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help pls: received amex $300 egift card. tried to spend online three places. was declined. was advised to wait a week and try again to spend.

Posted by judge indianapolis jones (aka amanda) May 4 '23, 13:13

same.

amex says "take the printout to a store and have them input the number into their credit card machine manually and it'll work." I laughed; no merchant will do that.

any ideas?

Responses:

did you go to the website of the card and enroll/fill out info? -- nm - tRuMaN May 4, 14:25 1
- I called them and they told me that it was active. They suggested I use it at a physical store. But all I have is a printout of the number so ... -- nm - Kellyanne Scrabblestats May 4, 15:42
Can you add it to a digital wallet like Apple or Google? That would at least do away with the whole being laughed at for presenting a piece of paper -- nm - JD May 4, 13:53
tried: paypal (declined), adding to google wallet (declined). -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:41 2
- tried: venmo (declined). -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:42 1
  - i think you need to take this straight up to Mr. Express' office -- nm - hollywood big shot May 4, 13:57
did you try a BIG retailer, like Amazon or Walmart, or smaller ones? if not, try to buy a different, usable, gift card from one of those with it. -- nm - Andie May 4, 13:15 4
- yeah, after it failed the first time, I was like "f*ckit, I'll just buy myself an amazon gift card" and it failed. -- nm - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:18 3
  - Yeah. Amazon is my go to with most gift cash cards -- nm - oblique May 4, 15:15
  - Have you tried doing it for less money like $150? -- nm - David May 4, 13:23 1
    - tried -- no go. -- nm* - judge indianapolis jones May 4, 13:24

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help pls: received amex $300 egift card. tried to spend online three places. was declined. was advised to wait a week and try again to spend.

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