Originally Posted by
Road_Dog
Does anyone know, when buying VGC or MCGC at Walmart, if there is some sort of hard coded limit you can buy every so often with a CC?
for example,
- Yeaterday, I bought two MCGC at SCO using Visa #1. This was at 9:30AM.
- At 9:45AM, I tried to buy another two MCGC at a different SCO using Visa #1 and was declined. I used Visa #2 instead.
- Today, at 8:45AM, I tried to buy another two MCGC at SCO using Visa #1 and was denied. I tried Visa #2 and was also denied. Visa #3 worked.
keep in mind I’m not getting fraud alerts on my cards. i even called into Visa #1 customer service and they only see the completed charge, and do not see either denial. This tells me Walmart might just be blocking subsequent purchases for VGC or MCGC made in “quick” succession? Does anyone know?
I suspect that you hit it on the nose.
They probably track CC's that are used for certain purchases, such as MOs or GCs and limit their use for a period of time after being used for a prior like purchase..
Apparently, from your DPs, it takes more than 24 hours to clear the block. It would be helpful to all if you could confirm when you could again use one of the blocked CCs to purchase another GC.
Finally, perhaps the block can be defeated by buying the GC at the CSC. I wonder if they would make you show ID?