Contests & Sweepstakes Tips, Advice, and Questions

Quote from crazee_an : yup... two things to note: - i did try paying AT&T bill with it, and AT&T puts a $15 hold on it... so u ll hv to leave $15 for the hold on it, if u plan to pay phone bill with it... - if the card gets declined at your first try, email disputes@getup2U.com letting them know about that... i think they reactivate it, and then the card works flawlessly...

The hold will fall off from ATT after a few days. Then you will be able to use the remaining $15 at ATT

Preauthoirzation holds are usually $1-$2. Really surprised ATT is $15

Quote from ellory : The hold will fall off from ATT after a few days. Then you will be able to use the remaining $15 at ATT Preauthoirzation holds are usually $1-$2. Really surprised ATT is $15

Actually upon contacting up2u rewards card people, they had told me that "You cannot use these cards at Paypal and Telecommunications websites"... But still I was able to pay my AT&T bill, if I was not touching the last $15 on the card... AT&T doesn't really put a hold of $15 on the card; it doesn't appear as hold on card activity... But if you try to touch the last $15 on your card for AT&T bill, AT&T just keeps saying that the transaction was declined...

I know this is very different from other cards... Like one of my Amex rewards card was getting a hold of $1 only from AT&T...

Quote from implode : what the heck facebook, my account is temporary unavailable?

Did you get your facebook account working again? A few weeks ago I couldn't use mine. I think because I had 2. So I deleted one. And after going back and forth with facebook, I was able to use my account again.

Quote from sandyalip : Did you get your facebook account working again? A few weeks ago I couldn't use mine. I think because I had 2. So I deleted one. And after going back and forth with facebook, I was able to use my account again.

Was like a 15 min FB outage. annoying but nothing major.

Quote from maxximilian : Thanks for the help.

Sorry a lil late but you can put it on a serve card if you have it. serve is by american express. that way you can use it anywhere. plus they dont charge you a fee to transfer. this is how i did it for myself and my.husband.

Quote from carriec1132 : Sorry a lil late but you can put it on a serve card if you have it. serve is by american express. that way you can use it anywhere. plus they dont charge you a fee to transfer. this is how i did it for myself and my.husband.

hmmm... that's an interesting idea... i did sign up for serve for all those bonuses... but since then, i just forgot abt it...

Edit: So, I guess gift cards are loaded as credit cards??? (I see that serve has waived load fee for credit cards till June 1, 2012)

Quote from crazee_an : hmmm... that's an interesting idea... i did sign up for serve for all those bonuses... but since then, i just forgot abt it... Edit: So, I guess gift cards are loaded as credit cards??? (I see that serve has waived load fee for credit cards till June 1, 2012)

it depends. the camel cards are considered debit cards. i usually try debit first w prepaid cards and itll tell you if its credit to use the credit field. once you enter all the info the money is available immediately.

edit-also i have never had to pay a fee from original card or transferring (theres a pop up box telling you your bank may impose a fee).

Quote from carriec1132 : Sorry a lil late but you can put it on a serve card if you have it. serve is by american express. that way you can use it anywhere. plus they dont charge you a fee to transfer. this is how i did it for myself and my.husband.

Thanks....but for only $25, I will keep it simple and just go over to Amazon and buy cat food or something. Something to keep in mind if I win a larger prize in that same vein, though.

Quote from maxximilian : Thanks....but for only $25, I will keep it simple and just go over to Amazon and buy cat food or something. Something to keep in mind if I win a larger prize in that same vein, though.

Amazon GC, send it to yourself and have a nice reserve balance for future purchases...thats what I always to to get last .32 or whatever balance off stubborn prepaid cards.

Quote from implode : Amazon GC, send it to yourself and have a nice reserve balance for future purchases...thats what I always to to get last .32 or whatever balance off stubborn prepaid cards.

Neat trick....thanks....

Are there any sweepstakes that are active to enter My Coke Reward points? I know people say they stockpile them and enter them at certain times, but I can't find any sweepstakes when its best to enter just plain coke codes, I saw some for Coke Zero or Cherry Coke, but no regular coke...

Quote from soccerdude21490 : Are there any sweepstakes that are active to enter My Coke Reward points? I know people say they stockpile them and enter them at certain times, but I can't find any sweepstakes when its best to enter just plain coke codes, I saw some for Coke Zero or Cherry Coke, but no regular coke...

To be honest, I only enter by free play method (AMOE). I much prefer tangible rewards My theory is this--why pay to play? Many other contests on web have similarly bad odds and are FREE to enter.

Quote from implode : Amazon GC, send it to yourself and have a nice reserve balance for future purchases...thats what I always to to get last .32 or whatever balance off stubborn prepaid cards.

Thanks implode! Very useful advice. I have close to $3 left on one I've been needing to use.

Quote from implode : Amazon GC, send it to yourself and have a nice reserve balance for future purchases...thats what I always to to get last .32 or whatever balance off stubborn prepaid cards.

Yeah, thanks for the tip Implode on the Amazon gc! I can finally get rid of the last few bucks left on my Visa gc. Can't rep you yet though.