ordering from enco

called enco yesterday to order a few things,i always get a total price including shipping,i inform them i use a prepaid card and will need to go to walmart to put money on it,never has been a problem before.this morning i call them back with the number,and its declined,the enco person says i must have double the billed amount on the card and thats company policy.so they lost a loyal customer today,ive been ordering from them for over twenty years and had never heard of this.the reason i use the prepaid cards is that if its lost or stolen there is no harm done because there is no balance on it.its worked for me for years this way and havent been burned yet...

NEVER have had a problem with ENCO. So someone made a mistake? You never have?

i never did either till today.i called my card to make sure of the balance and the amount i loaded it for was right.i called enco back and got another person and got the same story about company policy being that the card has to have a balance of double the purchase amount..

Now I understand what you are saying. A couple of years ago I purchased one of those WaldoWorld cards for a teen-age son to use to buy music online or games or other items from the Playstation Store online after the Sony Playstation folks had a massive breach of credit card data and I didn"t want to risk compromising a real credit card at such places.

Found out those cards are WORTHLESS at many on-line sites or even in the real world "cuz MANY places online or in the real world will NOT accept the pre-paid Wally-Toy cards, only those linked to a bank account. A friend found that out as well when he loaded some $$ onto one of them and went on a trip out of state expecting them to be accepted at gas pumps. In many cases, WRONG, there as well.

WaldoWorld sure ain"t shy about sucking their monthly fees out of any balance you have left on those cards, though, and if you let them drain one dry, then put $$ on them a couple of months later they immediately suck out fees for the first couple of months you had no money on it/didn"t use it. NO more of that for me!

I mentioned this a my local credit union and they were real familiar with that issue and wanted to set me up with a REAL debit card linked to a separate account that I could fund as needed. Instead, a use a low-limit credit card for online transactions and pay of the purchases immediately with a transfer to the credit card from a bank account. Puts a credit card co. between your bank account and any fraud.

I have bought thousands of dollars worth of tools and supplys from ENCO. They are one of the best companies that I have ever dealt with. Good prices and fast shipping ,but I guess I'm the big dummy here.I never heard of a prepaid card, but I don't frequent Wally World too often either. Not my favorite place to shop.

There are getting to be a lot of "fake" prepaid cards out there. Many retailers have quit taking them at all. Just set up a separate checking account with a debit card on it. Then just put in what you want.

I am willing to bet the trouble is with the prepaid Wally card.