Originally Posted by
silver6054
Not just the dollar. Much easier to buy a lot of cards at CVS than at a supermarket, at least round here. $1000 is a huge deal.
Few days ago I was told: Cash only, Cash only if more than $300, credit card if you take down the ID, only works with Amex. Since I wanted to use BC, that was fine, but I decided buying more than $1000 would be pushing it.
I wholeheartedly agree with this. I'm much more comfortable at CVS.
Regarding Vanilla, it doesn't make sense that we can't make a small initial purchase, set the pin, and then be able to avoid the workaround at Wal-Mart. The workaround is sketchy for me.