Looking at buying visa gift cards for my employees. Need to pick up tonight for a function tomorrow. Larger amounts. Is Shoppers a good place or is there a better place to pick them up?

Not looking for opinions on cards, I know there's pros and cons. I am only looking for a place to buy them. Thanks in advance!

Im having trouble finding a site to order a visa e-gift card to send someone elctronically, any help would be appreciated! I've seen sites like giftcards.com

How do we gift visa or mastercard giftcards to a friend based in Canada, but the senders are all based abroad (so needs to be done online)

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We are a group of friends that met in grad school, currently spread out across 5 continents.

One of our friend's mom has stage 4 cancer and our friend is traveling back and forth between Toronto and China quite often. We just received work his mom is in her final days.

We want to help our friend with his travel expenses, but he doesn't fly with a particular airline. It's more who is the cheapest at the moment kind of thing. We're figuring out a way how to send money over to him.

Is Paypal the only option we have? Will multiple $300-$500 deposits over a short period of time trigger some sort of hold in his account?

My mom in Florida sent me $400 in Visa gift cards not realizing they are for US use only. Was going to wait until I go across the border again to use them but I need to eat?

Ps I tried FB marketplace/Kijiji but was riddled with scammers

Our family recently tried to redeem two $25 prepaid visa gift cards received (theperfectgift.ca), and it's been an interesting experience, which I thought I would relay in case anyone can benefit from it.

While it isn't a lot of money, I have plumbed the depths of this rabbit hole to see how far it goes. Our findings:

(A) These gift cards start at a set balance (eg. $25). Anything not spent, or any balance left, is "free money" for the issuing company. They are incentivized to prevent complete redemption of the card; zero redemption is the ideal situation from their perspective.

(B) Like regular visa cards, they have an expiration date. The expiration date is not visible on the packaging, and not indicated up-front. One of our cards was already expired. This was our first sign that these differed drastically from regular gift cards, that the gift is rendered useless after a period of time. Expirations like this are against the law with regular gift cards, but because these visa gift card exist in a grey area between gift cards and financial products, they get away with it.

(C) The cards are activated upon purchase (okay), but 12 months after activate they start charging a $3.00 per month fee, rendering the card useless fairly quickly with a face value of $25. Again, against the law with regular gift cards, but this is a sketchy grey area.

(D) To use the gift card online, you have to register the card at their sketchy website. Their website "fails" to register cards (in our cases) so it was necessary to call them and navigate a lengthy phone maze in order to register the card. After registration, it was still not possible to use it on Amazon.ca

My guess is they aim for high attrition with online registration to prevent complete use, since its easier to convert the balance to something less transient than their service online. With in-store purchases, it's more difficult to use up the complete sum.

Learnings from this experience:

- Avoid purchasing this kind of product, stick to conventional gift cards instead (amazon, tim's, etc) since they have much more consumer friendly regulation.

- If you receive a product like this, redeem it immediately in-store for a less transient gift card.

Hi,

Tried doing some research on my end but ending up in dead ends. Any suggestions for places (electronics, office supplies, or gas station) that offer $500 visa or Mastercard gift cards? Trying to buy some appliances from Costco, so I might as well fulfil my sign up bonuses while I’m at it.

Staples only has $200 with $6.95 fee and I’m not sure if Best Buy has any.

Edit: I’m in western Canada - BC

Edit: this is for business edge 10x bonus where it needs to be from office, electronics or gas stations. I’m aware many grocery stores have visa and Mc options

Thanks in advance!

I am trying to send a $50 gift card to the winner of a subscriber giveaway, but I am having trouble sending the giftcard. I tried giftcards.com but it seems like that only works for US.

Any advice?

I couldn’t find a single place (including ChatGPT!) that clearly lays out all the fees attached to Visa gift cards (the non-reloadable type), so I pulled this list together.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zXrBUO9ePHEqDCDeX1cxvsQ_bGtgarwGOtBNtKwoeHQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Common / documented fees:

• Activation or purchase fee – sometimes called different things, usually $2.95–$6.95 depending on load amount.

• Inactivity / dormancy fee – only allowed by law after 12 months of no use; often ~$4.95/month

• Replacement card fee – if lost or stolen, often $5–$8 to reissue.

• Foreign / currency conversion fee – ~2% if the card can be used abroad (though most are U.S.-only).

• Paper statement / mailing fees – if you request mailed copies of your balance or history (who wants paper, but...)

• Decline / denial fee – a few issuers charge when a transaction is attempted for more than the balance (be careful at gas stations with the $200 holds - always go inside)

• Card cancellation / refund fee – if you request a check for leftover funds, some issuers deduct ~$10.

This list definitely isn't comprehensive, and fees can keep changing. If you’ve seen other examples that you think are helpful to the group (or if you’ve found a truly no-fee Visa gift card, not just a temporary promo - that would be awesome!), drop them in the comments. I’ll validate and update the list.

I would like to send a prepaid gift card (Mastercard/Visa) to a family member living Canada. I am in Europe? What are my options to purchase online? Thanks so much!

I want to buy something from buy me a coffee website with a visa gift card since I neither have credit nor debit card. I remember sawing somewhere that gift cards only works inside the country, is it true? And can I use gift card without credit card? Where will the change go?

Is there a good way to buy $500 Visa gift cards with a credit card online for MS purposes? I've called around, and it seems the only place in town that stocks the $500 denomination is Office Depot, and they only accept cash.