Submitted by Orecti t3_yf8zqw in personalfinance

Hi

I'm from Turkey and I have purchased a visa debit card from a local merchant to buy things online

But sad thing is I didn't know that these cards are bound to only work on American purchases (sites or merchants within USA)

Sadly the site I was goona purchase things on rejected the card instantly since it wasn't USA

I talked to the person who sold me the card and he said since I have the card details and it's prepaid non changeable it's mine and no refund on it

I'm stuck with $500 visa card and worse than that it has expiry in 2023 that means I have to use it before the date

Things I tried so far

Amazon : worked and 5 minutes later refunded asking for identity verification

Google play and Xbox : worked but I don't want to buy 500$ games at my 30s

Prepaidtocash and gift nanny : needed USA phone number on entry so failed

Binance : rejected, support said you need to use Binance us and sadly ssn and kyc needed

Steam : refunded the money asking for proof of address which I can't with prepaid card info

Tried buying csgo items to sell in my country but sadly even they asked for kyc since the card has USA address mandatory

Clueless what to do

Please guide me if you know anyway, it's almost a month worth of my wage and income 😭

Thanks in advance for everything you share

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KReddit934 t1_iu3o0qa wrote

ATM? (Did you get a PIN number?)

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Orecti OP t1_iu40ac6 wrote

No it's just a 16 digits code, address and cvv

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Jbg163 t1_iu9u8d7 wrote

You can use apps like Google voice or TextFree to get a USA phone number for free

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