There are many alternatives...do some reading in the MS threads and you might just find what you are looking for, or even 5 new ideas

I'll give you some starters: MVD (My Vanilla Debit), JH Preferred, H & R Block Emerald

"approximately" "necessary" "literally"

Snark works a lot better when you're literate. Have a nice day.

Talked to the manger at one of my trusted vanilla suppliers yesterday. They were out but were going to get a new shipment this week. He said that they are not going to keep the cards on the rack "since people are stealing them and moving them all over the store". They are going to keep them at the register, you have to ask for them.

There is the old saying that "pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered" - we might be moving towards the slaughter phase if people continue to behave stupidly.

Technically nothing was stolen. Just inconveniently misplaced. ;)

Well, here's my 2 cents on posting availability info... When OD was selling VR and variable load gc that one could buy with a cc, I posted on a blogger's site which particular store had these in stock. I did that on a Thursday night after buying a usual under the radar amount of 1k. That following Sunday I was driving by the store and stopped in to buy another 1k. The gc rack was empty of what I wanted. Went to manager to see if they had more and he told me no they didn't because they sold out the. $15K worth that they had the day before. He heard somebody say that they were "gaming Chase CC's" to get a five percent rebate and he didn't know when they would get any more.

Bottom line, that was the end of VGC and VR with a CC at OD. So, I guess that I am saying that availability should not be posted with a specific store but could be posted as. 'Available in DC'.

Yes OD did stop selling VR but that ended for me as soon as it started.

BTW, I have two pharmacies that always have VR's for me.......

FT is an online bulletin board, not a spelling and grammar contest. Also, not everyone here speaks English as a first language. Many FTers speak multiple languages, I speak 3 as an example. As well, if you're attempting to have a discussion, an ad hominem attack on someone's linguistic ability is a very unproductive way to do so.

Then how about you take a good rereading of the original post from this person and redirect your comment about ad hominem where it belongs?

Went into a CVS a couple of weeks ago and there was a woman in Islamic head gear, crying, with police there. I overheard the police tell her, "no mam, no one from the IRS would tell you pay your taxes by going to CVS" and she just kept crying saying something like "but he told me ...".

Flash forward to two different CVS's this week and I am being grilled by the cashiers/manager as to why I am buying beans and am I doing this for someone else. They tell me there is a scam where people are being told to go to CVS to pay their taxes by buying beans. They never meet the person. The person tells them on the phone how to load the funds to their particular card.

This wasn't one of you guys on the phone trying to get your BB loaded was it?

It looks like people new to the country, not used to how the tax systems works, or maybe come from countries where they are used to being thugged and threatened by the govn are being targeted.

This is so sad and disturbing. Lots of scams using the letters IRS around this time of the year.

Interesting story. Sadly this is not uncommon with all of these reloadable cards - MoneyPaks, VR's, Reloadit, etc. As goblue77 pointed out, it does increase during tax time. It definitely makes things harder on MS'ers.

If you are concerned that someone is making an ad hominem attack against you, click the little red triangle in the lower left of the post that you feel bothers you. It will alert a moderator. Also, responding to an ad hominem attack with one of your own is not a proper way to respond.

Oh...poor woman. This is so sad..

The sad part is this is more common than one would think BUT out of sheer embarrassment, it isn't reported the majority of the time.

I usually tell them the last 4 #s before they ask, but have no problems handing them the cc if they want it, with no need to cover up anything. If a person is set on getting the whole # they will, if they get it and use it Im covered and will simply dispute those charges. Besides for many things theyd need the 3 # security code on the back anyways