VISA gift card not working in valorant

Im trying to use a prepaid VISA gift card i got a while back to buy $35 worth of VP and it just says "transaction has been declined. The card seems to be invalid" Ive bought things in valorant just fine before this with prepaid gift cards, anyone know whats up? card has enough money on it.
40 Replies
Kris
Kris3y ago
Have you tried contacting Visa about this problem?
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
nah, contacting visa or riot is probably my next step if no one here knows
Kris
Kris3y ago
Sometimes they lock the card due to suspicious activity (personally, I think they do it on purpose) and you usually you have to call them and confirm it's actually you trying to use the card Mastercard did that a few times but idk about Visa
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
do they do that with the gift cards? i imagine that would only be for proper debit and credit cards
Kris
Kris3y ago
It's a Visa prepaid card right?
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
yea prepaid gift card
Kris
Kris3y ago
Yea, there's a possibility of them doing that
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
mhm, will look into it
Ryoichi
Ryoichi3y ago
ong whats the info of the card
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
ayo?
Kris
Kris3y ago
SprayThisIsFine
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
VISA was not able to help me neither was the card provider but i didnt get through to a real person so who knows
Kris
Kris3y ago
Where did you buy the card from?
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
some CVS pharmacy if i remember correctly
Kris
Kris3y ago
Are you using the card via in-game?
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
yep i tried amazon too
Kris
Kris3y ago
Have you tried contacting Visa via email?
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
i cant they ask for card number and the one on the card itself doesnt work
Doorkneebster
Doorkneebster3y ago
i cant use my visa gift card either
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
provider?
Kris
Kris3y ago
Maybe they didn't activate the card when you purchased it from CVS
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
nope, i have made two purchases with this card previously
Doorkneebster
Doorkneebster3y ago
i got it for my birthday idk where they got it from
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
no like on the card for example mine says vanillagift
Doorkneebster
Doorkneebster3y ago
mine dont have one its a happy bday card visa
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
mhm
Doorkneebster
Doorkneebster3y ago
it was bought from target
Kris
Kris3y ago
Does it like have an online portal where you can see the balance and stuff? maybe you can see if it's locked
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
there is, at least for vanillagift doesnt help though i tried calling the number on the visa gift card website but i got stuck in a giveaway loop it also says the card is active on the vanillagift site so idk
UnLogic
UnLogic3y ago
Yeah I currently have the same issue - I've bought from the store using visa cards many times before, but this time is different - and the card itself isn't an issue since I had been able to make a steam purchase as well
rayyftw
rayyftw3y ago
the thing is u need money for tax so that might not work
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
I have more than enough on the card for tax I’ve sent a ticket to riot, will report back
UnLogic
UnLogic3y ago
I did the same about 2 hours ago, but at least its good to know that we're also not the only 2 dealing with visa problems I've seen a couple other people here report on it so it should be fixed soon i'll send the response to my ticket if it helps here
asddfghjkl;
asddfghjkl;3y ago
Sometimes for prepaid cards you have to login to the visa website and add a postal code for verification
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
I don’t think there is a way to do that on visas website I am going to sleep now tho if you know a way I will check tomorrow my ticket got redirected, might take until tomorrow
Neci
Neci3y ago
with vanilla gift cards, the way I do it is connect it to a PayPal account and use PayPal to buy the cards PayPal let’s you connect prepaid cards, and you can use it that way instead if you want it should work with any other prepaid too
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
don’t have PayPal
UnLogic
UnLogic3y ago
@drysdalia I just bought a val giftcard (before purchasing the points) off of Best Buy pretty easily, but Amazon is also another option if you want to use that Its basically 1 extra step for a reliable solution
Drakloak
DrakloakOP3y ago
Mine did not work on Amazon And im trying to get $35 worth anyways Got a response from riot support, I haven’t looked too closely at it but it’s basically stuff we already know So I’m kinda stuck alright well my card started working on amazon so im just doing that o7 still not working in valorant so i guess this is just how it be now
asddfghjkl;
asddfghjkl;3y ago
it is a prepaid visa right? next time just search visa prepaid and then login with ur card I've done it before Much easier with vanilla prepaid Mastercards too
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