Originally Posted by
rasgueado
So you told them they were prepaid cards... which you got from your family... presumably as a gift... but they didn't think those were gift cards? Looks like their security is top notch
Most likely they knew but just thought it was a one time thing so did not make a big deal about it (in DISCOVER's words, one time courtesy
If OP stops by the store again trying the same thing, he/she would probably run into more resistance. Split payments for MOs are not unusual, but same person keeping doing it (especially for the maximum amount on the MO) is unusual.