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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.

service
177
value
167
shipping
128
returns
126
quality
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Georgia
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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If you buy it, you get stuck with it. Never again will i buy anything from cardcash. Better off just paying full price at each location than risking your money and time with these people. Clipped me for $100.

Date of experience: December 7, 2018
California
1 review
8 helpful votes
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You can't control if the person you give a gift to is using it in 45 days (guarantee) so my gift recipient used later and there was a zero balance. Embarrassing and a waste of money.

Date of experience: December 6, 2018
Arizona
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I checked their site the morning of Black Friday in which the Petco gift cards were offered at 20% off. I waited a few hours and received an email from CardCash saying all cards were an extra 5% off on Black Friday. So I went to order one on Black Friday assuming I would get 25% off with their code, only to find out they dropped the original % off from 20 to 16%, meaning I only got a lowsy extra 1% off. VERY SHADY MARKETING PRACTICES!

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
District of Columbia
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Worst card company ever
November 28, 2018

I hate this company. They give you false hope of your in need of money. I followed every direction. Filled out everything. I received a email saying my order was high risk (whatever that means) and when I called no one could explain to me what happened to my gift card I was trying to sell. I emailed them 8 times and I have still gotten no where. No one has contacted me. So I decided to go use the gift card only to find out my funds had been removed. I don't not recommend this company to anyone.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
Arkansas
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Scam, and much more.
November 27, 2018

Please be aware of this completely bogus company. They make there money on the verification fee, it's only $1.00 but they charge you to verify your information and card you are trying to sell. They will then decline your offer to sell after a few days and not return your money for a few more days the whole time collecting interest on your money and wasting your time.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I bought several Home Depot e cards they advertised on their sites, but never receive any e cards within 24 hours, nor get any response from them within 24 hours as they states on their site.

Date of experience: November 21, 2018
Ohio
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I have been selling to Cardcash for a few years now. The last two transactions were my last two with Cardcash. After both sales were confirmed and I sent the cards to Cardcash, they changed the terms of the sales. They said due to fraud they would need a copy of my driver's license. I said due to identity theft I will not send my DL in. They have been dragging their feet in returning my cards, so I will find somewhere else to sell my gift cards in the future.

Date of experience: November 13, 2018
Texas
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Selling
November 1, 2018

It's a scam. They claimed they sent me two checks that was cashed when I was only was supposed to receive one. I showed proof that my bank account only showed one check cashed. I had to pay for additional check I didnt receive or else I would jepordize my good credit if I didn't pay. Don't recommend this business to anyone.

Date of experience: November 1, 2018
New York
1 review
10 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE!
October 15, 2018

DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE-A SCAM AND A FRAUD-BE WARY! Adevertise big savings and then don't let you use your credit card to charge the item-scam to draw you in. Just submitted to better Business bureau.

Date of experience: October 15, 2018
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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They helped quickly!
October 5, 2018
Updated review

I must update it. They got me the refund within few hours and i have took off my chargeback. They are responsive.

Date of experience: October 4, 2018

Biggest scam - must read.
October 5, 2018
Previous review

I wil make it quick. I never leave reviews but i thought this must be written in order to let people know and be aware of CardCash scam. First j bought 4700$ worth of Nordtrom gift card. One wasnt working after being sent out, they are claiming that it was stolen. Then i placed an order on Nordstrom.com, getting a call from them afterward saying that they will freeze a 1000$ worht of guft cards since they were fraudulently aquired and investigation will take up to 30days. Nordstom decided to take back the money, and wrote me an email explaining that. In quick, this company is buying fraudulent gift cards and tryig to rip us off. Be very carfull. I am doing a chargeback anyway and planning doing whatver it takes to harm them. Go to Raise.com. Much safer.

Date of experience: October 3, 2018
Virginia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Buying cards is a huge risk with the site. I have bought hundreds of dollars in cards only to find ones that I did not immediately use were emptied - probably by the sellers. About $300 in cards were covered by the 45 day guarantee but another $300 or so were worthless (and I ended up eating the entire loss)

Date of experience: October 3, 2018
Oklahoma
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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The website said you would get ecards in minutes. It's been 24 hours and I have yet to receive mine. I submitted a ticket to get it refunded and they won't because they said I already bought it, but I've yet to get it through email. You also can't access you cards through their site, you have to find it in your email and print it from that. Raise is a much better site, you get electronic cards instantly and you can view your card information at their site/app whenever/wherever you want. That way you don't have to search through your email and download the card everytime.

Date of experience: October 2, 2018
Clara R.
Oregon
514 reviews
614 helpful votes
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Cool app
September 26, 2018

Thia app sends money into your gidts cards when they run low...simply put in the gift card pin and card number..play a fee games and survey..more money will go into your card. I was down $3 on a target card and i ended up with $7 more on it after playing a few games on the app it does work

Date of experience: September 25, 2018
New York
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Trashy crook site
September 8, 2018

So back in July, I tried to sell my P. F. Chang's gift cards. They said I needed to "verify" with my credit card for "fraud protection", sounds like a load of $#*! for me, so I fill in the info and then wait 1 - 2 days. I actually made a mistake on putting the credit card info and they STILL charged my PayPal account! I got it refunded after 2 weeks, then tried again. I waited when I put in the verification on August 8th, and I waited 3 weeks! What kind of "verification" is that!?. I had to send them several emails just to get my money back, and after that, I will never do business with this company again. Steer clear away from this company and SaveYa, who is also known for doing these same kinds of things, you buying gift cards, and there being a zero balance, or them "freezing " your account because your a supposed "FRAUD RISK", that made me burst out with laughter. As I previously stated, steer clear away from these companies and use card selling sites/apps that don't require credit card verification, such as CardSell on the iOS store, or allaboutgiftcards.

Date of experience: September 8, 2018
Massachusetts
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Glitchy, not accountable
September 7, 2018

Glitchy verification process prompted PayPal to lock me out of my account. After finally getting that mess sorted out and completing the sale, I received a generic email saying that my transaction was declined. No reason given. I messaged support to inquire on why they declined the sale of two verified balance gift card by a user that had just endured an inexplicably glitchy authentication process. Their response - "Must have been a silly mistake. You're destined to use those gift cards after all!" Seriously?
And find out afterwards that they flagged the cards so I couldn't even try again to sell them. CardCash is a giant clusterf@¢k.
Take your business to one of their many competitors unless you enjoy having your time wasted.

Date of experience: September 6, 2018
Florida
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Basically I lost my credit card info to them and got nothing in return. There are other places if you want to buy gift cards, this is not one of them. Plus their discount rates are not very competitive compared to others.

Date of experience: August 17, 2018
Washington
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Scam
August 17, 2018

I had a starbucks gift card and I wanted to exchange it since I don't go to starbucks. I ended up getting an email saying they flagged my order as "high risk" whatever that means. I can assure you that the gift card I had was never use. That said, I went to my bank account to check if there was any chances since I gave them my information. I then saw that they had charged me $1 and the transaction is still pending.

Date of experience: August 16, 2018
Maryland
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I bought $350 worth of fraudulent HYATT hotel gift cards.
Unfortunately, I was unable to redeem them prior to their 45 day grace period.
They claim that after the 45 day grace period, they will not honor any problems with the cards.
When I attempted to redeem the cards with HYATT, they said that they DO NOT accept cards that are resold.
They also did not have a pin number on them which would have been necessary to make them valid.
I was denied the ability to discuss the matter with their legal department.
They sold me goods that were invalid from the get go!
Terrible, terrible, terrible.etc

Date of experience: August 3, 2018
Texas
1 review
14 helpful votes
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Seems like a scam
July 25, 2018

They received my payment information for the transaction and then sent me an email that said "ORDER # *******

Dear Devrie McCuistion,

Thank you for being a valued CardCash customer.

Unfortunately, we were unable to process your order.

Your order has been flagged by our fraud systems as high risk.

As a result, your order has been canceled and you have not been charged."

There IS a pending charge on my Master Card. I would dispute it, but now all I can do is watch to see if it goes through. I am a retired lady with excellent credit, not a scratch on my record and I use the email address they had me sign up with and verify all the time. Seems they are collecting peoples credit card information.

Date of experience: July 25, 2018
Oregon
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Crook's
July 24, 2018

Don't buy from them... Bought a Bass pro card from them and went to use it money had been transferred to a Cabela's card. Card cash would not refund my money. They are crook's stay away.

Date of experience: July 24, 2018

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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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