[katiesue]

I'd find out what stores are near them. I know Maddy's cousins live in Blythe and the only local shopping is KMart. It wouldn't be helpful to get a Target giftcard if the nearest one is 200 miles away or something.

And yea the Visa cards have "issues". You can't do as Pru said the parial payments like you can with in store gift cards (or at least most cashiers can't seem to firgure it out).