Nope. They dont. Not in my experiences. Many data points reported that the accounts remain active after being re-opened and stay active since March.

Like I said if you can float the fund, it is no big deal, just a little hassle.

If you cannot, then it is a whole different ball game. Nobody should be into this if they cannot float some amount because this is not without risk. Anything can happen, including a bad VR, fund on VR being stolen, etc Haven't we seen enough reports on such? They all are sorted out at the end but takes time.

I can confirm this. It is still being used to load and unload (but via MO instead of CA).

Are all the shut downs associated with CA's or were some for debit PIN transactions? I haven't done any CA's yet.

Cannot log in.

If I do not care to reopen the account, will they mail me the check for balance and close the account? anyone has done this?

I don't like when anyone takes over the control of my money, struggle to get it back? happened with WF, tired, not worth the MS. VR-BB in that respect seems OK

they will cut you a check and deduct $9.95 thats their fee for a check. Just call they will read you the riot act and reopen yur acct for 48 hrs , so that you can unload it. Depending how much you have in it decide either to hit say Wally for MOs or do 1 CA that is $1.95 at your bank

Does not make any difference. They make more money at $1.95 per transaction on CA versus the debit card transaction at $0.50 only. You save more fee with CA on amount $3K and above versus the MO route.

Visiting FL from MA...taking advantage of Amscot...
 

Hi All--Just curious if anyone that has been on vacation in FL has tried getting a few thousand $ in free Amscot money orders. Wondering if it'll fraud alert since I'm a long way from MA which is the only place I've ever used my MVD in my two months of ownership. Done about 5-6 $3k to $5k CA at a couple of banks, done a $4k debit card transaction and bought one MO at my local USPS.

Don't wanna get my beloved MVD red flagged or shut down by trying out Amscot but I was thinking maybe some MO to mix up all of my CA activity might be wise as I've probably pushed through $30k so far in 2 months. Any advice within the next 3 days while I'm in FL would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

My account was reopened today after I submitted the requested information. It says active now. I was calling in to followup and the automated system reported my balance, which it didn't before when the account was suspended. I then logged in online. I don't know if the account is permanently active or only temporarily.

I'm glad I was able to submit the receipt for some of the loads or it would probably have taken a lot longer to get access to the funds. I had to go digging through the trash to find the receipt.

Huh? I'm not sure I understand you. The latest data points show that accounts are still being shutdown because of unloading via CA.

Only to a couple persons who just suffered that. AFAIK, right in the past few days, there were CAs being done, in far greater amount. Nothing happened.

CA itself does not seem to be the particular trigger. We are all just guessing and speculating but in all reality, it could be something totally unrelated. Who knows.

Not sure how to read this
 

Went to Wal-mart to get a MO. Got the following message
"Debit not available APPR. Code = 57".

Checked online, account status is active.

Is it possible you could have reached the weekly/monthly/annual PIN debit transaction limit?

I believe that would produce a code '51'.

The error code 57 is error in processing, try again in a few mins.

http://www.authorize.net/support/mer...eason_Text.htm

How long ago did you try? Mine still shows as active as well, but I just attempted to do a CA and it didn't go through. It came back with an error code the bank manager had never even seen before, but different than 57. I'm guessing it was an error code specific to CAs. I'm wondering if there are currently problems going on at MVDs end.

Can you buy MO at Amscot with debit card? They told me - cash only.