Wedding Gift

I personally would just send a thank you card for the gift card and leave it at that. I would imagine any conversation regarding it not working would be awkward (and embarrassing!) for all involved.

Gift cards have to be opened to activate them. Is there a website on the back where you can check the balance? It is possible that when he bought it, the store did not activate it properly which would cause it to not work or show a balance. I would hate to bring it up but I would also hate for him to have paid for something and did not get it.

On a side note, we received a bunch of gift cards as wedding gifts and had them come up as declined/invalid in quiet a few big name stores which was surprising since we knew they had a balance. If you order anything online, try it there and see if it works.

Good luck!

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I checked the website and it said it didn't recognize the card. I can't use it to order anything online because I would need a name and billing address associated with the card.

I guess I just have to forget about it but it is odd that he would give me a blank gift card.

I would just send a thank you card and pretend it worked. It's too awkward to hand it back saying it doesn't!

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That is weird. I have never had to provide any of that when using a gift card.

Does he have a secretary or someone that you are more comfortable asking about it or could have even possibly bought it for him. I do agree that it is probably best to just send the thank you card regardless but it is very odd lol

Let it go and just smile and say thanks! It’s not a serious enough situation to make a deal of it.

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When purchasing anything online, websites usually just require the billing address and name. Because it is a Visa gift card, it should work with your information, since that info is not known when the card is made. I've had a couple for like birthday gifts, and just used my normal business address, and they went through alright. I hope that makes sense.

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Thanks Nichole. I will try that.

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I'll send a thank you anyway, I was just thinking maybe someone else can relate.

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I'm sending a thank you anyway. I would just hate to think what amount he thinks is on there just goes to waste.

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Yeah unfortunately there isn't much he can do unless he saved the receipt, which I doubt?

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I'm trying to just use my info for online shopping. We will see if it goes thru.

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I'm sending a thank you note anyway, I just didn't want it to go to waste.

Was it a Vanilla Visa gift card? I know those cards can get hacked fairly easily. My grandmother gave my sister-in-law one year with $100 on it, but when my sister-in-law went to use it, there wasn't anything on there. I've heard a lot of other people online say that same thing happened to them with those. I hate that for you! I guess I'd just send a thank you note because it'd seem awkward for me to say something.