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Originally Posted by silver6054
(Post 22655887)
Not that it is of any practical importance, but is that in fact true? While there are two items on the transaction, it would surprise me if they had coded cleverly enough to allow you to pay the fee with CC. But I doubt if there are any here with practical experience of this!
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Originally Posted by silver4300
(Post 22655985)
Thats how Walgreens is coded in my area. $500 cash only. $3.95 cash or credit.
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Oh, if you buy that story I have a bridge from Miami to Cuba for sale.:p
Originally Posted by cbn42
(Post 22655720)
They are ostensibly trying to prevent use of stolen gift cards to purchase clean gift cards. When thieves obtain a stolen gift card, they would want to quickly purchase something that can be easily sold/liquidated, such as gift cards. With credit cards, they can at least check your ID, but with gift cards, they can't.
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Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy
(Post 22627570)
That the infamous stroller you used to haul millions in dollar coins to the bank? I hear the Smithsonian wants it for an exhibit along with the famous COSTCO ring.:p
Originally Posted by cbn42
(Post 22655720)
They are ostensibly trying to prevent use of stolen gift cards to purchase clean gift cards. When thieves obtain a stolen gift card, they would want to quickly purchase something that can be easily sold/liquidated, such as gift cards. With credit cards, they can at least check your ID, but with gift cards, they can't.
:D Im sure a few savvy crooks have done the above but I bet they only learned about gcs and how to best liquidate them by reading the blogs |
Originally Posted by LordStark1
(Post 22656409)
If your paying cash for it whats the point of paying the fee on the CC? Or perhaps I am missing something.
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Originally Posted by commdiver
(Post 22657906)
Haha, same here. You would have to buy hundreds of VRs to even make it profitable or to even get close to the minimum spending requirements for most cards.
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Originally Posted by commdiver
(Post 22657906)
Haha, same here. You would have to buy hundreds of VRs to even make it profitable or to even get close to the minimum spending requirements for most cards.
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Originally Posted by Blueskyheaven
(Post 22658477)
I have been withdrawing thousands of cash every week from my bank to buy VRs until I got shut down by my bank and also realized I was wasting money and time for nothing.
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Are you kidding? If not, you were paying VR fees for zero points/miles.
Originally Posted by Blueskyheaven
(Post 22658477)
I have been withdrawing thousands of cash every week from my bank to buy VRs until I got shut down by my bank and also realized I was wasting money and time for nothing.
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Originally Posted by Blueskyheaven
(Post 22655167)
CVS is still allowing CREDIT CARD for VR purchases.you can go to your bank and withdraw $500 and pay to load the VR. Then you can use your credit card to pay the $3.95 fee for each card.
Originally Posted by silver6054
(Post 22655887)
Not that it is of any practical importance, but is that in fact true? While there are two items on the transaction, it would surprise me if they had coded cleverly enough to allow you to pay the fee with CC. But I doubt if there are any here with practical experience of this!
Originally Posted by silver4300
(Post 22655985)
Thats how Walgreens is coded in my area. $500 cash only. $3.95 cash or credit.
Originally Posted by LordStark1
(Post 22656409)
If your paying cash for it whats the point of paying the fee on the CC? Or perhaps I am missing something.
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Looks like US Airways is selling miles almost as cheap as CVS/Incomm. Just picked up 200 VR's worth in about 2 minutes and didn't even have to waste anything on gas!
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Originally Posted by crimsonAA
(Post 22662678)
Looks like US Airways is selling miles almost as cheap as CVS/Incomm. Just picked up 200 VR's worth in about 2 minutes and didn't even have to waste anything on gas!
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Originally Posted by ZeroMile
(Post 22662910)
Link please?
Comes out to about 1.1 cpm. It's more than VR at 0.8 cpm, but gas and time have to be worth something. Plus you can do 50,000 miles per account with this. Get a family member in the mix, and you can manufacture 100,000 miles in about 4 minutes. That should even give the most aggressive MSers a run for their money :) |
I would guess most here weren't/aren't paying .8 cpm with VR purchases.
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