A Scam Story With A Happy Ending

I have a moral I'd like to share with all you young-lings, through a tale.

I went to my local CVS to buy an xbl subscription card, but they only had 3 month cards, for which I was two dollars short of. So I bought a green dot prepaid visa card thinking I'd buy xbl and something else off amazon with it.

When I got home, I activated the card, during which I read off the green dot site that it was a "temporary" card as a "trial" for those considering using green dot as a long term $5 a month "no attachments" debit card. The site however, reassured me I'd be able to use it for purchases. So I activated it and tried buying a subscription with it on xbox.com. It kept saying my card wasn't "authorized". I called green dot, and they told me I can't purchase things with my temporary card and started asking for my social security number to set a subscription with them, and told me to wait for my long term card to come in the mail, then I could buy things.

I drove up to CVS to get a refund, then realized I hadn't been given a receipt. I went in to talk to the manager about a receipt, showed them the card and packaging and told them when I purchased it. I didn't want to start asking about another issue right after that, so I went into the costume store next door and bought a blond wig. I came back in and talked to them again, getting them in a good mood with the wig, explained my story, and they just gave me a 3 month card.

Now that I'm home again, I realized I'd typed in the info for the card so much I'd memorized it. While looking through my google search history I found multiple people complaining xbox.com rejected their card also. So, as is my conclusion, the card will work in most places besides xbox.com. So now I have a 3 month, and a debit card I can buy stuff online with. I found a clone-your-money glitch in real life.