I live out of state and my nephew loves movies so I tried to buy him some gift cards online or over the phone. The Carmike employee who answered the phone explained they don't ever take credit cards over the phone and the only way one can purchase gift cards is in person. This is the only theatre that I've ever had this issue with; it's not very good for their business, and it's also a bummer I am left without a good XMas present for my nephew :-)
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