I need help donating with a prepaid gift card.

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  1. DD71

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    I have $10 on a prepaid master card gift card that I got. I recently bought a $5 coupon so I have $15 ready to spend on multihome. I try to buy it but it keeps on getting denied because it charges me an extra dollar for the pre-authorization (after looking it up, I found out it's just a fee used to authorize the account, then the money is added back). I have $15 so is there anyway I can get multihome with it?
     
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    Is the fee charged by paypal or by your pre-paid card provider?
     
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    Paypal
     
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    Then don't create a paypal account, simply pay without using one.

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    I've been using the option that says "Pay as a guest now, sign up for PayPal later". Where exactly is that option? I can't find it.
     
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    It doesn't look like this?:

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    1. I go to the checkout site to checkout. I agree with the terms and conditions and then click the box that says "PayPal".
    2. I get to a page that looks similar to the one above. Except my second option is different. Mine says "Don’t have a PayPal account? Pay as a guest now, sign up for PayPal later".
    3. I use that one and fill out all the info I need.
    4. I click purchase and it gets denied.
     
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    What is the brand of the card? (not mastercard, the place you activated it at)
     
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    It is a vanilla mastercard that I activated at wal-mart.
     
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    How much did you pay for it? $10 or more?
     
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    The card cost $50 plus a $4.95 activation fee.
     
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    Then are you certain you have enough money left on it? because paypal doesn't charge a $1 fee unless you bind the card to a paypal account, which doesn't happen when you pay as a guest.
     
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    I have $10 on it ($9 really, but it should be $10 again soon when the preauthorization resets.) I tried to buy multihome which is $15 with that and a $5 coupon. Also, I tried to buy extcommands+ with it earlier when it had $50 but I still couldn't use it. Later, I won a $10 coupon after an SG and I used it and the $50 to but extcommands+. Then I had $9 on my card (Now it's $10)