Originally Posted by
ZzzzX
A local store has these things but I haven't tested them yet. Need to diversify so I may take the plunge. I'm being lazy to ask this here (instead of spending the time reading--I'll admit it): my understanding is that once these are purchased there is no fee attached unless you register, right? Now that I think abou it, that makes sense. How would they charge a fee to a card without any information attached to it!
I think I need more coffee.
Sure they can. They have full records of the card number and take the fee out from your card balance whether you register or not. You do know that ALL gift cards are fully traceable by the issuers, dont you?
I always dispose PP within the same day because there is no way to know WHEN the fee would be hit. It used to be a month, then changed to 7 days without any warning. People found that out when they saw their card balances were reduced by the monthly fee. For all I can speculate, it could change to the next day after purchase, just like other such cards in its genre. (Account Now for example).