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CardCash

2.6

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CardCash Reviews Summary

CardCash has a rating of 2.6 stars from 2,641 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with CardCash most frequently mention gift cards, customer service and day guarantee. CardCash ranks 5th among Gift Cards sites.

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value
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shipping
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returns
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quality
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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Fraud! Be aware!
July 25, 2016

Horrible scam! They have stolen my money! Stay away from them!

Date of experience: July 25, 2016
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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DO NOT SUPPORT!
July 22, 2016

After 45 days, if you do not use the gift card, kiss the money good-bye. They have stolen money from so many people. I've been in contact with the BBB and Consumer Protection - this is a horrible scam.

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
Canada
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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I requested a refund from giftcard.com. I was out of the country and could not go to the retailer that the card was for. I contacted the merchant and giftcard. Was told that the card was not verifiable because the merchant was having technical difficulty and was not able to verify the amt. I tried calling back 5 times on different days, and the site was still down. As far as i'm concerned my gift card is invalid and I have lost my money! Bad business.

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
Ohio
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Avoid
July 21, 2016

I have received multiple cards and vouchers that would not work or would stop working when available credit was supposed to be on there. I am finished with cardcash. Not worth the effort and I do not like being at their mercy to have my money returned. Avoid!

Date of experience: July 21, 2016
Mississippi
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Many of these commenters believe the previous owners of these gift cards are retaining the card/pin numbers. It is too coincidental they are all waiting just past the 45 day guarantee period to steal the balances! In my opinion it is Cardcash.com that is retaining the card info and stealing the balances. Cardcash.com has numerous complaints on numerous consumer alert websites.

Date of experience: July 19, 2016
New York
1 review
3 helpful votes
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This site advertises its 45 days guarantee. BUT In fact, the card will expire in 45 days!
If you're not using it in 45 days, card value comes to zero, and this site will not refund anything! Be careful to buy from this site! There are so many better site than this

Date of experience: July 5, 2016
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not buy from here unless you absolutely are going to use the gift cards immediately. This site is rife with gift cards from scammers who sell the gift cards to Card Cash but then keep a copy of the gift card and drain them. They don't have as great a guarantee policy as Gift Card Zen where there is no limits on the claim period. Only buy here if desperate and the price is great.

Date of experience: July 5, 2016
Colorado
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Not a good deal
July 1, 2016

Bout 19 $50 Hyatt gift cards. 6 cards had money on the cards the other 13 had a 0 balance. Very disappointed and embarrassed at my hotel check out.

Date of experience: July 1, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I recently saw that this "company" has an "F" with the Better Business Bureau! Their accreditation has been REVOKED! Several have complained that they received gift cards which were used later, so apparently, the previous owners wrote down the card numbers, and used them later on.

Here's my issue! I bought a Lowes digital gift card in November 2015. It clearly says "Lowes GIFT CARD!" It has a bar code and all. I couldn't use it online nor in-store! Lowes scanned the barcode and confirmed that it had a $231 balance, but said I couldn't use it! They said it was actually a "merchandise credit", not a gift card as it says! They said I'd have to get a refund from the 3rd party seller. I called cardcash. Wow! I got different stories. One girl said that the actual physical cards are kept in the main office, and they would look for the one to my digital card. Over a week later, I received an email saying NOTHING about that! It kept repeating the 45 day guarantee, sayithey weren't responsible!
So, I filed a complaint with bbbdotorg. My response was that cardcash was not a 3rd party seller, that they were like eBay, and only offer a place for sellers to list cards. REALLY? That's odd, because every time I have bought cards, it DID NOT have some private individual's name on the package, nor did I send payment to a private individual! How about you guys? I sent payment to CARDCASH and received a package or email with digital cards from CARDCASH.
Furthermore, Lowes DOES NOT issue digital merchandise credit with a barcode! So, explain how I was sent one? The original owner didn't have that. He/she had a PHYSICAL "merchandise credit" card.
The company refuses to refund my money! I am furious, but some have lost THOUSANDS from this joke of a company!

Buy at your own risk!

Date of experience: June 29, 2016
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I have been using CardCash for a few years without issues till this year with them getting all the attention in magazines, etc. Since March I have ordered cards as usual and I check the balances immediately but within weeks after that, the cards have ZERO balances and if you don't use immediately (within your 45 days) then you are out cash paid.
Customer Service is unable to help If the seller kept the card info and continues to use it online after sold to CardCash. Now I'm out over $300 because I waited 45 days to use the cards! Beware of most retail cards sold that you can use online, seller can still use online and card has NO value but they got paid & used the balance on cards.
CardCash should NOT continue to buy from any sellers that had a buyer complaint with cards used AFTER the purchase.

Date of experience: June 23, 2016
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Trusted Site
June 22, 2016

I trust this website and have been working with the staff for a long time. The service is very good. Particularly I should mention the name of the person who is wonderful - Ben Weitman.

However I have experienced many times that the cards I received but not valid. This is terrible. Sometimes I just got the cards and was charged $2000 to my credit card, but I can't use it. Therefore I have to buy other cards while I have to pay the credit card bill if it comes to me a few days later. I had to submit the request for refunds and the refund process takes at least 5 business days. This becomes a big issue. If the security is enhanced in getting the cards from the card sellers and the risk of getting the bad cards is minimized, CardCash is the best.

Date of experience: June 21, 2016
Virginia
3 reviews
8 helpful votes
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My last 2 digital gift cards, one to TGIFridays and one to Panera, are still being used probably by the original owner. My balances are going down and I have lost money. Sent in a request to fix the problem. Disappointed it takes 5-7 business days to fix... my balances will be zero by then! Sad that there are people cheating this company, it's a great idea, just needs better security.

Date of experience: June 19, 2016
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Awesome
June 19, 2016

Great stores at discount prices. Fast and free shipping. I will be using this site a lot.

Date of experience: June 18, 2016
Illinois
1 review
6 helpful votes
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I purchased a Sports Authority gift card used a portion of it with in 45 days back in November, tried to use the remaining $72 that was confirmed by CashCard on the day Sports Authority said it had zero bal. No where does it say the entire card has to be used within 45 days I assumed since it worked within that time period there was no rush to use the entire card. I have bought thousands of dollars in gift cards from CashCard but will never again as I told the supervsior from Cash Card.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Reasonable and saves me $
June 16, 2016

Have enjoyed using CardCash many times. Had one experience where the card didn't work and it took 3 weeks to get my money back, but the rest of the transactions have always gone well.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
Maryland
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Never received it!
June 15, 2016

Ordered a Chick-Fil-A gift card. Waited and waited for it to arrive. Finally after a month, I asked and received a refund. Not sure what happened.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Best way to shop
June 16, 2016

I love adding additional savings at the stores I already shop at.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
New Jersey
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Disappointing
June 15, 2016

Received a card and when tried to redeem it had already been used

Would have thought that this would not happen

Had to file a claim

What if this was sent as a gift. It would have been very embarrassing.

Date of experience: June 15, 2016
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Can i give it any lower than a 1?
June 15, 2016

When I first started using this I was obsessed praising it telling every single person about it and last three times that I've gone to use large dollar amount gift cards $200 plus there was no money on the card cause me to buy a second time and then the second purchase also did not have money on the gift card I will no longer use this source

Date of experience: June 14, 2016
New York
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Courteous representatives
June 15, 2016

Got some refunds, a little confused on multiple claims and responses all at the same time so I called back and it was explained. Happy now

Date of experience: June 14, 2016

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CardCash.com is the web's largest gift card exchange. Sell your gift card for cash, buy gift cards to your favorite merchants at a discount!


cardcash.com
Founded in 2008
Brick, NJ, United States
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