Walgreens cash only for GC ?
Sep 23, 2014, 4:24 pm
#106
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 15
Just this past weekend I had a lady at a local Walgreens anxiously telling me how if she accepted credit card payments on a gift card she would get fired immediately. "It's a California law!" So I went next door and bought $1,000 worth from CVS with the same credit card.
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
Sep 24, 2014, 11:04 am
#108
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: SAN
Posts: 234
Just this past weekend I had a lady at a local Walgreens anxiously telling me how if she accepted credit card payments on a gift card she would get fired immediately. "It's a California law!" So I went next door and bought $1,000 worth from CVS with the same credit card.
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
Sep 24, 2014, 9:38 pm
#109
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: All of them!
Posts: 322
Lol at against the law. I don't care if they say it's their store's policy not to accept CC for gift cards but it's annoying when they say something that's completely incorrect. It's usually the older cashiers I've noticed. The best is some college guy with his shirt untucked who is just there for beer money. These guys never card or even ask to see ID
Personally I gave up going to Walgreens when they started enforcing the $500 limit. Just not worth the time to stop there if I can only buy one. In the absence of some special promo like the targeted Discover deal.
Sep 25, 2014, 7:49 am
#110
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 226
I've had multiple Walgreens cashiers tell me that they can't sell me more than one $500 GC due to federal law. No point arguing with them. Even if you point out that you can buy ten $500 GCs per day at the CVS down the street, it won't do any good.
Personally I gave up going to Walgreens when they started enforcing the $500 limit. Just not worth the time to stop there if I can only buy one. In the absence of some special promo like the targeted Discover deal.
Personally I gave up going to Walgreens when they started enforcing the $500 limit. Just not worth the time to stop there if I can only buy one. In the absence of some special promo like the targeted Discover deal.
Sep 25, 2014, 9:09 am
#111
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 349
I offered the manager at Staples $50 if he could tell me the 'federal law' that prevented him from selling $2k worth of VGC with credit but would accept cash or debit for.
Sep 25, 2014, 9:14 am
#112
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 226
Sep 25, 2014, 9:47 am
#113
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Down South, The Desert
Programs: Marriot Rewards, Southwest Rapid rewards, Emerald Club, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,871
Sep 25, 2014, 4:19 pm
#114
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Seattle
Programs: SPG Platinum, HHonors Diamond, DL Diamond Medallion
Posts: 244
Just this past weekend I had a lady at a local Walgreens anxiously telling me how if she accepted credit card payments on a gift card she would get fired immediately. "It's a California law!" So I went next door and bought $1,000 worth from CVS with the same credit card.
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
Many Walgreens in the SF Bay area enforce the $500/day policy but I can get away with more from time to time. Just found it funny that someone thought she could get fired for accepting cc...
I have never had problems with Walgreens in other states, Colorado, Ohio, and Indiana. Using credit card at those places is just given, no questions asked.
Oct 1, 2014, 8:57 am
#117
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 3,688
based on others responses, it remains YMMV. At the WAG district I go to ONLY VR, Balance Financial and GDMP are hard coded for cash only. Even with friendly managers, they cannot override it. For variable PPGCs, Vanillas and PPMC, they still accept CCs. I tested a limit (that cashier mentioned one time but nowhere was it posted) if its hard coded and will prevent me from buying more with different cashiers/registers. It did NOT. I have bought 2 from each register with ease using different CCs for each set.
Oct 1, 2014, 9:01 am
#118
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 349
I usually am but this one just irritated me... I hope he gets attacked by a pack of wild feral Siamese cats.
Oct 1, 2014, 1:31 pm
#119
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,872
Lol at against the law. I don't care if they say it's their store's policy not to accept CC for gift cards but it's annoying when they say something that's completely incorrect. It's usually the older cashiers I've noticed. The best is some college guy with his shirt untucked who is just there for beer money. These guys never card or even ask to see ID
Oct 1, 2014, 1:33 pm
#120
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 1,872
they don't like being screwed.
They even banned me for life after I used 2 coupons on one order. one is certain dollars off and one was free junk item for buying $150 or so.order went thru first but later got cancelled. both codes are legit but they didn't like it. When i called and complained they made it worst by blacklisting me.