Originally Posted by MsArbi (Post 22502698)

Same here, but I do small stacks at a time and use a real, backup debit card as a divider. So for a typical 4 swipe transaction I pull 4-6 new cards from my pocket and put them under the divider, swipe and stack on top of the divider, and put the 4 used cards in the other pocket when the transaction goes through. It's less reaching into pockets, and I have backup GC and real DC in hand in case of multiple swipe failures. Also the real DC is on top during periods of waiting between transaction approval and the next swipe, so passing cashiers don't see the GC's underneath. Sometimes I feel like I'm performing sleight of hand magic.

Originally Posted by kwbtraveler (Post 22500692)

If no VRs, then use the One Vanilla Visa Gift Cards. Our BB cards are max'd out for this month, so we switched over to One Vanilla VGC. Mrs. T picked up a few this evening. As already stated you'll spend $1 more for each card (over the VR) & an extra $0.70 for a MO at WM. Well worth it, and your not running around trying to find the VRs. :)

Originally Posted by PaulMSN (Post 22501485)

My cards go from left pocket to hands, swipe, then right pocket after "Approved". I'm not worried about them seeing the card at my WM, but this just seems efficient.

Originally Posted by zenride (Post 22504023)

One WM that allowed multiple swipes many times before, suddenly stopped allowing it about a month ago.
Was going there 2-3 times a week and never had a single problem.

Just be aware it's possible to wear out your welcome at WM, CVS & others and a single manager can put an end to what you're doing.

Originally Posted by MsArbi (Post 22503970)

It's not really subterfuge, just discretion. Most WM employees I dealt with are nice and accommodating, but the few bad apples are the worst. No need to invite scrutiny.

Originally Posted by ang2383 (Post 22505233)

Did anyone have any issues today? I tried to buy $1k at my local CVS earlier, but my ID wouldn't scan. I got a system error. I also bought $1k yesterday, but I don't think that was the issue. I've had this issue a few months ago, but that was a system wide error.

Originally Posted by CBDTREE (Post 22505955)

$5K this afternoon no problem

Originally Posted by Goldfishes (Post 22506266)

Just did $4k without issue. My first time doing over $1,000 in a single purchase. I was a little scared that I was gonna get a fraud alert from this (new Citi AA Exec) but it was all good. 50% of the way to meeting minimum spend :D

Originally Posted by the_jaguar (Post 22476398)

I was thinking along similar lines, but the issue here is that I did my $5K purchase on Sunday night at 9:45PM PST, so even if we were to assume that this went into Monday, my follow-up purchase was on Wednesday night (around 9:45PM PST), which should have gone into Thursday, but that wasn't the case.. I am still scratching my head over this and hoping this doesn't turn into any sort of blacklisting, etc...

Originally Posted by the_jaguar (Post 22507803)

For those who are interested, I still can't buy VR's at CVS for $1000 because the POS system rejects my DL. I have been buying for $999 to avoid the DL scan. It's almost been 10 days since I made the $5K purchase. I wonder if I am permanently blacklisted :(

Also, one of the stores has a new policy now where are all prepaid debits/VR's have a different checkout procedure - they don't let you sign digitally on the POS system, but they print out a paper receipt and note down your DL number and take a physical signature.

Originally Posted by the_jaguar (Post 22507803)

For those who are interested, I still can't buy VR's at CVS for $1000 because the POS system rejects my DL. I have been buying for $999 to avoid the DL scan. It's almost been 10 days since I made the $5K purchase. I wonder if I am permanently blacklisted :(

Also, one of the stores has a new policy now where are all prepaid debits/VR's have a different checkout procedure - they don't let you sign digitally on the POS system, but they print out a paper receipt and note down your DL number and take a physical signature.

Originally Posted by KYBOSH (Post 22508005)

I looked a few pages back but didnt see anthiing about your story.

Were you up to any funny business at CVS? Dispute or chargeback?

Originally Posted by the_jaguar (Post 22474416)

Warning: This is going to be a lengthy post, but I do have an interesting story to share and also have a question to ask:

This past Sunday, I headed into a CVS late in the night (around 10PM) and bought $5K worth of VR's. Initially the store said the system restricted the sale to $1K only, but I asked them to try it anyway and like expected (after swiping my DL), the $5K purchase went through just fine.

Fast forward to last night, I go VR hunting to 3 different CVS stores. First store just had 1 VR left, which I purchased. I then went to the second store that had 5 of them available, so I asked the cashier to ring them all up and when the cashier swiped my DL (after scanning the 2nd VR), a message popped up on their POS that it wouldn't let the transaction go through (even before I swiped my CC), but the system allowed me to purchase <$1K worth of VR because there is no DL scanning, so I bought 1 VR there. I thought that the POS message was an operator error, so I went to the third store and here I try to buy $1K worth of VR and the same message popped out on the POS. I ended up buying just 1 VR, which went through without any issues.

Has anybody faced similar issues with the POS system not letting a purchase go through after scanning their DL (after the required 24 hour period)?

Btw, at the second store, since I gave the cashier multiple VR's, he goofed up and ended up giving me an unactivated VR instead of the one I paid for. When I got home last night to load the VR, I realized what had happen (after looking at the number on the receipt), so I ended up going back to the store in the morning today and a different cashier didn't seem to care and asked me to go find the one that was activated and take that instead (luckily for me, I went into the store last night just before they closed and I was there the first thing this morning, so they hadn't sold the activated one yet, phew!). Since I was at the store anyway, I ended up buying $999 worth of VR so that I can avoid the whole DL swiping issue again...