Went into the Irvine, CA OD (previously mentioned upthread) today to make a legitimate purchase. Not only were all the VR's gone, but the bulk of the lucrative ($500) Visa and Amex cards were gone as well.

As I was checking out, the woman in front of me was attempting to buy several Visa gift cards (with her green AmEx, so probably not in the points game) and while I didn't hear the entire conversation, a cashier did say something to the effect of, "You can only buy xxxx worth of these cards with your credit card because corporate is really cracking down on this. I'm not saying this is fraud, but they're really cracking down on this." She responded by putting less cash on each card.