Originally Posted by
isriam
MS is more like Social Engineering than almost anything I've done. If I go and meet a grumpy CSR or Manager, i just go back later and have no problems. There is a safeway where I was buying reloadits every day for months. One day the manager was like hey these are cash only. After going around and around with her, I realized she wasn't going to budge. I went back later that night and there was another guy working, he sold me 2500 no questions asked.
Sometimes you catch a fly with honey and sometimes you might catch more with vinegar

My local reloadit store has great CSR's and I even talk to them about how to earn more points with their cards. It's really YMMV and if someone says they demanded a manager when they were purchasing GC or they walked away, who am I to judge their area for MS. But going again at a later date when a different employee is working is probably the easiest method to get what you need.
100%.
I have a store with one evil manager. She always says cash/debit only for everything, probably even retailer GC. All the other managers and employees of the store are fine with credit. Some of the cashiers know she feels this way, but *also* feel she is a grumpy evil person, and sell to me *while she is working* as long as she doesn't walk up. xD