Originally Posted by iahphx

So my experience with Staples Visa/MCs is that it's become problematic to buy MOs at supermarkets with MetaBank gift cards -- which are the ones now available at Giant/S&S. For instance, the cash registers at many supermarkets (like Safeway/Acme) will say "invalid" if you try to use a MetaBank GC to buy a MO. You can still buy MOs with Staples/Metabank GCs at a few supermarket chains, but there is usually a "velocity limit." This seems a little murky, but it always seems to be under $500 -- and then you can't buy a second MO at that register for something like 15 minutes.

With that background, has anyone been successful buying a MO with these Giant Vanilla GCs? If so, were you successful at, say, $499 plus the fee?.