Originally Posted by
HoodedN
Here's the story. I order an everything bagel with cream cheese and a medium hot regular at the drive thru. I have 2 identical $50 visa gift cards, one is empty and the other has a ~$25 balance. The total is like 5 and change. I ask the girl to run both since one I know is empty but not sure which. She holds out both cards and says "this one is empty want me to throw it away?" I oblige and she hands me the "good" one.
I stop at the gas station later that day for a pack of smokes. Try to use the gift card and it declines. Check the balance - $0.
What's my play?
Getting a VISA giftcard is totally ghetto. It's one thing to get a gift card to say Mortons or Ruth Chris, or even Dunkin Donuts. But a generic VISA gift card? Basically that says you need cash, I'd be humiliated to flash one of those around, online only usuage.