-mail list for another chance to win!
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The National Restaurant Association (NRA) has partnered with CardFact, Ltd., an Ohio based gift card services company to offer gift card legal compliance consultancy service to its members. State gift card laws have become more complex and I can see why an industry association like the NRA would offer this service to its members since keeping up with the ever changing landscape of gift card laws could be a challenge for a single company.
There is also a growing interest on the part of states to protect their consumers against gift card practices they consider unfair or abusive, and a federal gift card law may be coming soon in 2009.
CardFact provides gift card compliance and consulting services, with a special emphasis on issues related to escheatment and unclaimed property. This new service by the NRA will be added to the Association’s member benefit portfolio.
Stopping at the ATM to get cash? Why not pick up a gift card to your favorite store while you are at it? If you think gift cards have become ubiquitous, it about to get even better (or worse depending on who you ask).
According to this story, Better ATM Services, a Mesa, Arizona-based company, has developed technology that would enable ATMs to dispense prepaid gift cards like currency. So, instead of getting cash, you can choose to buy a gift card and the ATM will dispense the gift card via the ATM’s cash tray.
The new technology was showcased last week at the KioskCom Las Vegas Expo and is generating a buzz. The largest of ATMs would be able to hold about 1,000 credit-card sized gift cards. According Better ATM Services, banks, shopping malls, grocery stores and restaurants can now offer prepaid gift cards through ATMs without a need to reconfigure the ATM’s hardware. This means ATM owners can offer this at zero additional cost.
If you needed any more proof that gift cards are here to stay, there you have it. It won’t be long before an ATM will ask you “Would you like Cash or a Gift Card?” Click here to see a video from the company about this new ATM capability.
Readers, what are your thoughts about this new technology? Post your comments in the comments box below.
