Has anyone ever experienced this? Gift card related - Page 2

[Cheshire]

Originally Posted by Polliwog

It's not a credit account, there's no way that it could turn up as an account on your credit card/

It may not show up as an "account" but with your SS# they can and will share your info. From the card's "cardholder agreement"

# Sharing Information About You. We will disclose information to third parties about your Walmart MoneyCard or the transactions, loads, and reloads you make:

* Where it is necessary for completing transactions, loads, or reloads;
* In order to verify the existence and condition of your Walmart MoneyCard for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant;
* In order to comply with government agency or court orders;
* If you give us express permission; and
* As otherwise provided in our Privacy Policy

Please refer to our Privacy Policy that accompanies this Agreement. You hereby agree to our collection, use, and sharing of information about you and your Walmart MoneyCard as provided in our Privacy Policy, which is made a part of this Agreement.

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Information We Collect And Sources Of Information. We collect personally identifiable information about you (such as your address, phone number, social security number, and information about transactions, loads, reloads, and items purchased) for identification, card management, servicing and marketing purposes. We obtain information about you directly from you (such as through applications), through your use of our products and services, and from third parties (such as credit bureaus and demographic firms). Occasionally, we may also collect information about you online using "cookies" (small pieces of data stored by your Internet browser on your computer) or other technology that may be used to remember passwords for you, to track your website usage with us, and to provide you with customized content, among other things.

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Our Affiliates, who are other companies in the General Electric Company corporate family ("GE Family"), for servicing or marketing purposes, subject to your right to opt out of sharing of credit eligibility information, such as certain information from credit bureaus and your application, as provided in the It's Your Choice section below.

Bottom line - the fewer companies that have your SS# the better. If you need the card or want the card that's fine but just to use it as a gift card until the original gift money is spent it's not worth it.

[gbailey]

Originally Posted by abimommy

I got one of those for Christmas one year. I refused to give them my SS#. They ended up cutting me a check.

Were you able to get in touch with customer service or did you do this online? I think that;s what we'll do. Thanks!

[gbailey]

Originally Posted by Cheshire

It may not show up as an "account" but with your SS# they can and will share your info. From the card's "cardholder agreement"


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Bottom line - the fewer companies that have your SS# the better. If you need the card or want the card that's fine but just to use it as a gift card until the original gift money is spent it's not worth it.

Thanks for posting this. These are all of the reasons why neither of us wants to give our social.

[VisionaryMom]

Originally Posted by gbailey

At the risk of sounding ungrateful, this really is an annoying process. I've never had to do this with a gift card. I get DH iTunes gift cards and all the cashier does is activate it. Nothing else. I mean he has to enter the code when he's buying music but not provide other info.

My dad bought me one, and that's how I felt as well. I don't think he meant to buy the money card, but oh well...

I went through the registration process, and it all worked fine. I'm pretty sure the registration w/ SSN is a Patriot Act issue, not an issue from the bank issuing the cards.

[gbailey]

Just an update. We lost the sheet of paper that had the activation code which happened after SIL said we could use her ss number to activate the card. She lost the receipt to give us the activation code again so she went to Walmart. Walmart told her they had a record of her transaction (I didn't ask how) but they needed to physically see the card in order to give her the activation code. I mailed her back the money card so she can take it to Walmart but SIL decided to just get another regular gift card anyway. Can you believe so muh trouble and a well intentioned gift being so much trouble?!