the way it works is that it's ok with no problem... until it isn't. it's the outliers who kill it usually. the dolts who go in and buy 4,5,10 MO at a time and get noticed or become the topic of conversation. people fail to understand that the supervisors at the local level have a predictable Maslow's HofN approach: they don't want to lose their job. if something looks suspicious and worrying, they'll nip it. 'yeah, the guy who buys all the MO always has me do $500 at a time. i think he uses gift card'. mgr, 'ok, no more gift cards for MO. no more split payments'. and, done.

had this happen to my 3 nearest stores. now, fully 1/2 of my stores are either dead or dead on certain shifts. me. i never do more than 2 at a time, never 999.31 and never the same amount. i vary the value of VGC's so my credit card statements aren't always the same amount. so, some 480,482.69 487, etc. so, if i get 2, 1 will be 1000, the other for 482. looks a bit more 'real' on both sides.