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Prepaid gift cards

Anakin Olifone
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Join date: 27 May 2008
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05-27-2008 19:57
Is it possible to buy lindens with a AMEX or mastercard prepaid giftcards? It appears as a credit card (digits) but im not sure if they work online.

A friend told me AMEX works but you need a paypal account

I just turned 18 and really don't have a knowledge of credit cards/debit ect but im probably going to look into one soon.
Damien1 Thorne
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05-27-2008 20:06
I posted a link to the Knowledge Base that has a tiny bit of info on Amex on your other thread. I know a lot of people use prepaid MasterCard and Visa.
Tod69 Talamasca
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05-27-2008 22:55
From: Anakin Olifone

I just turned 18 and really don't have a knowledge of credit cards/debit ect but im probably going to look into one soon.


Wow! Wish I could say that!

It's now been 21 years.

Where the heck did they go??? :confused:
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Lea Vendetta
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Join date: 22 Sep 2007
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05-28-2008 00:08
you can with visa and mastercard gift cards but not with amex. I regularly use the visa or mastercard ones, tried amex once and it will not work. Amex does not allow recurring billing on the cards and both the lindex and SLX use paypal which is recurring billing.
Anakin Olifone
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Join date: 27 May 2008
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05-28-2008 12:36
From: Damien1 Thorne
I posted a link to the Knowledge Base that has a tiny bit of info on Amex on your other thread. I know a lot of people use prepaid MasterCard and Visa.


Yes I did look at it but I couldn't find the area where it was contained. I did read about other issues and it helped me out on them so thank you.
Anakin Olifone
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Join date: 27 May 2008
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05-28-2008 12:43
Also, anyone in the US where are mastercard, visa sold, walgreens. cvs, acme?

And also would I need to set up a paypal account to use this or can I use directly on the SL website?
Lea Vendetta
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Join date: 22 Sep 2007
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05-28-2008 15:35
From: Anakin Olifone
Also, anyone in the US where are mastercard, visa sold, walgreens. cvs, acme?

And also would I need to set up a paypal account to use this or can I use directly on the SL website?



I buy all mine at CVS or Krogers. You do not need to set up a paypal account to use them, when paying it give you the option to pay with a CC if you do not have a paypal account.
Osprey Therian
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05-28-2008 15:55
From: Tod69 Talamasca
Wow! Wish I could say that!

It's now been 21 years.

Where the heck did they go??? :confused:


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