I purchased a $500 US Bank issued VGC from Fred Meyer (Kroger friendly family) and it will not run as debit.

BB loads fail and to test if it was a BB hardcode issue or not I tried to run it at a local debit-only grocery store and it failed.

I used the preset PIN from the inside flap and it was the first use.

I am wondering if anyone has tried the "change payment method" workaround similar to the MasterCard GC issue where they try to run as credit.

I am going to try the "change payment method" workaround and I'll report back.