Small Balances Left on Pre-paid Credit Cards

By

phishphan98

Just wanted to let everyone know that I tried the PayPal way and it wouldn't let me do it. Some of the cards were not accepted by PayPal and to have more than 2 cards listed they wanted me to pay for that.

I tried to use them in a store but the stores view them as credit cards and insist on a $10 minimum of charging.

I'm emailing a couple of charities to see if I can donate these tiny amounts to them. I'll come back and update here when I hear from them.

Thank you to everyone for their suggestions!

By (Guest Post)

If you save up a few cards, you can use them at the register for a purchase. Use as many cards as you want to pay for the purchase. The trick to using them is to know the EXACT amount that is left on the card. If you have 3 cards and they have .49, .54 and .59 on them, just let the cashier know the amount on each card, and she can run them for the amounts on the cards one at a time. What is left over you can pay with cash or other tender. Hope this helps.

By April. (Guest Post)

I'd buy postage stamps, or use when mailing a package or oversized envelope.

By MikeS (Guest Post)

One important thing is to know exactly how much is remaining on the card. If there is 25 cents, then use the card the same as you'd use a quarter. Knowing the remaining balance will help the cashier zero-out your card. The second thing is to buy prepaid cards that don't expire and don't charge fees. These do exist, but are hard to find. The PayPal suggestions already given are good, too.

By

the Oracle

Join PayPal. Then use it as your first payer with anything else as the second payer.

By

Noella

You can always finish out the balance with paying it on a purchase. Then pay the remainder with either a credit card, debit card, or cash - or even all three!

By

cfbandit

What about combining them on a small purchase through something like eBay's MissionFish?

Otherwise, I know Change Round Up

https://www.changeroundup.com/default.aspx

offers the ability to do small change donations at certain websites.

By (Guest Post)

how about buying a small candy bar or pack of gum and paying any difference from what is on the card and the purchase

By

skealsing

Set up a pay pal account and put the remaining money on the paypal account. this way you can save it and use it for itmes like on ebay and other sites that accept payment through pay pal.