Originally Posted by RVRS

I've seen others mention that GCs with remaining balances can be auto-drained at an SCO at WM and some other retailers I don't remember. Previously, I've never had more than a penny or two remaining, but with a new churn I'm doing which utilizes a double bank-shot, I've confirmed there is $2 remaining on each card, which I'm fine with as it reopens a prior shutdown route.

It's starting to be quite a stack, AKA real money, so after MSing during a recent trip to WM, I picked up some groceries and swiped the GC at an SCO thinking it would auto-drain the $2 and I'd put the rest on another card, but I could see in the little window it was attempting to take the entire amount from the card, and of course it was declined.

Why didn't this work?