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Occasionally someone will email me who wants to buy my e-book but they don’t have a credit card or a debit card, so they can’t make an online purchase. Sending me a check or money order isn’t realistic, because if you need to pass a drug test you usually don’t have much time. But if you need to buy stuff without a credit card, there are a couple of good alternatives.

Prepaid Visa or MasterCard Gift Cards

You may have seen these hundreds of times and just walked right past them. Lots of stores (grocery stores, drug stores, Wal-Mart, etc.) sell all kinds of pre-paid gift cards, including MasterCard and Visa gift cards. I think the lowest card amount you can buy is $25, plus you get charged another $5 for the card itself (I guess they figure that’s what it costs for a credit card sized piece of plastic).

You can use the card literally anywhere that takes credit cards, which is pretty much everywhere. You don’t have to spend it all in one place; the unused amount just stays on the card for a future use. And once you buy the card you can add more money to it if you want (called ‘re-loading’), but since I’ve never used one I’m not sure how that’s done.

To locate a store near you that sells pre-paid Visa or MasterCard gift cards, go to this website and enter your zip code:
https://www.allaccessgift.com/gift/index.m

GreenDot Cards

I’ve used GreenDot cards myself, so I know a little more about these. You can buy them in all kinds of stores: Wal-Mart, Rite-Aid, CVS, Walgreens, RadioShack, a bunch of grocery stores, and lots more places I’ve never even heard of. You can find a store near you that sells them by going to their website.

GreenDot cards work basically the same as pre-paid MasterCard and Visa gift cards. They’ve got a MasterCard logo on them, so you can use them any place that takes M/C.

It costs $9.95 to buy the card, but if you can’t get a regular credit card for some reason then you’ll definitely get your money’s worth over time. Besides the ten bucks it costs for the card, you have to ‘load’ the card with a minimum of $25.

Here’s what you do:

1. Go to the GreenDot website, put in your zip code and find a store near you that sells the cards: www.greendotonline.com
2. When you walk in the store, look for the kiosk where they sell all their gift cards, etc. There are two different GreenDot packets you’ll see hanging there. One says ‘Prepaid MasterCard’ and one says ‘MoneyPak.’ You want the one that says ‘Prepaid MasterCard.’
3. Pay for the card (ask the cashier if the card is ‘activated’), and when you get home you’ll go to the GreenDot website and activate the card. (When you open up the card you’ll see the activation number inside, in small print.
4. Once you finish the activation process, you’ll be given a card number, expiration date and CSV number. WRITE THESE NUMBERS DOWN. You’ll receive an actual card in the mail about ten days later, but you can use it right away for online purchases as long as you’ve got those numbers.

Re-Loading Your GreenDot Card:

If you want to add more money to your GreenDot card to use it for other things, this is called ‘re-loading.’ Go to a store and buy the GreenDot MoneyPak. MoneyPaks cost $4.95, plus however much money you want to put on the card (I think these also have a $25 minimum). MoneyPaks have a 16-digit number on them that you use to re-load your card with on the GreenDot website.

To find out where to buy GreenDot cards and MoneyPaks near you, use the store locator on their website: https://www.greendotonline.com/contents/login.aspx