First timer here !
I bought a $500 gift card from Simon and activated it with a pin.
Background :went to Walmart and tried to purchase a Go Bank preloadable MC to use to u unload the gift cards. There is a 2.95 activation fee plus whatever I wanted to add to fund the account (was required to add between 20-500)
So I said To the Rep , let’s load up to the full $500 and to include the activation fee ( 497.25 +2.95)
Tried running the giftcard as debit, entered the pin... then the card got declined.
Tried again for less than 500. ( I think I did 400 to be loaded onto the account ..) denied again
QUESTION: how are you guys able to activate the Go Bank MasterCard the first time around? Should I just use my regular debit card and front up the 2.95 activation fee and load like 20 bucks, then go the next day try to unload the 500 gift card onto the prepaid account?
please advice , sorry for the long post
