How to Combine Visa Gift Cards
Visa gift cards have become a very popular method of gift giving. It is a way of transferring cash to another person but with the convince of a credit card. Visa gift cards can be used as a credit card at any location that accepts Visa. Several cards, however, can no longer be convenient. It can become confusing to remember balances so many times people will combine like gift cards.
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Instructions
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Call the number on the back of each of the cards to find out the total balance. Each one of the cards that you have are going to have a different balance. In order to combine each one of the cards you are going to have to know the balance on each card as well as the total balance of all the cards combined.
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Log onto the visa.com website to find a location that sells the visa gift cards (see Resources). Each place will be listed on the website. They will be able to help you transfer your card balance onto one card.
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Go to the designated location and bring your gift cards with you. Tell them the amount of money you would like to have transferred onto the card. This amount is going to be the total amount of money that is left on each one of the cards. For example if you have 3 cards each with $1 on it, then you will tell them that you would like to purchase a visa gift card for $3.
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Purchase the card using your other visa gift cards. When you purchase the card tell them that you would like the balance of each of the cards to go on a single visa card. You will most likely have to tell the amount of money on each card. So, tell them what the balance is on each card and they will zero out the balance on the old card and put it all on the new card. In some cases you will not need a new card, and the balance of the other cards can be combined onto one of the visa gift cards that you already have.
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Tips & Warnings
Take a sharpie and write on the front of the card the exact balance. It will help you in keeping track of the cards and the balances.
Resources
- Photo Credit two cards image by Aleksandr Ugorenkov from Fotolia.com
