Very soon I plan to buy a prepaid credit card to buy CE, however I am not sure about what the card should be.
Aside from the Wallie-card what kind of prepaid card should I look for?
I live in America... if that is needed to tell me what kind of card to get.
I picture of the card and name of the card would be great so I know what to look for :)
Thank you.
I'm pretty sure you could head over to a CVS and purchase a Pre-Paid Visa gift card. I have't found any place that doesn't accept those. Some supermarkets also sell them.
After buying one of them you would just click on the purchase option "pay by Credit Card?" and go from there?
I would imagine, but some gift cards (Vanilla visa/mastercard gift cards, anyway.) need you to activate them at a website. Assuming you have to do that, the link to the site will probably be on the card.
Yup, Visa gift cards act the same a a traditional credit card after activation. Usually activation happens when you buy it at a store, it's the ones you get in the mail that have extra security usually.
http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/prepaid/gift_card_how.html
Yes you can use debit cards as a credit card as well. Just make sure it's either a VISA, MasterCard, American Express or Discover Card as well. And you may need to check the text on the back of the cards to make sure they can be used on the internet as well. Most will be activated as you buy them or you need to call a phone number to activate them, that should be very visible on the card.
Vanilla Mastercards don't work :P I tried
Vanilla cards will work fine, I just used one 5mins ago.
You'll want to check the balance of cards on their website first just to be sure you haven't been charged monthly fees that may take the available balance below what you thought might be left on it.
I'm pretty sure most stores nowadays have generic VISA or Mastercard gift cards. Those would be your safest bet, since they will work exactly like a credit card. http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/prepaid/visa_gift_card.html has a link to find a nearby store selling them, and at least for me pretty much every grocery/convenience store is listed.