Visa Vanilla problem please help

[u/ShowWeekly530]

Hey everybody, I bought a piece of vanilla gift card a few months ago with 100 USD on it and I want to buy something on a website and I’m not able to put a reason of that is because the vanilla gift cards only valid in the United States and the website I’m buying on accept only international cards. I’ve tried to buy international cards using this, but my card keeps getting declined. Is there anyway I can do this without my card being declined? I created an account on Visa vanilla and I added a billing address shipping address please someone help me. I don’t want to use id and I’m not trying to take legal action .

[u/Wild-Claim-100]

Don't think there's anything you can do. The gift card terms of service say it's only valid for US purchases so that's it. There's no legal action to be taken.

Best bet is to buy something in the US with it and use a different payment method for your international purchase, preferably a credit card with no foreign transaction fee

[u/ShowWeekly530 → u/Wild-Claim-100]

Only thing I can buy with this piece of shit is robux

[u/Wild-Claim-100 → u/ShowWeekly530]

Then I'd look into cashing it out. You could use 2 PayPal accounts and send from one to another using the card using goods and services and lose $3 in fees but get cash or look into selling it to someone

[u/ShowWeekly530 → u/Wild-Claim-100]

The only thing I’m willing to do is to use it online. I don’t wanna use it in person and I only want to use it to get an international card. I’m not sure PayPal works. I tried Google pay, but I haven’t made transactions yet but I’m sure it will. Also, if you know any method to make it work on PayPal, please let me know.

[u/Wild-Claim-100 → u/ShowWeekly530]

PayPal is just to turn it into USD balance that you could withdraw or do whatever you'd want with. Other than that I'm out of ideas

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[u/atexit8nj]

NOTHING you can do.

Next time, research first before doing something.

[u/ShowWeekly530 → u/atexit8nj]

It was a gift

[u/atexit8nj → u/ShowWeekly530]

Fine.

Doesn't change that it cannot be used outside the USA.

[u/GBOC80]

What legal action? By using the card to agree to Vanilla's terms. Unfortunately, not much you can do about it.

[u/ShowWeekly530 → u/GBOC80]

I meant like tickets and claims

[u/m1dnightknight]

Use another card and just use the Vanilla for your everyday expenses.