US Bank Mastercard Gift Card A total rip-off! Nationwide

US Bank Mastercard Gift Cards are a total rip-off. When going to a gas pump they hold $99.00. I made the mistake of unknowingly making some kind of mistake whilst at the pump and they held $99 the first time and with in about 10 seconds (literally) I made another mistake and they held an additional $74. 

I called the customer service center and they told me there was nothing they could do and I that I had to go back to the gas station and have them call their Merchant Center to have the charges reversed. I did exactly that and the person at the Merchat Center reassured me that the reverses had gone through. I wait a day to give them time and called the phone number listed on the back of the gift card. The first young woman with whom I spoke was no help, did not understand the problem and was very hesitant to put me through to her supervisor. I asked to be put through and had to wait about 10 minutes to get to the "supervisor".  could still here the same young woman in the background. She had moved on to other calls; calls with the exact same complaint as mine. Chris "the supervisor" was no help. He told me that there was nothing I could do and repeated endlessly that if there was a mistake made somewhere in the process I would not get my money back for at least 10 days. That was new information. He was no help. I asked to be put through to his supervisor and he informed me that the only way I could speak to a supervisor was to give him my name and telephone number and to wait 3 - 5 days for a response.

I am quite certain that all they need to do is to push some button and poof my money will be back in my account. The Gas Station, the Merchant Center, and I followed their directions to a T and yet nothing has come of it. The gift card people are holding my money, will not release it, and are tossing blame everywhere else.

I cannot strongly enough urge that no one ever use these cards.