Originally Posted by
tuphat
Datapoint -- So I had another fail at using OV MCs, to purchase MO at a third grocery store chain that has worked perfectly w/ OVs in the past. So now I'm like a junkie with a contaminated stash (2x $500 cards). My plan is to liquidate ASAP, probably to fund Amazon gift account and write off the opportunity cost.
Will be interesting to see if other stores are hard-coding against OV like WM, or if this is one-off experience.
See if you can just buy a MetaBank VGC with the OV at an Albertsons/Safeway store. I had the same issue with a Bancorp OV MCGC at every store I tried to use for debit, and swore them off in favor of the Meta Visas/MasterCards instead. I believe there were some DPs about these cards from people buying them at Sams (Bancorp vs InComm flavor Vanillas) and which ones consistently work for MOs and other debit purchases.