you should check what other methods are still available in MS.

Probably bought a GC to try out at various stores...you can buy them in small denominations if you don't feel comfortable with a $500 one.

Are there places that accept debit but won't accept GCs? I can't even find a singular place to accept debit. I guess living in a smaller town doesn't work.

Now if only I could find the people who wiped out the OneVanillas from my local CVS and follow them to see how they do it.

Yay! I found a store that takes "debit" so I was able to cash out my OVs from last week. Sure it will suck going from $1000 MO for $0.00 to $500 MO for $0.79-$0.89. However, it will be cheaper than the $5.95 GCs at the grocery store and I can split up my purchases (not all at grocery store).

Care to share the $1000 MO for $0 secret ? ;)

My MOs are all grocery store and i am kind of in a confused mode about what to do with all the left over $.21 cards. Thinking about taking only $995 MO and putting the change in Amazon gc. any thoughts on this are appreciated.

Or make the MO for $0.20 or $0.21 more. :confused::confused:

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Of course there are.... if you tell them its a GC.... You know, like Walmart.... the reason theres such a panic lately ;) Technically speaking they didnt accept gift cards, before or after the OV developement

Live in a place where a store doesnt charge for money orders.... YMMV ;)

Haha! You beat me to it. :D

As the posters above stated, just do it for the full amount of the GC. Today I did a purchase of $499.21. Came out to $500 even. Then once I knew it worked, I did 2 $500 and 1 $497.63. Came out to an even $1500. The other option (that people used a lot of WM) is to buy all full dollar amount MOs and pay the fee in cash.

Consolidate to Amazon gift cards and redeem to your account. If the merchant allows you to split tender easily, you can go that route to spend down the gift cards. In the future, if the MO issuer allows split tender payment you can pay the MO fee with cash and then get the full $500 off of the debit card. I just ask for a MO amount + fee that will equal $500.

LOL. I'm amazed this question continually comes up. An MSer should really be able to deduce what to do about this without asking. Not trying to be mean but come on

Why is it so hard or people to ask for a MO with change added?

One store I go to charges $0.99 for a MO.

I proudly proclaim I want a MO for $499.01. Not a penny goes to waste.

So does everyone typically have better luck getting MOs from small, local stores or from big chain stores?

All the grocery stores I have here are either wal-mart or local to the state, and none of the local ones accept debit for MO.