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Old Dec 6, 2012, 12:35 am
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Originally Posted by filelover
Really doubt that $503.95 would be an issue. At some point their systems are more sophisticated than that but more importantly they know that rarely anyone spends $500+ at CVS. Whether it is $503.95 or $507.99 if they wanted to they would know exactly what you are up to.

I just buy 2 every time and to date haven't had an issue. Cumulative have bought close to 30 approx over the past few months
+1. It's silly to think that a purchase of exactly $503.95 is going to trigger anything. CVS knows exactly how many prepaid cards they sell and which ones are paid for by CC versus cash. CVS continues to allow VR cards to be purchased by CC, even though they lose money on every purchase of a $500 VR by CC because it brings other very profitable business into their stores. WG apparently thinks otherwise and does not want to lose any money on VR sales. It's just that simple.
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