Originally Posted by
diburning
Policy has changed as of 3/2 for the stores in my area (New England). Prepaid cards are now specifically disallowed for money order purchases regardless of whether it has a pin and only one swipe is allowed per money order purchase. It doesn’t appear to be hard coded so it’s up to the clerk to enforce, but the new policy is clearly posted.
The big supermarket chain in my neck of the woods made the same policy change about 1.5 years ago and went to cash only for MOs.
Even the sympathetic CS agents who knew me were loath to bend or break the rules, and I can understand given that doing so could lose them their job. Not something I want to be responsible for.