Tremendous Visa gift card.

Bazzalona13295

Apologies in advance if this should be posted elsewhere, I've had a look but cannot see anywhere obvious.

Just been awarded a £20 gift card from Tremendous for a zoom meeting but (other than Amazon and Apple) have no idea where I can use this online.

I have e-mailed them but just wondered if anyone here might have an idea?

Many thanks

Contro1

if you don’t want to use it or can’t find a use for it sell them through gift card exchange websites and take a hit. Ie £20 for £17.50 for the gift card. Use legit sites only. 

Bazzalona13295

Contro1 said:

if you don’t want to use it or can’t find a use for it sell them through gift card exchange websites and take a hit. Ie £20 for £17.50 for the gift card. Use legit sites only. 

Thankyou for replying, ended up spending £19.00 at Sports Direct. Not available as part payment so got as close to the £20 as as I could.

MollyDolly

You can buy vouchers on Amazon.  Last time I received one of these Tremendous gift cards I was really skint and ended up buying a Just Eat voucher on Amazon lol.  You can get a voucher emailed to you in less than 5 mins.

Mrs_Worthington

I received one of these cards. I dont shop at any of the stores listed and converted it into their visa card whic extends the expiry date. You can't top it up, you can only spend what's on the card and it works on a pretty poor exchange rate with $. This then means you end up with an odd amount to spend. Given mine was a collection for leaving the workplace I wanted to buy something commerorative and feel i will just end up spending it on crap to get rid of it. All in all I really dont like it . 

Bazzalona13295

Mrs_Worthington said:

I received one of these cards. I dont shop at any of the stores listed and converted it into their visa card whic extends the expiry date. You can't top it up, you can only spend what's on the card and it works on a pretty poor exchange rate with $. This then means you end up with an odd amount to spend. Given mine was a collection for leaving the workplace I wanted to buy something commerorative and feel i will just end up spending it on crap to get rid of it. All in all I really dont like it . 

I'd forgotten about this, yes it does have its limitations (though in reality I did nothing to deserve it as such so no complaints) - I searched for a company/store that might fit the bill, ended up getting loads of sports socks, which was something I needed so it was fine.

But as you say you can't have one of these £20 gift cards and use it as part payment so its very hard to actually get the full worth out of it, £19+ was as close as I got.

Sorry your leaving gift wasn't what you really wanted.

Mrs_Worthington

Bazzalona13295 said:

Mrs_Worthington said:

I received one of these cards. I dont shop at any of the stores listed and converted it into their visa card whic extends the expiry date. You can't top it up, you can only spend what's on the card and it works on a pretty poor exchange rate with $. This then means you end up with an odd amount to spend. Given mine was a collection for leaving the workplace I wanted to buy something commerorative and feel i will just end up spending it on crap to get rid of it. All in all I really dont like it . 

I'd forgotten about this, yes it does have its limitations (though in reality I did nothing to deserve it as such so no complaints) - I searched for a company/store that might fit the bill, ended up getting loads of sports socks, which was something I needed so it was fine.

But as you say you can't have one of these £20 gift cards and use it as part payment so its very hard to actually get the full worth out of it, £19+ was as close as I got.

Sorry your leaving gift wasn't what you really wanted.

Thanks @Baz@Bazzalona13295
Sadly months on and still can't spend the damn card. It gets refused for every transaction. The cvusomter service at Tremendous is terrible. They don't read your emails and just trot out tempalate answers. I can see for a little internet search that I am not alone. I am beginning to wonder if this is a scam so they can just sit on your funds. So much for a thoughtful leaving gift, it has just been a headache.

Bazzalona13295

Mrs_Worthington said:

Bazzalona13295 said:

Mrs_Worthington said:

I received one of these cards. I dont shop at any of the stores listed and converted it into their visa card whic extends the expiry date. You can't top it up, you can only spend what's on the card and it works on a pretty poor exchange rate with $. This then means you end up with an odd amount to spend. Given mine was a collection for leaving the workplace I wanted to buy something commerorative and feel i will just end up spending it on crap to get rid of it. All in all I really dont like it . 

I'd forgotten about this, yes it does have its limitations (though in reality I did nothing to deserve it as such so no complaints) - I searched for a company/store that might fit the bill, ended up getting loads of sports socks, which was something I needed so it was fine.

But as you say you can't have one of these £20 gift cards and use it as part payment so its very hard to actually get the full worth out of it, £19+ was as close as I got.

Sorry your leaving gift wasn't what you really wanted.

Thanks @Baz@Bazzalona13295
Sadly months on and still can't spend the damn card. It gets refused for every transaction. The cvusomter service at Tremendous is terrible. They don't read your emails and just trot out tempalate answers. I can see for a little internet search that I am not alone. I am beginning to wonder if this is a scam so they can just sit on your funds. So much for a thoughtful leaving gift, it has just been a headache.

Sorry to hear this, I know I was struggling for a little while until I found out SD was viable.

I settled for something practical so at least I got the value out of it, but its no good if you're looking for a gift or something more special than practical.

MavMatch

Have had the same problem - not knowing where to use (none of the supermarkets seemed to accept) and their customer service was really bad. It did improve after a few messages but it was really slow and difficult

In the end, I've found you can use them to top up your Amazon Gift Card balance now - this works best as it means the gift card is kept for 5+ years for future purchases (assuming you are an Amazon customer).

pecunianonolet

Been searching for opportunities to cash in. Tried adding to Google Pay and top up Revolut that way but that doesn't work. Also added to Paypal and thought I can send via Friends& Family but the card doesn't show up as a payment method. 

Ended up adding £37 (50 USD balance gift card) as wasn't sure what exchange rate they apply and now have got $1.54 left but Amazon Top Up tells me it's £5 minimum. Not sure if I can cash out the rest too or if lost. Still not bad getting 37 for literally 10 min answering a survey.

Edit: EDF allowed me to top up the remaining £1.17 to my account.