How to Purchase a Visa Gift Card
Shopping for gifts for friends and family can be a lot of fun, especially when you find something that you know will be the perfect gift. Sometimes, however, you might feel like you are shopping for someone who appears to have everything. When that happens, you might feel like you will never find a suitable gift. Or maybe you are shopping for someone who enjoys shopping more than they enjoy opening presents. In either situation, a Visa gift card might be the answer that you are looking for. It will allow the recipient to shop for something that they will really enjoy and save you the headache of trying to find that needle in the haystack gift.
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Instructions
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Purchasing a Visa Gift Card Online
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Go to a website that sells prepaid credit card gift cards. See the links in the Resources section.
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Decide whether you want to design your own card or purchase a pre-designed card. Some websites offer both options. You can upload your own image, depending on the site that you visit.
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Decide how much money you want to put on the gift card. Type that amount into the appropriate field on the website.
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Enter your credit card or debit card information, billing address and the shipping address where you want the gift card to be sent.
Purchasing a Visa Gift Card in Person
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Make sure that you have enough cash to pay for the Visa gift card. Many stores require that you pay cash for gift cards so be prepared just in case.
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Go to a bank, grocery store, or drug store that sells gift cards. Places like Kroger's and Rite Aid sell a variety of gift cards to chain restaurants and stores as well as Mastercard and Visa gift cards.
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Choose a Visa gift card in the denomination that you wish to gift. If the vendor has them, choose a Visa gift card without a set denomination so you can put any amount on the card.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure that you keep your receipt in case the card is lost or stolen. Most gift card vendors will replace a lost or stolen card as long as you have the receipt.
Be sure that you are aware of any charges that the vendor you choose may charge the recipient of the Visa gift card. Some vendors will charge the recipient for using the card, for waiting too long to use it, or many other reasons.
