Transfer money from Visa vanilla prepaid card to bank in RD?

[carly_fine]

I bought two Visa Vanilla prepaid cards at my local Walgreens. I want to transfer the balance of these cards to a friend in Santo Domingo.

Can this be done? I wanted to use a remittance site (worldremit or remitly) to send the money but I don't know if they accept these cards.

Do these companies accept visa vanilla prepaid cards?

If not, what other options do I have to send the money from these visa prepaid cards to the RD?

 

[NanSanPedro]

I bought two Visa Vanilla prepaid cards at my local Walgreens. I want to transfer the balance of these cards to a friend in Santo Domingo.

Can this be done? I wanted to use a remittance site (worldremit or remitly) to send the money but I don't know if they accept these cards.

Do these companies accept visa vanilla prepaid cards?

If not, what other options do I have to send the money from these visa prepaid cards to the RD?

I have used both WorldRemit and Remitly. All I can suggest is that you try. I have used both credit and debit cards. Don't use a credit card because you will probably be charged a cash advance fee as I was.

If this doesn't work, just spend the cards on yourself and use a your debit card to send. I've had more success with WorldRemit than Remitly.

 

[csteinwand]

I have tried using a prepaid card in the past, and ended up blocked out of Western Union for possible fraud.. Ultimately got it sorted, but was a big pain

 

[carly_fine]

I have tried using a prepaid card in the past, and ended up blocked out of Western Union for possible fraud.. Ultimately got it sorted, but was a big pain

Western union accepts these visa vanilla prepaid cards?

They told me that they didn't accept them, although they sounded unsure.

 

[csteinwand]

Western union accepts these visa vanilla prepaid cards?

They told me that they didn't accept them, although they sounded unsure.

they accepted it, but then my account was immediately blocked.. when I called they said not to use them in the future, or I risk getting blocked again.. ended up having to send using a regular visa debit card from my bank.

 

[Gadfly]

Go to moneygram send $ via moneygram

 

[carly_fine]

Go to moneygram send $ via moneygram

Moneygram doesnt accept visa prepaid cards.

 

[LTDan]

I bought two Visa Vanilla prepaid cards at my local Walgreens. I want to transfer the balance of these cards to a friend in Santo Domingo.

Can this be done? I wanted to use a remittance site (worldremit or remitly) to send the money but I don't know if they accept these cards.

Do these companies accept visa vanilla prepaid cards?

If not, what other options do I have to send the money from these visa prepaid cards to the RD?

I return to the big "PX" every 6 months and bring back the max $$$ allowed, between this and "tarjetas de creditos" I live rather well

 

[JD Jones]

I return to the big "PX" every 6 months and bring back the max $$$ allowed, between this and "tarjetas de creditos" I live rather well

I wasn't aware there was a "Max allowed." How much is that?

 

[LTDan]

I wasn't aware there was a "Max allowed." How much is that?

$10,000

 

[Northern Coast Diver]

You can bring as much as you like. Over 10,000 US needs to be declared and may be subject to tax.

 

[LTDan]

You can bring as much as you like. Over 10,000 US needs to be declared and may be subject to tax.

unless you're an established company doing business here or have influential Dominican friends, try declaring that you have over 10K (dollar equivalent) and let me know how that works out

 

[csteinwand]

unless you're an established company doing business here or have influential Dominican friends, try declaring that you have over 10K (dollar equivalent) and let me know how that works out

going to be a nice bonus for some lucky dominican authority