I understand SPARC doesn't accept credit cards but was very surprised you don't accept Visa gift cards. They are the same as cash right???

Nope. The words dont even look the same, also the meaning of the words are different so there not the same. Cash is best.

Hi Patty, thank you for reaching out. SPARC accepts cash and debit/ATM cards. Visa gift cards are processed as credit cards and we unfortunately do not have a way to accept them at this time. Hopefully in the future we will be able to. We apologize for any inconvenience.