Lost unused $500 Vanilla GC
Nov 23, 2014, 2:32 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2000
Posts: 181
Lost unused $500 Vanilla GC
I just don’t know where I lost it. I don’t have 16 dig card # and Bancorp says cannot do anything w/o the card #. I have the receipts (w/ the last 4 dig of the card #) & the package bar code. But they are of no help. Does anyone have a bright idea what I can do to recover $$?
Nov 23, 2014, 3:59 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: LAX, SNA
Posts: 359
I'm surprised they could not help you. I lost a Metabank GC valued at $200. I still had the receipt with the bar code and they were able to issue me a new GC after verifying the value on the original card. You should call Bancorp again and ask to speak to a supervisor if the initial person can't help you.
Nov 23, 2014, 6:49 pm
#5
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Nov 24, 2014, 4:47 am
#9
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: NYC
Posts: 1,756
from what i know at cvs, given the receipt for the lost card the store manager was able to pull up the transaction journal and the missing card number and call vanilla to confirm the balance on the card and deactivate the card and issue a new one. that is my experience (i was given a card that was not activated so the activated one was not given to me). if the manager cannot hep escalate to district manager etc. good luck.
Nov 24, 2014, 9:57 pm
#11
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 774
Anyway, If you cant find it you need to chalk this up as the cost of doing business. This should also teach you to be more careful. Good thing that with proper MSing, this isnt a lot of money.
Nov 25, 2014, 6:42 am
#12
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Nov 25, 2014, 7:01 am
#14
Join Date: Nov 2014
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Well, if you're going to do it, it would make the most sense to do it in the store in case you are robbed while walking to your car. And the OP said "immediately after you buy it" so I assumed he or she meant literally right there and then after purchase.
Nov 25, 2014, 7:09 am
#15
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I guess it depends where you live. You could get robbed doing it in the store just as easy... I think to prevent losing the cards (Not being stolen), you probably can do it in your car unless you somehow lose it between the store and the car.