I never had to give my name, address or SSN to a cash register at the store.
When buying a green dot prepaid credit card.
It was just a matter of giving them the cash and them loading the money on there.
Also the cards I used to buy had a refence number that would identify the card.
So when I went back to the store put more money on it.
They would get that number and that is how they reloaded my in the past.
I don't know how it works online but that is how I did it at the store!
All the other stuff you mention was not my experience!
Posted By: impposter
Posted By: bigguy30
So any bank you can buy a prepaid gift card or my favorite is greendot prepaid visa cards.
I am assuming that most of us are in the US trying to pay for TER which is a non-US (overseas) payment.
Did you have to register that greendot with a real name, real address and real SSN?
The problem with most prepaids is that Homeland Security and Treasury don't want cash moved overseas to terrorist organizations or TERorist organizations or to hide money in foreign accounts so anonymous prepaids don't work.
I used to use prepaids for TER until they stopped working. If you read the fine print, most of them now say "US Domestic purchases only" or "Not good for Int'l transactions." I think that applies even if you register that card with legit info. You can't even call up customer service and say, "Send them my money!"
If you use a non-restricted card, it probably requires legit registration and most people are trying to avoid leaving a paper trail like that. Most of the drugstore, big box, convenience store prepaids do allow anonymous int'l transactions.
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