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It'd be helpful if you said what referral thread you're talking about instead of just deleting posts. I'd like a referral, but I have no idea what thread you're talking about.I guess deleting posts isn't giving people the hint. Take your referrals to the referral thread. This is your warning.
Still have a hold on my credit card from an ordee placed saturday. Hope it clears tonight.Raise seems to have quite a few negative reviews, so be cautious. I tested it out with a $25 PSN card (that totaled $16.66 at checkout) and everything seemed to work smoothly. Instead of waiting for the code in an email I went to my account on the site and found the code ready to use within 5 minutes. So I added the funds to my PSN immediately just to be safe.
I have a referral link if anyone else wants to try.
You might wanna sign up for privacy.com, I use them whenever I think it seems iffyMy order was cancelled for no reason, and now they have my credit card info. Great.
Raise is ok until you experience a problem. I took advantage of the Groupon deal a couple weeks back for $30 of Raise credit for $15. I used it to buy a couple Xbox gift cards. One of the gift cards worked fine ($10), but the other came back invalid ($25). I contacted their support about it, received an email the next day telling me I needed to submit a screenshot of the problem I was having. The only issue with this is once you submit a support ticket, it locks the purchase so you can't view the gift card anymore.Raise seems to have quite a few negative reviews, so be cautious. I tested it out with a $25 PSN card (that totaled $16.66 at checkout) and everything seemed to work smoothly. Instead of waiting for the code in an email I went to my account on the site and found the code ready to use within 5 minutes. So I added the funds to my PSN immediately just to be safe.
I have a referral link if anyone else wants to try.
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anyone has a referral code, please pm me so we can save $5
It's for new members only, so you would have to set up another account. But they are pretty strict on things and locked me out after I set up one for everyone in my family. I had to call and basically explain I was trying to game the system to where I could just use my main account again lol.Anyone here already a member at Raise and tried to use a referral? Couldn't get anything to work since I was already signed up
Thanks. $25 PSN came out to $15.04 after coupon and referral. GrabbedNew promo for today. Extra 7% off with code SHOP7
Did you read post #73 in this very thread from almost 2 weeks ago? I already tried to warn you guys, lol.Raise feels like the textbook definition of a fly-by-night operation. Dealing with their customer service gives the impression this was/is a startup helmed by a handful of frat-dicks out of their garage. They don't actually sell gift cards. They are a go-between. As in, they sell other peoples' unwanted gift cards to you for a fee. IF you purchase anything from them, use the funds IMMEDIATELY. The danger of being ripped off is real because they have no mechanism in place to protect buyers or sellers. A seller can easily sell the code & upon seeing the money enter his account he can then also use the funds attached to the code. If you buy a gift card expecting it to be like a normal one you can keep around forever & use it months or years later, you may have a surprise $0 balance when you try to use it. Raise supposedly has a "One Year Guarantee" protection plan in place for buyers, but I wouldn't want to put it to the test. Check out the reviews at ResellerRatings if you have any doubts. For example, there are multiple reviews in which buyers had to resort to CC charge-backs to get their money back, whereupon Raise perma-bans your account (no idea if they do this on an IP address basis or if it'd be easy to create a new Raise account).
Now, as to my personal experience with them, it has been mixed & until this weekend I was happily ignorant of the above. I had used them to buy a couple gift cards previously without issue. I used both immediately so that likely contributed to my "success".
This weekend I purchased a $25 PSN code for a small 14% discount & they randomly froze my purchase/account *after* charging my credit card & then sent me an email to request that I call them to "clear things up", like I'm a middle schooler calling my mommy. I realize this is some half-assed attempt at a fraud check, but this is the same exact CC# I've used with them twice before without issue. This is the same exact CC# I use with Amazon, Newegg, eBay thru Paypal...hell...even Rakuten. And none of them have ever frozen a purchase & asked I call them. So, setting aside my annoyance & the fact that I didn't have the spare time to spend an hour on the phone with Raise, I went ahead & attempted to call them yesterday to clear this up. I called twice & get an automated response both times telling me that no one is available to take my call. Turns out, while Raise has email CSRs who will randomly freeze purchases/accounts in response to a purchase, they don't employ phone CSRs who can take calls on Sunday to clear up the mess that the email CSRs create. hahaha SO, they had my money & I had no way to use the code I purchased for at least 24 hours. On the one hand, I feel like this is "first world problems". On the other hand, it boggles the mind they don't have anyone to handle the phones on a Sunday. And this doesn't particularly build my confidence with their operation after reading a few of the aforementioned "horror story" reviews on ResellerRatings.
In other words, caveat emptor. There is an opportunity here to save some bucks on gift cards. And that's why we're all here on CAG. Just make sure you use 'em immediately & go in knowing that if you have to deal with customer service you may be in for an adventure.
This is a sage point. I've bought several cards from them in the few weeks I've been aware of them, and deposited them immediately with no trouble. The most recent card I bought, this week during their "extra 7% off" sale, was when I discovered the ceiling for a PSN wallet. So I cannot use my newest code until I spend enough on PSN to at least offset the amount of the new code.IF you purchase anything from them, use the funds IMMEDIATELY.