Givingli: Send Gifts & Cards

I am so disappointed that this app feels like a scam now. I used to love using it to send cute birthday cards along with a gift card to friends and family and it used to be legit! Now I’m afraid it feels like they just take your money and run, leaving the recipient without their gift. I purchased a gift card for my nephew on the 21st and when I asked what he bought with it, he told me he was never able to use it because it just said “processing.” I checked on his phone, and yep, it’s been sitting as “processing” since last week. I’ve been trying to get a hold of customer service but of course, they only provide an email that they never responded to. I felt so sad for my nephew and also for myself because this whole time I’ve been giving out gift cards through this app and people were never able to use them. I disputed the charge with my bank and they refunded me so now I’ll go to the actual store to get my nephew his gift card and needless to say, I will never be using this app again.

Honestly I was so excited to try this because I’ve already been doing this same thing myself. I would create a digital version of a card, and email/text it to the recipient for the occasion, but sending a gift had to be done separately, and that is a bit of a pain. I thought I would at least be able to try out this app, which claims to have a free version, but none of the quality designs are free, and it seems you have to pay to customize any design, which just…really defeats the purpose. There also I believe is a fee on top of the gift cards, which I’m not sure is necessary. I am also irritated that they require a phone number to use it. Not that my phone number is so private anymore, but they’re lying about why they collect that data. If you read their Privacy Policy, you realize that isn’t collected to prevent spam, but actually to connect your app data to your other ad profiles. They are selling off your data profile to third parties, and that’s going to be their biggest profit, which makes it further annoying that none of the app is truly free.

I have to start off by saying that I absolutely love paper cards. There is something very exciting and satisfying about holding and opening up a card and reading it. But in a day and age where convience is key and tangible gifts and recipients are not always a click away... GIVINGLI has change the game for me! This past month alone, a few close friends have celebrated momentous occasions. With Covid-19 and social distancing in place, I wanted to make sure I was able to celebrate, even from a far. Not only was I able to send them all beautiful digital cards that were much more thi if haul and creative than others ones on the digital scene.... I was able to attach a gift to it!! I cannot reccomend this App enough. It was very easy and a pleasure to use! All the recipients were impressed!! Good job Givingli, keep it up!