I'm also in the Los Angeles area. Aren't there enough RA where you like that you can just do $500 at each? I am just hoping this new method doesn't get abused and shut down.

I'll admit I used to do $1k loads at FD, but learned my lesson when they started to get denied for potential fraud. And now many FD are cash only for Serve load. I also used to buy $1k in gc from RA, and then some of them started to go cash only for gc. Luckily there are numerous RA in my area, and I'm keeping my Serve loads to just $500 per visit to hopefully keep this them from going to cash only as well.