Originally Posted by
jrivers010
Is buying a visa gift card with a CF at Walgreens for the purpose of paying off medical/traffic ticket fees ok? or will it somehow get flagged due to the nature of the institution?
In addition, how much are the purchase fees associated with VGC generally? I will be getting 5% rewards at walgreens for using CF. So i am assuming if its a flat fee for a VGC purchase, the bigger the better right?
Thank you
If your medical provider or traffic court takes VGCs, then by all means it is feasible for you to pay them with the cards. With that being said, I don't know many practitioners or legal entities that will accept gift cards (but YMMV). As to cost, that will range from $0.00 for those special weeks where OD/OM are selling them at cost (in essence) all the way to $8-9 per $500 card in various stores.
In my experience, most medical and legal entities these days take CCs so why add the additional step (and expense) of adding a VGC to the mix?