ibleed0range

Go during a different time, go to a different store, find a new game.

voodoomonkey

^^^

nwflyboy

Well said. It's antics like this that wreck every deal for everyone.

The idiocy, arrogance, self-importance and sense of entitlement of so many playing this game is depressing. People...

Stoughton

Yes, the trial and tribulations you've faced are the stuff of legends. Our children's children will speak of this and tell tales of how much your life was indeed f'ked.

jmw

What ever happened to saying "thank you", being polite, and leave? Then you accused the manager of lying implicitly by asking proof of the policy? I would be mad if I were the manager too.

Don't pay any attention to posters who say that this dumb tactic worked once. That's like saying gambling with the lotto is a good idea because a friend of a friend won $10 on a $1 ticket. Now the manager knows your face and there will probably be a team meeting reminder to not sell reloadit with a CC, especially to you. Even the most forgetful and carefree cashier is now no longer usable by any MSer in the local area.

mikeyb45

I'm pretty sure this dude is just trolling. He's only got 3 posts. Nobody who has even the slightest understanding of how delicate this hobby is can actually be that obtuse.

SeahawkRaptor

Yes they can. I have personally seen it on a couple of occasions. The idiots don't realize that asking for a manager or calling corporate only brings attention to themselves much less all of MS. It is just one more symptom of the entitlement some people think they have.

There are rare instances where churn and burn are the proper course, but most of the time steady and under the radar will result in more earnings. Just look at the greendot thread for stories of people who were shutdown after hitting it hard to made $50 bucks. I was netting over $1.5k a month for more than two years before RA stopped taking CC.

For my personal source of RL I have just learned when to go to the store and when to drive by. One manager rings them up for me herself after checking my ID, another says cash only. I realize that if I complain to the one it is more likely the entire store goes cash only before they all start letting me buy with cc. But then again I am not a self entitled jerk.

ctbarron

+1 on this. Gent in front of me at customer service in Walmart this AM very smoothly bought a couple of MO's, did a couple BP's, and then had some load fail on a problem with his debit card. He immediately began yelling at the cashier that she screwed it up, wasn't trained properly, demanded a supervisor and then yelled at her, etc. I just cringed. Sometimes its more the attitude than the experience level.

Back OT, try Reloadits in smaller amounts (e.g. $300 for TM) until you can assess the viability of a store.

mrmandel

There is no relevant part of a "merchant agreement" applicable to this scenario.

SeahawkRaptor

So anyone who reads this understands, years ago the "stock" merchant agreement issued by MC, Visa, etc contained language that required a merchant take credit for every product sold with no markup or minimum purchase amount. Individual companies were always free to negotiate the agreement terms, and in any event many laws have been enacted to override any terms put out by the card companies. That is why (in my area at least) you now see gas stations that charge more for credit and mom and pop businesses with $5 min for credit now.

So screaming "comply with the merchant agreement" MIGHT get you one purchase. Then that manager checks it out, finds out that there is no such thing, and tells all the other managers who lock down the store (or the chain for that matter) for good from MS. But the guy screaming just made 500 miles so he is an internet message board tough guy.

queensgambit

Any success in Los Angeles area? Will Paypal for tip PM me

ToneDaBass

I've been able to buy at my local Vons. But when I buy $950, it raises all sorts of alarm bells requiring two manager overrides.

In the interest of not raising eyebrows and trying to nurture this store, does anyone know the cutoff dollar amount where I can buy with no alerts at the cashier?

concordian

Less than 500(496 to be precise) as it doesn't require manager override

Ayase

But still it is up to mercy of the cashier.

ToneDaBass

Of course, but this store so far has been MS friendly and I want to keep it that way by not raising any alarms. If the cashier has to keep on calling over the manager, the manager might get fed up and create a cash-only store policy.