Originally Posted by rdover1 (Post 22128496)

Unlikely. Most POS also have basic fraud prevention built in. Multiple same card swipes are suspicious so they can be blocked at the register without your card provider ever seeing a block.

Originally Posted by mfinn (Post 22129285)

Datapoint: Four Baltimore metro area CVS stores uncharacteristically beanless today. :(

Originally Posted by jimbaum (Post 22132073)

Being early in the month coupled with Dividend 5x earnings, it makes sense that folk are snatching beans up left and right.

I for one, need to feed my 2x Plantinum miles for me and my wife, and then do the Dividend so activity has definitely gone up ;)

Originally Posted by mfinn (Post 22129285)

Datapoint: Four Baltimore metro area CVS stores uncharacteristically beanless today. :(

Originally Posted by Zamboni Driver (Post 22125969)

But, the interesting part... Spoke with Citi's fraud prevention dept, and they said that it wasn't suspicious activity that triggered it, but rather that the magnetic card reader did not read the number or the expiration date properly. They suggested telling the cashier the next time to key in the card number manually. Anyone hear or try that before?

Originally Posted by Zamboni Driver (Post 22125969)

Went to a different CVS (from my regular one) yesterday to buy 3K worth of beans. The cashier said they needed to split them into 3 transactions of 1K each. The third transaction triggered a fraud alert on the Citi TYP card, so I just had him cancel the transaction. Never had that happen with a single 3K transaction, so I know it's not the amount, but the number of swipes.

But, the interesting part... Spoke with Citi's fraud prevention dept, and they said that it wasn't suspicious activity that triggered it, but rather that the magnetic card reader did not read the number or the expiration date properly. They suggested telling the cashier the next time to key in the card number manually. Anyone hear or try that before?

Originally Posted by jewsus (Post 22136519)

They don't know ... they are talking about. Back when I was a citi customer I heard the same BS. They even overnighted me a new card. If your CVS purchases are still blocked, PM me and I'll let you know how to correct it.

Originally Posted by kwest2 (Post 22144311)

Bought at CVS today, and instead of the receipt showing "ACTIVATED" for the cards, it now says "Will be activated within 24 hours". Sure enough, over an hour later the cards still are not activated. Anyone experience this?

Originally Posted by BrianGa (Post 22144722)

Same here. 4/5 cards are now active, about an hour after purchase. Still waiting on the last. I called the number on the back of the card. They said CVS is experiencing a delay this morning.

Originally Posted by digital330 (Post 22119396)

I got this error today after DL scan. Tried twice, but no go.

Originally Posted by nuclfusion (Post 22121294)

And if you're lucky enough, the clerks will assist in bypassing the DL scan limits. My DL didn't scan so we did multiple 2 VR transactions without blinking. It really does pay to be nice to your CSRs.

Originally Posted by rdover1 (Post 22128496)

Unlikely. Most POS also have basic fraud prevention built in. Multiple same card swipes are suspicious so they can be blocked at the register without your card provider ever seeing a block.