jroc2680vr Posted January 22, 2017 Posted January 22, 2017 Getting ready to purchase and I have some Visa gift cards totaling a few hundred dollars. When checking out, can I use those gift cards and then pay the balance with another card/paypal?
Rockjaw Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 I'll see if I can find this out, , although I have to say I doubt it - in the same way that splitting a payment over multiple credit cards generally isn't done via ecommerce sites. Essentially, even though they're gift cards, for the purposes of payment collection a Visa gift card is still a Visa card.
jroc2680vr Posted January 25, 2017 Author Posted January 25, 2017 Thanks. I have enough Best Buy cards to buy the Rift and CPU needed from a Best Buy store. Would like to see if I can split up gift cards to buy the Vive as I would have to by online through HTC as I have no local store to try before I buy. I can buy though a Game Stop store but I have no return policy if it doesn’t work out.
jroc2680vr Posted April 10, 2017 Author Posted April 10, 2017 Just checking th status of this. I am ready to buy and now have enough VIsa cards to cover entire purchase. Question remains, can you check out with multiple gifts cards or split up payment. Please let me know ASAP. Thansks so much!
bulloko Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 NOPE! I found this out from their customer service just last week. There is a slight 'workaround' though. Take your Visa GiftCards and buy AMAZON Gift Cards, or Reload your Amazon Gift Card Balance - https://www.amazon.com/Reload-Your-Gift-Card-Balance/b?ie=UTF8&node=10232440011 When you make your purchase on AMAZON - you'll be able to use that GiftCard Balance. Then if you don't have enough, you can throw it onto a card. This is actually what I just did. I had 3 gift cards I threw at Amazon. Then bought my Vive and put the rest on another card. Worked great!
Rockjaw Posted April 10, 2017 Posted April 10, 2017 , thanks for chiming in. Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible at this time to split purchases on Vive.com, but as suggested here, 'converting' to purchase on Amazon could work out fine.
Formula17Studios Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 Fair warning if you do decide to go the Amazon route, if you're in a state with sales tax on Amazon, which I think is most by now, you're going to be paying $50+ extra. However, I added one to my cart and then decided not to buy it and they sent me a $100 off coupon about a week later., I don't think I can transfer it, but they might do the same for you.
bulloko Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 - True! Though I think most states ask you to declare online purchases when you do taxes. Mine does at least.
Formula17Studios Posted April 11, 2017 Posted April 11, 2017 I think starting with April Amazon began collecting sales tax of purchases in every state when you checkout. Here they have taken it for 3 or 4 years, but I remember reading something about it becoming a nationwide practice for them this month.
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