Aug 2, 2013, 6:51 pm
Last edit by: CWAL
A new thread was created for the new year in 2017. This is the old thread. For the 2017 on this topic, go here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manufactured-spending/1819562-cvs-master-thread-2017-a.html
CVS is cash only for all Incomm-related reloads and reloadable cards, including Vanilla Reloads and Serve swipe reloads. See memo to stores for complete list. Other cards at CVS can still be bought using credit, but YMMV depending on location, Manager, etc.
New limits rolling out starting 10/20:
Transactions with $300 or more of card face value require ID.
Limit $2000 of card face value per 24 hour rolling period.
Limit of 10 cards per 24 hours.
Cashback posted in 48 hours.
Cash Register Freezing
Multiple reports that the CVS cash register will freeze and lock after scanning the ID when purchasing multiple prepaid cards. Then the register's computer needs to be restarted. Some report that "swiping" the ID instead of "scanning" will avoid the issue.
Limit of 7 tenders (swipes) per transaction. This is most commonly run into when using low-value AGCs. After seven, the transaction must be complete, no cash (or any other payment method) will be accepted to pay the balance.
CVS is cash only for all Incomm-related reloads and reloadable cards, including Vanilla Reloads and Serve swipe reloads. See memo to stores for complete list. Other cards at CVS can still be bought using credit, but YMMV depending on location, Manager, etc.
New limits rolling out starting 10/20:
Transactions with $300 or more of card face value require ID.
Limit $2000 of card face value per 24 hour rolling period.
Limit of 10 cards per 24 hours.
Cashback posted in 48 hours.
Cash Register Freezing
Multiple reports that the CVS cash register will freeze and lock after scanning the ID when purchasing multiple prepaid cards. Then the register's computer needs to be restarted. Some report that "swiping" the ID instead of "scanning" will avoid the issue.
Limit of 7 tenders (swipes) per transaction. This is most commonly run into when using low-value AGCs. After seven, the transaction must be complete, no cash (or any other payment method) will be accepted to pay the balance.
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Mar 30, 2014, 11:34 am
#6301
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http://www.walmart.com/cp/Rapid-Reload/1101512
theres the walmart link to this......and says its cash and check only.
theres the walmart link to this......and says its cash and check only.
Mar 30, 2014, 11:38 am
#6302
Join Date: Feb 2014
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Is this a coincidence that WM is now featured as a retailer for VR's?
Mar 30, 2014, 11:41 am
#6303
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
because you cannot use a CC!
Mar 30, 2014, 11:46 am
#6305
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Mar 30, 2014, 11:51 am
#6307
Join Date: May 2013
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Mar 30, 2014, 11:53 am
#6308
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: New England
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt Globalist, Jetblue Mosaic (past)
Posts: 298
If CVS is about to become useless for buying vanilla and other reloads, can they still offer us any value in terms of buying MOs with a PIN debit?
What are the rules, costs, limits? Would love folks to weigh in with data including how easy it is and whether cashiers tend to be picky about it being an official debit vs. a prepaid say visa or MC GC?
What are the rules, costs, limits? Would love folks to weigh in with data including how easy it is and whether cashiers tend to be picky about it being an official debit vs. a prepaid say visa or MC GC?
Last edited by ZapperO; Mar 30, 2014 at 11:54 am Reason: typo.
Mar 30, 2014, 11:53 am
#6309
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Mar 30, 2014, 11:55 am
#6310
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 8
Datapoint:
Confirmed seeing the note in Northern Virginia.
Took the wife to get our usual 5k/per person.
1st stop: Cashier let me buy the 5k with a warning stating today would be the last day. Cashier showed me the exact same letter stating cash only starting tomorrow.
2nd stop: Was able to buy the next 5k with no problems.
Confirmed seeing the note in Northern Virginia.
Took the wife to get our usual 5k/per person.
1st stop: Cashier let me buy the 5k with a warning stating today would be the last day. Cashier showed me the exact same letter stating cash only starting tomorrow.
2nd stop: Was able to buy the next 5k with no problems.
Mar 30, 2014, 11:55 am
#6311
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
Sorry, I should have clarified. I read the wiki, but there are tons of datapoints that disagree with that particular entry. I thought the cutoff time had been established.
Yes, that would seem to be the least busy time. But software updates rarely go into place at midnight (especially since midnight EDT = 9 PM PDT, which would still be a busier time). More common maintenance windows are 3-4 AM, or somewhere in that range. That's when tend things to be really dead, and not even the early birds are out and purchasing anything yet.
As someone else has already responded, the VR limit is rolling 24 hour limit.
For the POS software update, wouldn't Sunday night/Monday morning make sense as the least busy times? For a Retail store selling lots of snacks, contraceptives and first aid supplies, I don't think they'd want their registers doing a software update at midnight on a Friday or Saturday near college campuses even if the calendar was on the cusp of a new month.
For the POS software update, wouldn't Sunday night/Monday morning make sense as the least busy times? For a Retail store selling lots of snacks, contraceptives and first aid supplies, I don't think they'd want their registers doing a software update at midnight on a Friday or Saturday near college campuses even if the calendar was on the cusp of a new month.
Mar 30, 2014, 11:59 am
#6312
Join Date: Feb 2013
Programs: All of them!
Posts: 322
If CVS is about to become useless for buying vanilla and other reloads, can they still offer us any value in terms of buying MOs with a PIN debit?
What are the rules, costs, limits? Would love folks to weigh in with data including how easy it is and whether cashiers tend to be picky about it being an official debit vs. a prepaid say visa or MC GC?
What are the rules, costs, limits? Would love folks to weigh in with data including how easy it is and whether cashiers tend to be picky about it being an official debit vs. a prepaid say visa or MC GC?
Mar 30, 2014, 12:01 pm
#6313
Join Date: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,857
Thanks a lot. Definitely getting some extra today.
Last edited by bobert24; Mar 30, 2014 at 12:12 pm
Mar 30, 2014, 12:05 pm
#6315
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: PHL
Posts: 930
I just came back from one CVS where there was an actual huddle around the gift card rack. People were checking behind gift cards, under the gift card rack, on shelves...I drove ten minutes down the road and their racks were full of VRs 