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Oct 26, 2025 | 3:45 am

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Originally Posted by WorkToLive

I bought eight virtual visa gift cards through staples last week with the fee free promo. I registered them online and each have $200 loaded. I tried paying some student loans off with them through first mark but kept getting an error that the card could not be verified.

Is there anything I am doing wrong with this? Am I able to use these at Walmart for a MO to liquidate them?

Does the bank holding your loan allow payment using a credit or debit card? Have you been successful in using such instruments to make a payment in the past? Or do they allow only checks or MOs?

It may be that your loan processor, whoever that is, does not allow credit or debit card payments.

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