Originally Posted by
bdwyfan
I had something similar to this happen last week.
3x with $10 and 1x with > $450 at grocery store .
Swiped the 3x with $10 fine, but the final swipe with the 4th card got locked. That 4th card had been used in-person elsewhere.
They're sending me a replacement for the 4th card by USPS.
So bizarre why they would lock when used legitimately.
I don't understand how the proceeding VGC can be locked once money has been drained.
Sorry if I wasn't clear:
I had 4x SS Pathward VGC with me:
Card 1: it drained
Card 2: it drained
Card 3: Denied later found out to be locked
Card 4: Denied later found out to be locked
Asked to cancel transaction and start over -- I thought maybe the POS couldn't handle 3 swipes so I would just go back and swipe Card 3 or 4 since they had enough for the full transaction.
Card 1: refunded and locked
Card 2: refunded and locked
Card 3: denied/locked
Card 4: denied/locked
Had to pay with my regular CC lol
And then the worst part is when they all came in the mail, I went to use Card 4 which had $500 on it on my utility bill--I have had success on this many times--and it got locked again.