VISA Prepaid Gift Card to Cash

I don't know if this is common knowledge but I figured I'd post it here.

I had a $400 Prepaid Visa gift card that I wanted to convert to pure cash. I tried looking up lots of ways to do this.

• Square denied the card

• PayPal wouldn't accept it

• I heard you could Venmo a friend using the prepaid card then have them Venmo you back, but some people said the accounts could be banned due to fraud, so I didn't try.

What Worked

Walmart provides Money Orders that can be paid for using a prepaid visa so long as the visa has a PIN attached to it. A PIN number can be applied to the card by calling the number on the back. When I obtained a money order they applied an 88¢ fee to get the $395 (I wanted to leave a little on the card) which I gladly accepted.

I didn't know if you could turn in the money order a second after you purchased it, so I just went to another Walmart and turned in the money order there (keep the receipt just to be safe) and got the $395 plus the 88¢ back as cash.

If none of the options I listed at the top, try the Walmart method. They should only deny the prepaid Visa if you don't have the PIN.

Similarly, I think this will work at any store that provides money orders.

cheers

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source https://www.reddit.com/r/beermoney/comments/eq3wjh/visa_prepaid_gift_card_to_cash/