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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by freakflyer
No issue with that. But why not buy Amex, Visa or Master Card gift cards through Cashback Site or something similar? That way you will have a regular credit card that you can use for anything and earn a little extra money through the purchase? Or you can buy a generic card at a local grocery store (like Safeway) that you can later turn in to almost anything. I just turned in some Walgreen's cards for Shell gas cards. These cards are becoming quite fungible.
However, all the cards like this that I've looked at come with purchase fees as well as (frequent) monthly fees that can kick in quite soon. I was looking at it to also meet an Amex minimum spend and then use the debit cards to pay bills where Amex is not accepted.

Do you know of good/low fee Visa/MC gift cards?
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