30!?! Wow. That makes me feel like my VR runs eating up gas just to spread my measly $5k around every weekend or so is such a waste.

Not 1K but 25 transactions back to back in office supply store.

I just bought $4K of VR at a CVS in Front Royal VA. Clerk never asked for any ID. She tried to do all at once (I asked her to - to test the theory that the $1K limit had been moved to $5K) but the POS terminal wouldn't take the 3rd VR. So she did 4 separate xsactions at $1007.90 ea. No issue from credit card.

I went back a few hours later to get more, and the same clerk said she had "gotten in trouble" for the previous xsactions, and couldn't sell me any more.

So data points:
* $1K limit apparently still in place
* There's buckets of VRs out ther....

Very strange experience today at a CVS. I haven't been doing a lot of CVS as most stores are out and I don't need to meet any minimum spend bonuses, but I have been to this store this month a few times.

Anyway, I go in and I see a manager who has a strict no-Amex-GC policy. So I consider skipping it entirely, but I figure, I've already parked, I probably can't do any more of these this week, so I'll just use my SPG and get one round of VRs.

I go to the counter with my ID out since I know what's coming, and he swipes it in the register. I say, hey, that was my ID, not my CC. He says he knows, but they require that now. I say fine. He starts typing and I ask what else they need, and he says, my birthdate. The swipe doesn't give it to the system.

I say I've never done this before, and he says he thinks it's a new policy - shows me the screen briefly, and tells me he thinks it's for prepaids and reloads above $300.

Anyway, this time I figure with all of this detail, I'll go ahead and use an Amex GC, which I do, and I'm all set. I figure he can't quibble on the GC after swiping my ID, and he doesn't.

So the questions are:

-Is this just some rogue manager who has it in for VR purchasers?

-If it's a truly new policy, has anyone else seen it?

-If it's real, does the info go to Incomm?

-And, could it basically just be to limit purchases to $1k/day across CVS stores, instead of just in any one store?

I really do hope it's just this guy pulling shenanigans, and I have a little experience with this guy, so that wouldn't surprise me too much.

EDIT: Reading back, I see I'm not the first, and that means it wasn't this manager. Same experience here - happened at second card only.

Definitely local store policy as I bought 4 VR's in 2 separate transactions yesterday and was asked only to show ID(without removing from wallet). Some stores/managers are more pro-active.

I have no issues on getting beans .. however, some allow more than 1k a day, those rarely have any...

others are REALLY strict with the 1k/day .. and they have a TON

EDIT: on that note, any success with findings beans in Los Angeles?

My fam wants in ... and they are sending me AU CCs to buy the beans, but i'd rather not go in an extra 15k/month

Nah, wasn't you, just a little FT humor. :)

Mike

I'm in So Cal and I bought two $500 VR on Friday without any issue, the cashier just asked to see my id to verity against the CC. This morning I went to the same store and bought two more VR and a prompt came up on the screen asking the cashier to swipe my id. The cashier said he never noticed this before and said it must be a new policy.

Has anyone seen the new and improved VRs in their stores? Most stores in the DC area have been out for several weeks and I have only occasionally managed to find hidden old ones as of late which makes me think the new ones are on the way.

Does it really matter? A card is a card. they are practically identical to the old ones. Old? New? Just as long as they have them.

I was told two interesting things today at "my" CVS:

1) Effective August 8 the VR purchase limit at CVS will increase to $5k/day

2) CVS is now using s "tracking system" for prepaid cards. I'm not sure what that means, but another guy that works in the same store told me 2 weeks ago that "if you buy these every day, they will do a complete background check on you, including your job, etc." It sounds to me like they may be working with the IRS to stop money laundering. I've got nothing to hide, but I'm not sure this hobby is worth having to deal with this type of scrutiny. And, no, I'm not sure if they swiped my ID or entered my birth date.

They swiped my ID too, which was new. However, I was able to purchase more than 1,000 in one transaction.

Confirming the $5K new story line too. I just returned from my standby CVS and the store manager suggested that I can now buy up to $5K a day instead of the typical $1K. I just had the typical two cards in my hand and there are plenty on the rack available whenever I wish (I know...I am fortunate). I think I will go back tomorrow and see if I can really get $5K in one transaction.

In addition, I was not asked for any form of identification (other than me consistently flashing my drivers license to the cashier to validate the name is the same on the credit card I am using.

Same story here as mentioned in several posts above: New $5K/day limit. I bought the 5 VRs that were on the rack without much issue, and they scanned my driver's license in the register on the second VR scan...though I'm not necessarily sure that's a bad thing.

I don't like the 5K limit. :td: Racks are gonna stay a lot more.