Yes... see https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985959

I'm going to interpret your question as: "What are some prepaid/gift cards that I can purchase in the United States, and trade for bitcoin?"

There aren't a lot of good options, and you're going to lose 10-20% buying bitcoins this way.  You're generally much better off trading for cash, but if you can't find anyone local to trade with, and don't want to send cash in the mail, your options are:

Paypal My Cash.  These cost $3.95 for up to $500.  There are various restrictions on using these cards including daily/monthly limits, account verification, and inability to directly withdraw the funds.  Due to these restrictions, people aren't eager to buy these cards, and usually won't pay more than 80% of the value.

Visa/Mastercard gift cards.  You can use these at brawker, or try to cash them out with Paypal.  If you're using paypal, you will have to send the funds to another account, and they will charge you a 2.9% fee even if you send as gift, however this may be easier than using my cash.  I've occasionally had paypal reject certain cards.  For whatever reason, the AVS seems to be a bit more permissive with mastercard than visa, but visa cards that let you register a full address (eg simon malls) will work.

Amazon gift cards.  You can cash these out using purse.io.  Rates are generally unfavorable, especially for your first few transactions when you have low feedback.

It says "instant" either way, but if the payment is for goods and services, they will deduct a fee, usually give you a shipping address, and possibly place a 21-day hold.

You can, but paypal will close your account.

Yes.  Only the zip code though, not the street address.  This is sufficient for ~90% of merchants, but I've run into problems with paypal and shopify.


PM me.

Vanilla doesn't sell reload cards any more.  You can reload at the register, but to have someone else reload your card, you'd have to give them the full number from the magnetic stripe.

See also https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=985959

It's a card that you can buy at CVS, Rite-Aid, 7-11...  The value can be applied to a paypal account, but there are restrictions.

Additionally:

- You can only use My Cash on a verified PayPal account.

- You can not load My Cash and then withdraw to a bank account.  You can only use it to buy stuff.

- There is a $500 daily limit, and $4000 monthly limit with My Cash.

Does PayPal MyCash require a 'verified account' or can someone just make a new PP account and immediately load a mycash card?

Yeah, I registered it with my zip code, and paypal accepted it.  Then a few hours later they flagged it as a 'suspicious transaction'.

After paypal refused this card, I successfully used a simon visa with paypal.  Clearly paypal has not blocked all prepaid gift cards.  Perhaps it's just certain cards, or over a certain dollar amount.  I really don't know.

So, according to the official terms and conditions, it isn't allowed.  In reality, you might get away with it.  It probably depends on the store and how they process the transaction.

The card was bought for cash, and can't be charged back or invalidated.  If I was trying to scam you, the worst I could do would be send you the card, then try to spend it before you did.

Also realize that I can go to the store and buy $500 worth of stuff with this card, so I'm not jumping at the opportunity to get $435 for it.

Yep, that's the message I sent you.  You didn't reply and you didn't send any payment.

Sent you a PM, but got no reply.  Card is still for sale.


To answer questions people have asked me -

You can not use this card to get money at an ATM.

The gift card was bought for cash, and I do have the original receipt, which I can send you.

If you want 20% off, you can go make an offer at Brawker but you take the risk of a chargeback.  If you buy this, you get an actual plastic card that you can use in person or online, and no chargeback risk.

Well, I would like to get $500 into my paypal account from a legit, trusted source.  Alternatively, 2.25 BTC at current exchange rate.

I might consider slightly lower offers, but it really doesn't make sense for me to take very low offers since I can just go out and spend the visa gift card for the full $500 value.

I'm willing to take a slight loss on this, but 20% is a bit much...

For sale: Vanilla Visa gift card with $500 balance.  Will accept BTC (or if you're trusted, paypal).

I can mail the card to you if you want, or just give you the number so you can shop online.

Full disclosure:  I bought this visa gift card and tried to use it with paypal.  Apparently Paypal has blacklisted certain visa gift cards, and I didn't know this.  The payment initially went through, but the next day paypal froze the funds and eventually reversed the transaction.  Since I can't use this gift card for what I originally intended, I'm selling it.  You can use this visa gift card at most places in the USA that accept Visa, but not with Paypal.

Can it be used internationally, or is it only good in the US?

Browse the offers at brawker and see if there's anything you can buy from Italy.