Originally Posted by
Wonko
A few days ago I had a $500 Pathward/InComm BIN 409758 purchased at Safeway fail at one of my usual Sacramento area WMs for a $240 swipe. The register slip didn't show an error code, just the message "DEBIT NOT APPROVED CALL AUTHORIZER", and the CSR told me I couldn't use a gift card without seeing my card. A couple of days later I tried again and the same thing happened, this time the CSR asked me if I was using a credit card and then told me I couldn't use a gift card, again without seeing the card. The same card later worked at another WM and then at a WMNM. So, it appears that this particular WM is coded to reject gebits and the CSR can see that it's a gebit from their side, but it isn't a systemwide update at least yet.
I've had the same thing happening. My regular CSR was on their phone, not even looking what I was swiping. Then looked at their screen and asked if I was using a gift card. I said "no", and they said, "weird", try again. Tried again, same issue. Debit not approved message on their screen. Usually a little paper comes out showing the error message, but not this time. This was a single swipe. Something for sure changed.