I think gift cards can be used as credit. Try swiping as credit. More on reddit.com

There's a lot of issues surrounding these cards and merchants, particularly those who might put a temporary hold to make sure funds actually clear. I believe ebay generally doesn't even let the visa vanilla/MC gift cards even be used on their platform. Not to mention how often these gift cards are used to defraud people, phone scammers, etc... Personally I would stick to using that card at physical stores rather than online. More on reddit.com

Try asking for a French operator, you're likely to get someone in Quebec who speaks better English than the the person on the English line does More on reddit.com

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