[BoM, BSA, StG] $5 Bonus Cashback on $50 Restaurant Choice Gift Card (500 Rewards, Activation Required) @ ShopBack App

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  souths123 on 20/08/2024 - 07:44

  thanks, just got one

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  Neoika on 20/08/2024 - 07:58

  Lifted from $3 last time.

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  aiyoyo on 20/08/2024 - 08:03

  +5

  Such a pain for small remaining balance this kind of gift card. :(

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    souths123 on 20/08/2024 - 08:22

    yes, although some places allow you to split your bill to use up those small balances, I just always ask a place if they do split, sometimes they can use 2 card payments, or 1 card and cash etc, or sometimes unlimited.
    The thing I hate is the places that charge a fee to use a debit/credit card, as that is how this is processed, even though it is a gift card….some restaurants/bars etc charge a % to use the card for payment, so you have to take that into account when paying….say the amount on the card is $50 and your bill is $60, you can't just say to use $50 if there is, say, a .06% fee, you have to work out the fee amount and then take that off the $50 and then tell them to debit that slightly smaller amount of $49.70 and hope that goes through. The other thing I hate is when stored in your wallet, you can't tell which card is which…i.e. one might be for $100 and the other for $50, plus you can't see remaining balance on there either. Have to log into the black hawk site and search the balance, or keep the info somewhere and update it every time you use the card until it is finished. It would be good if you could use these cards to pay for app or online food orders with split payments, that is another annoying thing. $50 card $60 purchase and you can't use the card to pay

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      Slippery Otter on 20/08/2024 - 08:27

      -1

      Its a prepaid debit card; if it really were a gift card, then it would only work at specific places. So the surcharge is understandable but annoying.

      My partner and I use a spreadsheet with all our small balances to keep track. We have so many.

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        souths123 on 20/08/2024 - 09:23

        +1

        although at Meat & Wine Co, if you have a physical card, they do it as if it is a gift card and waive the % cost

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      highwind on 20/08/2024 - 08:38

      +3

      The way I differentiate/track card balance manually is to use the nickname option in Google Wallet. I put in the remaining balance as the nickname, then update it as I use it.
      Though a really dumb thing is that Google doesn't allow numbers in the nickname, so I've had to spell it out (using Asian characters help the character limit haha)

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        souths123 on 20/08/2024 - 09:22

        thanks for that, I didn't even know there was a nickname option in there. Just added that description incl balance to this card