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Old Feb 23, 2018 | 6:17 pm
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Originally Posted by mikesyr18
Depends. Sometimes AMEX will show a particular purchase as a gift card purchase (like at Staples) and with other merchants they can't see that the purchase was a gift card (like at Wegmans). Buy one GC at the smallest denominator and test it out, or purchase a small item with the gift card.
Having never actually paid attention to how (V)GC purchases post, I was horrified today to find out apparently lots of GC-only transactions are posting as 1% at Safeway, but seemed fine at Whole Foods...
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