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The tag on the ?giving tree? said that a 15-year old girl wants a gift certificate to a mall. So I trotted out to a nice mall and bought a gift card for her, the only kind you can buy at this chain of malls.
But this card was a bit different, they told me. This has the Visa logo on it and is good anywhere Visa is accepted. Sounds good, so far (though I had to pay a fee $1.50 on top of the value of the card).
When I got it home, I noticed there were rather detailed instructions:
You really have to pay attention to how much value is left on the card, because if you purchase something that is more that your card balance and don?t tell them IN ADVANCE that you will be making part of the payment by another method, the card will be rejected without explanation. The stores cannot check your balance (I think there?s an 800 number you can call to determine it).
Grrr?I won?t do that again. I?ll bet this will cause such a furor that they have a better system by next year. The salesclerks will likely also be confused about how to handle it.![]()
Paula

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