Originally Posted by sgideons

Hey BenH,
I think a lot of us would appreciate it if you wouldn't make a bigger deal of this than you have to, especially vis-a-vis talking to corporate. It turns out that different stores have slightly different policies and slightly different implementations of those policies. It sounds like you've figured out the limits and capabilities of the stores near you, and you should definitely do whatever you need to to max out the capabilities of those stores. For example, did you know that you can load your BB at any register, you don't need to go to the Money Center? That's a great way to quickly load as many cards as you like to to your Bluebird, up to $1k per day, not just $400. It's not like Walmart cashiers spend a lot of time monitoring their customers' behavior, as long as you don't make a scene.

Just remember, this isn't about your right to hundreds of thousands of free miles and points. This is about some loopholes that happen to exist in a system designed explicitly to take advantage of the needy. I find this perspective helps when my schemes don't go exactly according to plan.

Thanks for the data points, confirming that Walmart registers do not accept more than 4 forms of payment under any circumstances. That should help other members avoid the same mistake.

—SGS

Originally Posted by blr1222

@BenH

I had a similar experience with the kiosk at my Walmart today. Just kept getting the processing message no matter what I tried. I asked someone if they could reboot the machine, which they did, and it still didn't work after rebooting.

I would write to Walmart corporate about the broken machine, but I wouldn't tell them about the problems you had trying to load your gift cards. They are gift cards (pin based, but gift cards nonetheless) and technically you're not supposed to be able to load them. If you alert Walmart HQ or Bluebird that people are doing this, they may shut it down. Just a thought.