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Old Nov 15, 2013, 2:29 pm
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As of 6/19/2014, Walmart does not accept debit transactions above $49.99 from cards issued by Bancorp, namely Vanilla Visas (OV, VGC, etc.). Attempts result in "Alternate Tender Required," "Debit Not Available," and/or some other error message, at both registers and the Money Center Express (MCE, kiosk, Kate, ATM).

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Old Jun 18, 2014, 7:22 pm
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 7:26 pm
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DEBIT NOT AVAILABLE APPR. CODE = 94

2 onevanilla cards. 1 is 4847-3533. The other is 4941-5962
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 7:33 pm
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Has anybody with the decline issue called the number on the back of the card to ask what's up and see if a rep can at least see the attempted transaction? Most likely will be clueless and be of no help, but seems like it would be worth a shot.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:00 pm
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Is this isolated to OV or are metabank visas still working
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:01 pm
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I just tried 2 different cards at Kate. Yesterday the machine worked fine to load $1500. Today I tried $500 with one Vanilla card and got the 94 error. Then tried $100 on the other card and got 96 error code.

Looks like I'll have to take other measures to unload these. Luckily I only have $2K to worry about and not ten.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:01 pm
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Originally Posted by phdtomd
Is this isolated to OV or are metabank visas still working
One of the posters earlier stated that Metabank cards were still working. All of the posts I have seen have pointed to an OV problem.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:02 pm
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Originally Posted by tree100
I just tried 2 different cards at Kate. Yesterday the machine worked fine to load $1500. Today I tried $500 with one Vanilla card and got the 94 error. Then tried $100 on the other card and got 96 error code.

Looks like I'll have to take other measures to unload these. Luckily I only have $2K to worry about and not ten.
In the same boat, except I have a 3K AGC on the way. Will have to find other avenues.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:03 pm
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I will be loading the bird this weekend, with MetaBK GC's at Wackmart. Will post back with my results, probably on Saturday.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:06 pm
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I will be loading the bird this weekend, with MetaBK GC's at Wackmart. Will post back with my results, probably on Saturday.
Pretty sure by then everything will be sorted out. Thanks though.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by ftomasze
One of the posters earlier stated that Metabank cards were still working. All of the posts I have seen have pointed to an OV problem.
I got the same failed result using a U.S. bank visa debit gift card. My Simon mall gift card worked fine.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:19 pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisFlyer66
I got the same failed result using a U.S. bank visa debit gift card. My Simon mall gift card worked fine.
Aren't the SMGCs backed by US bank as well?
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:20 pm
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Originally Posted by ChrisFlyer66
My Simon mall gift card worked fine.
Thank god. I have an embarrassing amount of those I haven't unloaded yet.
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:22 pm
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Originally Posted by ftomasze
Aren't the SMGCs backed by US bank as well?
Yes they are. The card that failed was purchased at a grocery store (Ralph's).
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:47 pm
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Loaded $2k OV this morning at 11:40am AZ time. Went back to finish up the other $4k at about 5pm and none of them would work. Tried to load at Kate and then at a cashier and neither would work. Tried 4 different cards.

Error code was 96

See what happens tomorrow and hope its just a glitch...
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Old Jun 18, 2014, 8:53 pm
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Originally Posted by asubrapp

See what happens tomorrow and hope its just a glitch...
This.
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