Interesting read, the part about being able to walk in with a gift card less than $10 in California and getting cash due to the law is nice, but you pointing out how these class action cards don’t count as those is pitiful.

So are you charging the card to pay for your own e-commerce item? I thought using Stripe to pay yourself was a big no-no. I know you could always put a different name and it’s a card that’s not linked to you per se, but don’t risk a Stripe ban for this. They don’t care about “technicality,” if they get a sniff, they will ban.

The big scam is that Equifax can hire a music major as their chief security officer (true story), settle for billions, and the litigating law firm will took 20.4% of the $380.5 million.

Hilariously part of that settlement was they realistically expected people would take "free credit monitoring" as compensation; a service that credit bureaus literally sell.

I'd like to think this would get reformed, but lawyers and politicians would cling to it under their fingernails peeled off.

It's such a scam, but the dude's bragging at the end was kind of annoying. We get it. You didn't quit. You earned your four bucks.

The restrictions this author mentions about amazon are incorrect. You can use the card to get an amazon credit and then buy any amount on amazon and use your normal credit card PLUS this credit amount.

Next time just go to the store, buy some items and ask them to split the charge between two payment methods, run the 4.84 then the remainder on another payment method, problem solved.

AI Slop adding a bunch of words for no reason.

> The restrictions aren't bugs. They're the whole point. Every abandoned balance, every expired card, every 63 cents someone couldn't spend — that's revenue. Pure profit.

> Also, try spending exactly $4.84 on Amazon with zero leftover. You can't do it. Tax. Minimums. Weird totals. You leave 34 cents behind every time.

> No code. No setup. Just a form.

Pure AI