Forgive the clickbait title, but earlier this year Chuck put together the Payments Workshop. It’s a database where people can share and search for datapoints regarding payment information. For example:
- How many cards you can split payment with at different retailers
- Maximum number of gift cards that can be used
- If the point of sale machine will autodrain prepaid cards or not
- Bunch of other interest information
For whatever reason, this page hasn’t been as popular as other reference pages (e.g what bank accounts can be funded with a credit card?) even though I see questions that are answered by this page on a semi regular basis. If you haven’t checked it out or bookmarked it, do so now and then let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
excellent repost. I bookmarked this and shared with friends. very useful! TY!
I visit it all the time.
like others have said, this page hasn’t been as popular as it SHOULD BE because NOBODY knows about it. I knew about it because I keep bookmarks. But that page is “hidden” like a ninja. its not easily accessible. its not BAM in yo face. so its not “For whatever reason”. There is a specific reason.
I did not know it existed either. Not to take anything away from this blog as it is the best of its kind and a real treasure—So take what follows as constructive criticism.
I don’t think I will use it simply because it is unreliable–it lists evolve money as taking prepaid cards, which it did once, when it existed, but before it became useless. It still lists ebay as accepting ebay GC for third party GC.
So, now when I see that, e.g. plastiq will take pre-paid visas with no registration, I am skeptical. Maybe it did once, maybe it still does, but since the document has so much other outdated info, I can’t trust this piece of info either.
PS DOES plastiq take pre-paids?
Thanks for this site, though, DOC.
Yes. It works. Its 100% YMMV tho. NOT consistent and it requires trial error w/ address changes. Also DONT call Plastiq either. Thats equivalent to idiots calling Amex to get their MPX GC reimbursed for airline.
Thanks!
Also, I never call in..I thought that was the first rule of MS club…That’s why we can’t have nice things.
exactly. honestly im tired of people breaking that rule via God King Entitlement… if we all just kept quiet and helped each other then it would look like 5 years ago… Birds still would be alive…
If you see something that is wrong, you just need to let us know so we can update it. If people do that then everybody benefits.
Thanks Jim, updated the eBay and Evolve parts. Let us know if you see anything else outdated.
Did not know a resource like this existed. You guys continue to develop good content. Though, I imagine that the typical response to your clickbait would be that isolated posts like this are difficult to find on your site.