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JuliusPIV Nov 28, 2013 9:54 pm


Originally Posted by ctbarron (Post 21871231)
Bought a couple in trips yesterday and today to CVS in Northern VA. Walgreens is always cash only and has been for awhile. Where were the locations you noted?

Arlington, but I didn't hit *all* the CVS' in North or South Arlington. Are they $1k or $5k limits (do you know)?

ctbarron Nov 29, 2013 12:50 pm


Originally Posted by JuliusPIV (Post 21871893)
Arlington, but I didn't hit *all* the CVS' in North or South Arlington. Are they $1k or $5k limits (do you know)?

From what I've heard Arlington is a bit of a dead zone, especially along the metro line. I buy in Fairfax, which has good availability overall but it varies store to store. Nowadays I find one store with a ton, while two others nearby have nothing, so you have to hunt. I have had success in close-in parts of Fairfax such as Falls Church. I've had limited success in DC and Alexandria, but don't get to these locations much to know if this was just luck.

All of the stores I go to are $1k. I briefly found one that would do $5k, but it reverted. I've pushed this a bit with no success but never really gotten into a full-blown argument with a manager. I trudge along at $1k.

LoneTree Nov 29, 2013 12:56 pm


Originally Posted by ctbarron (Post 21874457)
From what I've heard Arlington is a bit of a dead zone, especially along the metro line. I buy in Fairfax, which has good availability overall but it varies store to store. Nowadays I find one store with a ton, while two others nearby have nothing, so you have to hunt. I have had success in close-in parts of Fairfax such as Falls Church. I've had limited success in DC and Alexandria, but don't get to these locations much to know if this was just luck.

All of the stores I go to are $1k. I briefly found one that would do $5k, but it reverted. I've pushed this a bit with no success but never really gotten into a full-blown argument with a manager. I trudge along at $1k.

I buy inside the district regularly. No issues.

samosa Nov 29, 2013 1:09 pm

Its been great in DC and NoVa lately.

frudd38 Nov 29, 2013 7:52 pm

Was just told cash only notification to all CVS countrywide..

amolkold Nov 29, 2013 7:55 pm

I love when people with 2 posts tell us how to do buy VRs.

pinguy Nov 29, 2013 8:10 pm

Got so excited last night to find about two dozen beans in my local CVS. They have been out for over two months. And, they're the only CVS within ten miles that takes cc. Bought two last night. Went back today for two more and they're all gone!

I've been stopping in this store 2-3 times a week. I'm going to alter my commute to stop in twice a day now. Appears I have competition :D

TTnC4me Nov 29, 2013 8:34 pm


Originally Posted by frudd38 (Post 21875920)
Was just told cash only notification to all CVS countrywide..

Was just told limited to Diners Club only.:rolleyes:

nuclfusion Nov 29, 2013 9:23 pm


Originally Posted by frudd38 (Post 21875920)
Was just told cash only notification to all CVS countrywide..

My CVS only accepts bitcoins.

ddallas Nov 29, 2013 9:32 pm


Originally Posted by nuclfusion (Post 21876167)
My CVS only accepts bitcoins.

Mine has switched to the barter system.

jatink129 Nov 29, 2013 10:05 pm

I've got $7k of VRs.

Keep getting "The card is SUSPENDED. Error Code 4005"
I have all the receipts. Did a search and found this and two other threads without any specific answers.

Was wondering if anyone knew what causes this, and what steps I should take to fix it?

I'm going to go into the store tomorrow and also call InComm tomorrow.

Hoping that the store will just reissue me new cards. But I'd rather not go into the store if there's another way to get this fixed...simply because my store has implemented a $1k/day limit. And the cashier decided to let me do $5k and going in with all the receipts, would just get her into trouble.

Would appreciate any help that I can get.
Thanks.

jatink129 Nov 29, 2013 10:59 pm

Update: Just got off the phone with InComm.
Turns out 3-4 of the cards have been used already and the rest are inactive.

:( :(

They've asked me to send them all the copies etc, which I'm going to do tomorrow.

Kinda' freaked out and hoping this gets resolved. Has anyone been in a situation like this before?

P.S- I purchased the cards 3 days ago. Didn't get a chance to use them until now. Scratched the silver strip 10 minutes before posting here.

lacuadra Nov 30, 2013 12:34 am


Originally Posted by jatink129 (Post 21876436)
Update: Just got off the phone with InComm.
Turns out 3-4 of the cards have been used already and the rest are inactive.



They've asked me to send them all the copies etc, which I'm going to do tomorrow.

Kinda' freaked out and hoping this gets resolved. Has anyone been in a situation like this before?

P.S- I purchased the cards 3 days ago. Didn't get a chance to use them until now. Scratched the silver strip 10 minutes before posting here.

Wow some FTer must have xray vision to get away with this

THE LSE Nov 30, 2013 5:50 am

Incom error message
 

Originally Posted by jatink129 (Post 21876436)
Update: Just got off the phone with InComm.
Turns out 3-4 of the cards have been used already and the rest are inactive.



They've asked me to send them all the copies etc, which I'm going to do tomorrow.

Kinda' freaked out and hoping this gets resolved. Has anyone been in a situation like this before?

P.S- I purchased the cards 3 days ago. Didn't get a chance to use them until now. Scratched the silver strip 10 minutes before posting here.

Same thing happened to me while doing just one VR upload to BB 11/30 at 0800. But when I logged into BB account the money was there. Error message was an error!

Have you looked at your debit card (e.g. BB) to see if transactions actually went thru?

zenride Nov 30, 2013 6:02 am


Originally Posted by jatink129 (Post 21876436)
Update: Just got off the phone with InComm.
Turns out 3-4 of the cards have been used already and the rest are inactive.

:( :(

They've asked me to send them all the copies etc, which I'm going to do tomorrow.

Kinda' freaked out and hoping this gets resolved. Has anyone been in a situation like this before?

P.S- I purchased the cards 3 days ago. Didn't get a chance to use them until now. Scratched the silver strip 10 minutes before posting here.

It has never happened to me, but let us know how you make out. This kind of thing would make anyone leery about holding on to more than can be unloaded in a short period of time.


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