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CardPool Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is significantly marred by customer dissatisfaction, primarily due to issues with gift cards that arrive with zero balances and a lack of effective customer support. Many customers report difficulties in reaching the company, citing unresponsive email communication and nonexistent phone support. While a few positive experiences exist, they are overshadowed by consistent complaints regarding service delays, unfulfilled orders, and perceived fraudulent practices. Overall, the sentiment indicates a widespread lack of trust and reliability, suggesting that potential customers should exercise caution when considering this service.

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79
value
75
shipping
65
returns
47
quality
67
New Hampshire
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Purchased an e gift card online, Cardpool said it would take 1 business day to send code to email, but I did not receive it until two and a half days later. Customer service reps are rude, very unfriendly and impersonal.

Date of experience: June 12, 2014
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Sent in one of my gift cards to Cardpool via mail with their free shipping label on a Friday. Received my check by mail the following Friday. Overall easy and simple experience. I recommend selling your gift cards to them.

Date of experience: May 9, 2014
Florida
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We are giving them 5 stars because the site works just as promised. We had never sold a gift card online before so we were a little worried. We had a gift card for $400. We sold Cardpool our gift card, entered it electronically, received an email immediately with a promise to send the check after our card number was verified. Even though it was after 10 at night, we received a follow-up email 20 minutes later stating that our card had been verified and that our check was on the way. Email said that check would be sent in 5-7 business days. We received it in 5 days. Yay!

Date of experience: April 23, 2014
Virginia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I ordered a card online and was promised a card within 24 hours. I never got the card or my almost $48 that I spent on the card. I called, emailed and everything in the book. Still no reply. My next step is to get a lawyer and put a stop to all this nonsense.

Date of experience: April 10, 2014
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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They took my gift cards never received my money, it has been 2 months and no check, they will not even return emails, I was scammed.

Date of experience: April 9, 2014
Alabama
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Cardpool is a JOKE!
April 5, 2014

Cardpool is a JOKE! Check the BBB and they have TONS of complaints filed on them. They will fill orders here and there but have more complaints than positive for sure. I had to file a complaint with BBB and have my attorney send a letter just to get my e gift card from them. They run the business from a UPS Store rented mailbox, that should be the first clue!

Go elsewhere unless you like to gamble because the house always wins!

Date of experience: April 4, 2014
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Promised delivery of Wall Mart e-card in 24 hours. Seven days later no e-card and no response to my e-mails. Will charge back on my credit card!

Date of experience: March 27, 2014
Pennsylvania
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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I have been buying gift cards from them for 3 years now and I can think of any bad deals with them. Yes, at times the mailing is slow but if you order e-card from
Them I have gotten them the next day

Date of experience: March 26, 2014
Washington
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I SENT CARDPOOL $900 IN SAKS FIFTH AVENUE G/C. I WOKE UP AND HAD A WEIRD FEELING ABOUT THIS; WENT TO THIES SITE; EAD THE REVIEWS, CALLED SAKS AND CANCELED THEM RIGHT AWAY! THANKS FOR THE WARNINGS!

Date of experience: March 26, 2014
Missouri
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have only purchased gift cards and they are a little slow to ship BUT I've always gotten exactly what I ordered. The cards have been perfect as well. I've used cardpool repeatedly with no issues. The issues seem to be more with the selling aspect but I definitely recommend buying their discounted cards.

Date of experience: March 24, 2014
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I purchased a $130 amount of Macy's e gift card. Their discount rate 10% was actually better than others. They informed that I would get an email had an e gift card number within 24 hours. This was my first experience to buy discounted cards. I noticed that a transaction was in pending on my bank account. My order was placed at 10 am, they gave me a call at 4:30 pm, that was to verify I am the account holder. Next day I tried to get them back, but my calls were forwarded to voice mails. I didn't hear them back, so I regretted and worried very much. I could finally reach to a customer service. She was very unfriendly, sounded like hating the job. She verified me with few questions. The transaction was cleared after the verification. Although I was impressed with that, they didn't prepared a decent customer support at all, super slow responses were so frustrating. I don't really think that I would be going back. I gave 2 stars, one was for the better discount rate and the other one was for the secured verification.

Date of experience: March 22, 2014
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't have experience with buying cards from this site. But I just electronically gave them my target gift cards for amazon.com gift cards and received the amazon gift card 12 hours later. My overall total card amount was only 50 dollars too. I know the reviews look bad but when electronically sending and receiving cards I had no problems.

Date of experience: March 21, 2014
Massachusetts
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Bunch of bull, DO NOT ORDER FROM THEM! It has been weeks and I havent not received the giftcard but my credit card has already been charged. No communication only a generic reply "due to back log from holiday season blah blah" STAY AWAY!

Date of experience: March 20, 2014
California
1 review
7 helpful votes
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I send a card to them a week ago and they promised 24hr term around. A week later I contacted them and got a canned email that dispute their claims they were at least 2 weeks behind in opening mail because of "Christmas rush" hey guys it is the end of MARCH.
I think they are a scam and will be filing complaints with the BBB, California Attorney General's fraud office and the SF County Attorney's office. Beware!

Date of experience: March 19, 2014
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Wish I have check the reviews before the purchase from card pool. However first time purchase was successful. Made the second purchase paid 172.00 for a 190.00 lowes card on 03/11/14. After 2 days no reply no nothing. Then I found out there's no number to call and it makes worry a bit. No choice so send them an e mail, got a sample reply saying they are so busy due to post holidays sale. ( Holiday)? This is March what holiday, send them 2 more e mail and they told me that they have issue a refund on 04/14 but I check on line with my bank after 3 days. Still no show of my refund yet. At this point I wish myself good luck and keep waiting
My advise at least find a company that has a number to call or someone to talk
This company has no number and it makes you think what company has no phone for customer to call or simply they just don't want to talk to you!
Stay away from this.

Date of experience: March 19, 2014
Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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ATTENTION: CARDPOOL IS A PO BOX FRONT FOR BLACKHAWK AND SAFEWAY. THATS WHO OWNS CARDPOOL SO COMPLAIN TO THEM. ITS A MADEUP SERVICE LIKE PAYPAL IS TO EBAY. BLACKHAWK MADE THE CARDS THAT SAFEWAY SHOVES IN YOUR FACE ETC. THEIR THE WORST BUSINESS IVE EVER DEALT WITH.

Date of experience: March 19, 2014
Florida
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Since the beginning of 2014 I started to purchase giftcards from Cardpool. My purchases were under $30 per card and had no issues. In late Feb. Had an incident that I received a gift card about two weeks after placing an order. Now, I ordered an Starbucks e-gift card which is a paper card. I received it in the proper amount of time but I got a piece of paper with a picture from starbucks but not numbers, no barcode, nothing. So how am I suppose to use this? The lack of a customer service number is just unacceptable. There are many other gift card retailers that provide better service, a delivery confirmation number and a customer service number. I won't be using Cardpool anymore, not worth the hassle.

Date of experience: March 17, 2014
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I have had nothing but a good experience with this company. Sold a few cards to them and have had no problems at all. I am surprised at some of the negative reviews because me personally had such nothing but a positive experience with them. I hope my review helps!

Date of experience: March 15, 2014
Pennsylvania
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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I purchased an electronic gift card on a Friday. As per their site electronic gift cards are sent within 24-hours. Here it is Sunday afternoon and I have no gift card. They have no customer service phone number, only email.

Date of experience: March 2, 2014
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I don't even want to give a star to Cardpool.com. Their service is sucks. Before I buy a bulk big gift card amount, I tried a small amount and make sure it's not scam first. First, the website doesn't show any customer service phone number which is weird to me. Then I send them an email to check my order status, no response at all. It has been a week and I am still waiting for my gift card. Hopefully, I didn't lose my money.

After this experience, I will never do business with Cardpool anymore. Raise.com is a good choice for me to go...

Date of experience: February 28, 2014

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cardpool.com
Founded in 2010
San Francisco, CA, United States