Originally Posted by
unkinected
Note you can often buy more than one of these without mgr intervention by buying them separately. I.e. bring two cards up to the register and ask to buy them as separate purchases. Now you've doubled your effectiveness.
That fact was neither lost nor omitted in my OP.
Originally Posted by
BigDawgFT
You can even do three! Some Vons permit up to $2,999.99 in "gift card" purchases. And it is a "myth" that anything over $500 requires manager intervention. It only requires the override key, which many managers will leave with one of the cashiers, especially late at night. YMMV
You can do a lot more than $2999.99...all up to the cashier (and he/she who holds the override key).