Visa Gift Card Balance
One of the most frequently asked questions on Yahoo Answers is how to check the balance on a visa gift card. The short answer is that it depends on who issued the gift card. The easy way is to look at the back of the gift card for information on how to check your gift card balance.
The visa gift card is issued by many banks and entities so you will have to follow instructions provided by the card issuer on how to check your balance. Below is information on how to check the balance on the three most popular visa gift cards: The Vanilla visa card, the Simon visa card, and Gift Card Mall visa card.
Vanilla Visa Gift Card
You can check your gift card balance online for free at https://www.vanillavisa.com/home.html or call customer service at 1-800-571-1376.
Simon Visa Gift Card
You can check your gift card balance online at http://www.simon.com/giftcard.
Gift Card Mall Visa Gift Card
You can check your gift card balance online at https://giftcardmall.com/VISAGIFT/ or call 1-866-397-9763.
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I’ve attempted to use Vanilla Visa Gift Cards for a while now. I honestly believe they are MORE EXPENSE and MORE TROUBLE than they are worth! I’ve “bought” $25. and $100 cards. I expect, since I am PAYING a FEE for the card, AND LOADING THE CARD UP FOR THE STATED CASH AMOUNT WITH CASH, that as a gift card or debit card, it would (SHOULD!!!) be welcomed where ever VISA is… It’s NOT!!! You CAN’T use the VANILLA VISA TO PAY FOR ANYTHING WITH PAY PAL FOR EBAY!!!! Pay Pal REFUSES to honor the Vanilla Visa because “the card is not associated with a bank”… It did NOT matter that prior to attemptin to use the Vanilla Gift Card for PayPal, I went to theVanilla Visa’s web page and VOLUNTARILY registered the card to/with MY name and address! Also, when attempting to pay for a buss ticket, AGAIN, I WAS REFUSED the ticket. I had done THIS ording of a ticket through both on line and again over the telephone; the card was no good for THAT! I finally was forced to DRIVE down the Greyhound station and have them PHYSICALLY SWIPE the card before the ticket could be ordered! I have had other difficulties with the card not being honored by vendors, bot those two were the most recent and most IRRITATING!!! All in all, I think I am NOT going to use Vanilla Visa again!!! My rationalization of this goes Vanilla Visa is collecting interest on MY cash until such time as I use it. I am letling them keep the interest and THEN, after all that, THEIR PRODUCT (Vanilla Visa Gift Cards) and MY plastic money are being REJECTED by Venors who DO accept Visa cards and cash! It’s a NO Brainer as to what I will do in the future!!! You have now read this and you are now warned; Good Luck!
When using a visa gift card at a restaurant the card can only be used for 80% towards purchase. Visa saves %20 % towards tip. This is very inconvenient if your bill is larger than the gift card. For instance, if your visa is worth $100 and your bill is $100, the restaurant can only swipe the visa gift card for $80 toward the bill and the rest is either left on the visa card or you can swipe it for tip. This has never made any sense to me!!!!!!
I bought a visa gift card and proceed to pay for on line palm mobile unlocking service. But the site rejected my payment .why?
I bought a visa debit card but thru a friend in the US.But unable to use it here in Ethiopia. What should I do?
My wife recived a vanilla visa gift card for $50.00 Did not get a chance to use it until today, at which time it was refused. she bvrought it home and i checked it out on line, found that the terms had been changed fro $1.50 fee per month starting on the 13th month. to $2.50 per month starting on the 7th month, she was not notified of any change. as required.. Vanilla Visa only posted same on their website. NOT EVERYONE checks EVERY DAY to see if changes have been made to the terms under which the card was issued….MY ADVICE IS NEVER BUY A VANILLA VISA CARD…fyi THEY HAD TAKEN 10 MONTHS FEES FOR TOTAL OF $22.50 from the Value
I have used Visa Vanilla Gift Cards quite a few times,and I have NEVER had a problem!!! i HAVE USED THEM ANYWHERE FROM AIRLINE TICKETS TO GROCERY STORE AND I PREFER THEM OVER BANKS !! In fact I have never even used a bank ….just gift cards…I dont trust my money with our government..1 OVER DRAW FEE FROM A BANK…IS EQUAL TO 4 OR 5 MONTHS WORTH OF FEE’S FROM A GIFT CARD !! Either way….We get robbed!!
I think gift cards are a fantastic present as long as you can remember to use them as they have an expiry date.
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Big rip off..i suspect their will be a class action law suit on these prepaid card when you have 3 and 4 dollars left on card and cant use it, i have maybe 6 X 100,000= millions for these companies…somebody will be suited soon and i hope they do…its a RIP -OFF.
Vanilla VISA = THEFT. High fees and the money disappears at $2.50 a month after 6 months. Just give cash or write a check. Because retailers really don’t like these cards anyway.
Please don’t give Visa vanilla cards to anyone you love – they are a rip-off. My boyfriend got two $25.00 Visa Vanilla cards last year from his boss and forgot about them. I just checked them and they are completely worthless – they took $2.50 a month off until they were all used up. I feel like we’ve been robbed.
this gift card is too confusing…it better work on my online order or im going to be so pissed!!!!! the vanilla webiste doesnt even let you check your balance…you gotta call for taht!!!
What is up with this card or company issuing it. I tried to check the balance online and I keep getting an error when I try to go to the check your balance link. I have never had any problem like this with any other visa giftcard. I don’t think I will be using them again. Very user unfriendly website. What a disappointment!!!
Tried to use Vanilla Visa today at Target and they wouldn’t accept it. Tried to go on their web site but it always said their server was down. Only got a recorded message, got hung up on whenever I pushed talk to a rep. Jank card!
get a my titanium master card… works best… and itunes only takes 1 dollar off when you make a purchase, to verify the cards active… but takes the payment for purchase off 2 days later … in other words, 2 days to get as mant games and apps off itunes as you want! nice one apple! hope this helps many…helped me with 75 apps so far, and 20 games, lmao
Re: Kim Watts’ “Big rip off..i suspect their will be a class action law suit on these prepaid card when you have 3 and 4 dollars left on card and cant use it,”
I’ve learned that when I want to use a card and don’t have enough on the card for the total, tell the cashier to put the card through for *exactly the amount that’s left on the card* (information you have to know) first, and then pay the rest in cash, check, or Monopoly money.
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I received a $50.00 VISA gift card for Christmas. Tonight I took my wife out to Applebees for dinner and our bill was $71.60 plus tip. When it came time to pay the bill I gavel the waiter $31.60 which included a $10.00 tip and the $50 gift card. I asked her to deduct $21.60 from the bill so the amount due was exactly $50.00 which she did. The VISA card was rejected. She tried again and again it was rejected. We then called VISA and we told that they withhold 20% of the amount at a restaurant for “tips and incidentals” so the most I could put through on the card was $41.60. This is not quite 20% but we did that. Then, we get home and I call VISA and they tell me there is now $0.08 left on the card. I ask why? They are holding the other $8.32 for 3 to 7 days “until it clears” even though they know I spent exactly $41.60.
I have a lot of issues with this as being unfair and deceptive business practice. For me to use the remaining balance on the card ($8.40) I have to wait 3 to 7 days and then I have to know the exact amount left and then make sure I don’t use it at a restaurant or I will go through the same problem. Now when I use it I have to know the exact amount left before using the card and have the store take the other portion of the balance due first and then have them put a charge through for $8.40 exactly! As far as I’m concerned this is a rip off of the consumer by the credit card company and I can just imagine how many 100’s of millions of dollars they just pocket in un-used gift card balances. This is a very deceptive and unfair business practice on the part of VISA. The way it should work is that the customer gives the card first and the balance left on the card is deducted from the amount owed and then the customer pays the difference. That is the way a Starbucks gift card and other gift cards I have ever used works and is sure the way that VISA gift cards should work as well. This is a clever way to “steal” from the American public that needs to be made illegal.
Don’t buy VISA gift cards for people. Write them a check or give them good old Cash! VISA charges $4.95 and then withholds 20% at a resteraunt and then if the balance is not used in 12 months they “steal” $2 / month until it is all gone!
Well for one thing you need to regester your card with giftcard mall taht way when you go to youse on ebay,tickets stores it will work every time Davi
Hey great post thanks for sharing this information with us. It will be helpful to all. Thanks
I purchased a Citizensbank.ca Visa at a Sobeys grocery store. I paid 55.48 for a $50 Visa. I spent $33 online, and suprise, surprise, I had no more money left!! WTF?? What happened? Who was it STOLE the rest? Visa? or Citizens Bank??
That is the strangest thing that I have ever heard of that one gets charged on a gift card I know that here in South Africa, if one has a gift card no interest is charged whatever money you have on there you can use they don’t just take a certain amount and then leave a percentage, cause if that is the case on would have to load more money onto it in order for it to give the full balance need to purchase, sounds really sill to me.