GiftCards.com Reviews

GiftCards.com is a website that says they believe that with the right image, message, and delivery system, a gift card be taken from an impersonal gift and turned into one of the most personal and thoughtful gifts you can give.
According to their website, they are the highest ranking online gift card store on the Internet and provide the largest selection of personalized Visa gift cards, custom MasterCard gift cards, discount gift cards, e-gift cards, local gift cards, rewards cards, and group gifts.
How Does GiftCards.com Work?
Customers choose the type of card they are looking for and then decide whether they would like to use their own personal image or one of the available 10,000 custom images. After the image is chosen, decide on the value of the card, between $20.00 and $500.00.
Personalize the card further by adding the name of the recipient as well as a short message, and then finish your gift with a free card or one of their premium choices for just a few dollars more.
Cost/Price Plans
The cost of your gift card depends on the value you have chosen, as well as the individual service fees which depend on the type of card you have chosen to purchase, but should not be more than a few dollars.
Mobile Options
Not applicable.
Refund Policy
Any discount gift card can be returned for a full refund minus any shipping costs within one year of purchase, unless they were discounted e-gift cards which cannot be refunded or exchanged.
All other cards have an option to be canceled the same day that you placed your order, but after the order has actually been filled it cannot be canceled or refunded.
Customer Service Contact Info
You can call Customer Service at 1-877-944-3822, or for customers who have questions about their refunds, you can email them at [email protected]. The mailing address to which you send your returned cards is Attn: Customer Service, 495 Mansfield Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15205 using a trackable shipping method.
Reputation
GiftCards.com has received mixed reviews, with the most common negative complaints regarding issues with timely shipping and issues with collecting refunds when customers successfully canceled their order on the same day, but stated that it took repeated phone calls to guarantee their refunds.
As with many other websites that purchase unwanted gift cards, customers that sold to this company complained about the length of time it took to get paid for their cards.
Is GiftCards.com Safe?
The only potential safety issues seems to be with collecting payments and refunds, both of which seem to require repeated phone calls to customer service.
If you have any experience with GiftCards.com or their services, please leave your reviews below.
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Fraudulent charges no help
I was given a $50 gift card from gift cards.com for my birthday. It was declined on my first attempt to use it. I discovered that there were multiple fraudulent charges on the card. I submitted a dispute per their protocol. The servicer BHN refused to reimburse claiming terms never disclosed. They also refused to disclose the merchant associated with the fraudulent transactions.
Poor customer service.
Non existent disclosure of terms
Questionable card and network security. In my experience.
Desired outcome: Missing funds restored Merchant associated with fraudulent charges disclosed
Scam
The only gift was a headache!
I received two $25 eGifts issued by giftcards.com as a "thank you" from a friend. The redemption process was layered, confusing, and unnecessarily complicated.
I believe it was designed that way hoping the user would abandon the process, thereby forfeiting the face value of the eGift to the issuing company. The only gift I got was a huge headache! As a giver you will be vilified by the recipient.
As a recipient you will be greatly frustrated by your "gift". Don't buy these eGifts! You are not giving your friends, family or colleagues anything but a headache! It pains me having to highlight even 1 Star for this review.
Horrible Customer Service
Horrible customer service. I purchase gift cards from this company monthly for my business. They are Visa cards that you can personalize for your business.
I recently had a customer say that the card didn't work. I look into to it to realize that though a normal Visa gift card has a 5-7 year exp date giftcards.com only gives you 1 year to use the card.
I called the company in an absolute panic as I had $10,000 in gift cards in my possession that had just exp within the last 30-60 days. The company can login and see that none of the cards had ever been used and I explained that I had been buying cards from them for years now and never noticed this until that moment.
Super disappointed that they were able to do nothing to help assist me. I will NEVER use this company again. STAY AWAY
Scam Stay away!
They told me I would get my gift card in 30 days after charging my credit card. I told them to give me a refund! Still waiting for a refund. You can dispute the charge with your credit card Co just call them. I need to wait 5 days to see if it posts to my account...Scam!
Do not use this site!!
Very shady business practices
Not Reliable!
Read the fine print - this company runs a SCAM
Purchased customized Corporate Logo Visa debit cards - My mistake for not reading the small print; Thought all companies adhered to Federal Law in regards to no expiration dates.
Not so with Giftcards.com - they have found the loophole, and I am out over $2,200.
I've appealed to their 'higher customer support', after being told by customer service person #2 to basically go pound sand, I'm pretty sure I won't be hearing back from this company.