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Old Aug 26, 2023 | 3:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Mary2e
I received 2 Vanilla cards as gifts. I activated them and checked the balance. They are intact.

I loaded them to my Amazon account and when I tried to use either, they were rejected - several times. I changed them to be credit cards instead of default debit cards, as Amazon instructed, and they still were rejected.

I tried in a fast food place, and they were rejected too.

How do I get the darned things to work?
I'd try buying an Amazon gift card exactly equal to the balance on the card rather than trying to apply it toward a larger purchase..

If you don't want to or end up not being able to do that, try a retail store purchase like a grocery store. Dining purchases tend to be problematic since they often automatically try to hold 20% extra for tipping and therefore approvals can be sketchy.
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