Update: I went to a Walmart and tried to do the "change payment method" workaround with the Fred Meyer (US Bank) VGC.

No Joy.

Then I went to a Fred Meyer to make a purchase and could not run it as credit ("Not Authorized"). Couldnt' run it as debit either. And this was at the store I had just purchased the card from the day before!

I called the number on the card. She said that I had tried to do a return and that this had "locked" the card.

Ok, this is what happened:
-I bought the card at Fred Meyer last night and then 30 minutes later went to a Walmart to load BB.
-I went to Customer Server (rather than a checkout lane)
-She took my BB, set it up, and everything looked ok.
-I swiped my VGC.
-beeps, beeps, something wrong
-she says it is trying to do a RETURN to my card.
-confusion ensues
-manager comes over
-manager admonishes the csr for not "clearing the previous transaction"
-manager clears my transaction and we start over with the BB load
-load fails with "DEBIT NOT ALLOWED"
-I leave, dejected.

That was yesterday

Today I returned to Walmart and tried a BB load. "DEBIT NOT ALLOWED'

Then I go to the Fred Meyer where I purchased the card the day before and try to buy ~$30 worth of groceries.

Credit is rejected, Debit is rejected.

I call credit card phone number, she says the "return" caused the card to get locked up.

Now I have to fax the receipt, card number, name, phone, etc... to get the card reactivated.

I'll update in a week to ten days.

Geez...