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Old May 11, 2015, 4:40 pm
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ElPresidente
 
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Originally Posted by vagrants
My nearest OM had only $100, so I grabbed 6x. Tried to purchase 3x $100 with 2 transactions. The cashier reported 2 transactions to a manager (?), she came & told me that I must purchase all of it in a single transaction, a corporate policy. Smelled bull, argued since there were no customers, then left.
Doing 3x$100 doesn't trigger manager override requirement. Doing it twice would be a $600 purchase by one customer who MIGHT be trying to avoid having a manager personally scrutizine a large transaction. The bull here is you, who snorted and tossed horns and stamped out.

What you should have done is smiled sweetly and done the 6x$100 transaction, and thanked them for their assistance. When the amount is going to exceed $500, you should expect manager override and accept it graciously. If you are hitting a same store again where you have already done your "one per household", come at different hours and eyeball if it's the same manager on duty first. Never been a problem for me.

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