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[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Couldn't visa gift cards work?

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I used to work at an Internet provider that offers a discounted auto pay program.

No, at least not there.

Every once in a while we'd get complaints that a card wasn't working and it was because they were trying to use a gift card, and the system recognized gift cards and declined them immediately. Needed to be a credit or debit card with your name on it. Or at least someone's name on it. Who payed didn't matter, but a real person would be billed every month.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Good point here.

[–] squidspinachfootball@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I've thought about using them like that as someone without access to privacy.com, but they do charge an activation fee and other random little fees I didn't want to deal with. So I just... didn't buy whatever it was I was considering at the time lol. Always keeping an eye open to see if there are any alternatives though.

[–] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

In the US, gift cards will often be declined for setting up ongoing transactions. Every transaction has a merchant code associated with it and many subscriptions and services will read the merchant code and reject it on that basis alone. Doesn't matter how much of a balance the card carries.