So I recently got a VISA Gift card as a Christmas present, but it says that in order to activate it, $4.44 will be drawn from the card, why does that happen every time?

because thats the way it works with visa gift cards thats why i dont use them. its a stupid activation charge thats why i use amazon cards and i can see the website just lagged so many posts be careful happened to me once

Edited December 26, 201411 yr by guppy19

Maybe there is an activation fee?

I've never understood it either; it's so stupid. I've just encouraged any relatives who'd give me a gift card to just give me cash instead.

Yeah the paper said it was an activation fee, F**king stupid! Why should I have to pay money to use my money!? I really hope they get rid of that silly activation fee permanently!

Edited December 26, 201411 yr by Chester199

Yeah the paper said it was an activation fee, F**king stupid! Why should I have to pay money to use my money!? I really hope they get rid of that silly activation fee permanently!

 

gonna have to fight them on that one as if you wanted to buy a gift card for a 100 and then you will have less and the thing you wanted was a hundred i know thats why i never use those things. i did once but what bullshit i shop on amazon or go to the store and get regular ones i dont bother using debt or credit cards anymore as much i would like to but the world has gone made with all the hacking for the past year and a half