Jun 22, 2015, 11:43 pm
Last edit by: Renes Points
Gas Stations Selling Visa Gift Cards (take Credit Card Payment)
*Will only code for gas, if gas station attached. YMMV depending on location.
Tom Thumb
Mobil
Cumberland Farms
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! [working fine in Indiana July 2018]
Cash only:
Tom Thumb (may vary)
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! I place those locations on my blacklist
) [hard coded change end of March early April]
Valero (they *officially* stopped accepting credit cards for variable load VGCs late 2015, but started really enforcing it in January per a manager I spoke to in January 2016) / Houston Valero Corner Store (may it RIP
all the way back to the VR days)
Family Express (Indiana) (as of ~ 2/10/17 CC no longer accepted)
*Will only code for gas, if gas station attached. YMMV depending on location.
Tom Thumb
Mobil
Cumberland Farms
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! [working fine in Indiana July 2018]
Cash only:
Tom Thumb (may vary)
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! I place those locations on my blacklist
) [hard coded change end of March early April]Valero (they *officially* stopped accepting credit cards for variable load VGCs late 2015, but started really enforcing it in January per a manager I spoke to in January 2016) / Houston Valero Corner Store (may it RIP
all the way back to the VR days)Family Express (Indiana) (as of ~ 2/10/17 CC no longer accepted)
Gas stations that offer $500 VGCs?
Sep 25, 2015, 2:55 pm
#46
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The 7-11 gas station cashier that I frequent to buy my VGCs for 3x points finally asked me yesterday: "Just out of curiosity, why do you buy these so often?" I owned up and told him that I do it for miles. The cashier next to him said, "Oh, my Dad does the same thing." Good to know she understands. 
Sep 25, 2015, 5:36 pm
#50
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I have a 7-11 (with pumps) that I buy Ovs at, and all my other cards post as GAS at the high CB. When I tried my OBC, even though the transaction was listed by AMEX as GASOLINE, it only posted in the 1% category.
Sep 25, 2015, 7:51 pm
#51
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If you have a store that displays the logos showing they take MasterCard and they say no to buying prepaid cards with them, file complaints here: https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/cons...-shopping.html
Visa you can email [email protected].
If a place is reported enough, they get threatened with having the fees they pay the credit card companies raised for non-compliance with acceptance policy and that usually gets them in-line since they don't want the fees hiked!
Visa you can email [email protected].
If a place is reported enough, they get threatened with having the fees they pay the credit card companies raised for non-compliance with acceptance policy and that usually gets them in-line since they don't want the fees hiked!
Sep 25, 2015, 11:17 pm
#52
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How do you know that this actually happens?
Sep 26, 2015, 11:26 pm
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Sep 27, 2015, 10:12 am
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Sep 27, 2015, 11:11 am
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Sep 28, 2015, 5:03 pm
#58
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How do you know if a purchase is treated as a cash advance or a purchase?
If a merchant is selling gift cards and I pay for one with my credit card, how do I know in advance whether the transaction will post as a cash advance (obviously not desirable) or as a regular purchase?
Also, how accurate is the Wiki in this thread that Mobil & Valero stations accept credit cards as payment for gift cards?
Also, how accurate is the Wiki in this thread that Mobil & Valero stations accept credit cards as payment for gift cards?
Sep 28, 2015, 5:12 pm
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Sep 29, 2015, 4:53 pm
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Went to two Sunocos. One said they don't take CC as payment. The other didn't have GC even though Visa GC website said they did.
Went to three 7/11s. One said they didn't take CC as payment. There were about 3-4 employees socializing near him.
The other two did take my CC. And it seems like it meant to...it had a different prompt, asked for my CC/ID...had to get the last 4 digits of my card twice....at both of these 2 places that accepted CC for GC.
Go 7/11!
Went to three 7/11s. One said they didn't take CC as payment. There were about 3-4 employees socializing near him.
The other two did take my CC. And it seems like it meant to...it had a different prompt, asked for my CC/ID...had to get the last 4 digits of my card twice....at both of these 2 places that accepted CC for GC.
Go 7/11!