Originally Posted by healthnut (Post 22616554)

If the memo says tomorrow, I don't see how he could get in trouble for this.

Originally Posted by WellsDakota (Post 22616538)

Normally a lurker, but registered to post this.

I was at CVS yesterday and asked about the memo. Manager said he had no idea so just shook it off and figured it was a joke and bought my beans. Went back today and same manager was there, but he wasn't looking friendly like yesterday. Normally he's chatty, but today he was pissed off!

I guess the memo had been sent to him yesterday morning, but there was something screwy with his email where some of his messages didn't get delivered until later in the day (even though they were sent earlier). I think this explains why some managers have seen the memo and others haven't. What sucks is his manager saw that he let my beans go through yesterday. His manager tried to call the store to ask what was up, but I guess nobody answered. So his manager then called the store manager's cell, but that call didn't go through either. Left him a fuming message about how they couldn't get their act together to properly answer phones and how they're just ignoring important memos from corporate. There was some profanity on the message and a threat about how "if he didn't give a .... about following the rules or getting things done that there were plenty of other people interested in his position." This is what got him going back and checking email and suddenly the memo was there!

I feel kind of bad now. He might get fired because I bought beans yesterday! So if you're lucky enough to find a store still selling them for credit, you might want to think twice. If you don't care about the manager or he's a prick then I say go for it. If he's a nice guy... well, I'm not going to tell you what you have to do, but it is nice to have a little compassion.

Originally Posted by healthnut (Post 22616554)

If the memo says tomorrow, I don't see how he could get in trouble for this.

Originally Posted by kasan08 (Post 22616591)

You can go and write a script for a Hollywood movie, dude! How can you image so much just from you feeling that the manager was not as happy as yesterday???! Even all you imagine was true, that manager wasn't wrong to selling icecream to you because the new policy won't take effect until tomorrow..

Originally Posted by WellsDakota (Post 22616593)

That part didn't make sense to me either. All I know is he was pissed and looked a little scared. He said he'd been trying to reach his manager, but having no luck (guess his manager is out enjoy the weekend and he'll find out what's up on Monday). If I had to guess his manager is a little more proactive and expects people to implement policy changes as soon as they get them. Or maybe his manager missed the 3/31 date.

I feel bad because I always chat him up and talk to him for a few minutes when I'm there. He has a wife who stays at home and two kids so would really suck for him if he was suddenly out of work.

Originally Posted by Blueskyheaven (Post 22616556)

i have never been able to buy VR of over $5k in 24 hr. if I bought today at 6pm, i have to wait until 6pm tomorrow or the transaction will show limit reached and wouldn't work

Originally Posted by hamhead (Post 22616621)

Sad to see it go, have plenty of other places to get VR with CC, but it was always good to have options.

Originally Posted by iahphx (Post 22615518)

To me, these 3 posts symbolize what's often wrong with Flyertalk these days, and especially this thread.

Instead of blathering on about silly conspiracy theories or wallowing in our misfortune, we should focus this thread on something useful and obvious: how can you load a Bluebird if you can't buy Vanilla Reloads with a credit card at CVS. I tried to bring the focus to this last night, but almost nobody cared. I'm suspecting nobody will post useful information today, either, but I figure I'll give it one last try.

Of course the reason folks won't help is because, as Beckles noted, a lot of the "experts" are seriously abusing/milking this promo and are afraid that if they give away their secrets to newbies, their techniques will be shut down. There is, of course, some truth to this. But I guarantee you that, by tomorrow, the bloggers will be all over this, searching for page views AND providing useful information. Say what you want about the bloggers, but they're generally more helpful than Flyertalk for things like this. They try to help, instead of trying to hide. It would be nice if Flyertalks were willing to share, too. I mean, that's what this website is supposed to be about. Right?

I'll start by posting what I know. I've never needed to do this, so my knowledge is limited.

The obvious replacement is to buy gift cards instead of Vanilla Reload cards and load them to your Bluebird at Walmart. It is apparently important to buy the "right" gift cards: ones that have a pin. If somebody could post a guide to these "right" cards, that would be extremely helpful.

Once you get to Walmart, it's then very helpful if they have a MoneyCenter machine, so you can do the reload without cashier assistance. Not all Walmarts have these machines. If you plug your zip code into this "finder" and tyoe "Walmart" into the "retail location" search function, you can find which stores near you have machines:

http://www.moneypass.com/atm-locator.aspx

Grant posted a nice thread awhile ago about how to use the MoneyCenter machines to load BB:

http://travelwithgrant.com/bluebird/...s-walmart-atm/

If you don't have a machine at your Walmart, you can also load with a cashier. But it seems like this is YMMV, as some cashiers/stores object to folks doing this with gift cards. According to reports, you're limited to $1000 day per BB card using either Walmart loading method.

It would be nice if others would also share useful "replacement" information. It's better to be kind than selfish, and as far as I'm concerned, if you're willing to read through this insanely long thread, you've exerted enough effort to be "worthy" of assistance.

Originally Posted by healthnut (Post 22616607)

He'd have a pretty good case in court. (not legal advice ;))

The memo says tomorrow, so hopefully his manager can get his head on straight and realize he's in the green. Maybe his manager will even apologize for being so irrational and making the guy freak out.