Presumably they have an electronic log to prevent you from buying more than 5K per day at the various stores. I am not big enough ...... to test their systems.

Why does the title of this thread still say $1k? Isn't it $5k now?

I saw the cashiers screen after dl was swiped, it said "id validation in progress". This is presumably to take out the human checking the id. Cashier said the dl info is not stored. Left with 12 cards between the 2 of us...2 card per transaction spread over a few CCs.

Not down south they dont.... trust me.

Bought my first VRs at CVS today for manufactured US DM spend on my barclay master card. Was thrilled I could do it but my $1500 CL sucks. Scared the absolute sh*t out of me when she swiped my ID. This is just to keep limits on how many VRs you can buy in a day, yes?

Any word on $5k vs $1k limit per day?

In SoCal, I was able to purchase more than 1K for the first time now that the new DL scanning procedure has been put in place.

Fwiw, the manager I spoke to said they were keeping track of the number of VRs you buy against your name/ID to help monitor money laundering issues. Pretty much they have a database of your name and VR purchases going forward.

If you ever scanned your CVS card everytime you made a purchase and that card had your real info on it they have had the ability to track you all along.

Is it limited to VR or all VR/VISA/MC/AMEX GCs? Last time I asked $1k only on VR or VISA/MC/AMEX GCs combined, the answer was for all. Time to switch to WG.

But this one is worse, DL info is in it. It's not difficult to fake ExtraCare Bucks registration info. Yes, my grocery store takes the DL info, but it's not for monitoring money laundering activity but making sure that I'm not using a stolen CC, correct?

And this is purpose built. It would take a bit more effort to sift through the Extracare records to dig out the info wanted.

Any transactions over >1K...doesn't matter if VR or GCs.

Best bet is to just get one on each trip, if you're not comfortable with DL scan.

Yes

Thank you!

Is there any kind of benefit to loading just under $500 per reload vs right at $500? I'm thinking the advantage would be avoiding suspicions from the CC companies, CVS, etc. Insight?

I doubt these underhanded tricks are gonna fool them if they have decided to come after you. Some people pad the card purchases with other small stuff but it's pretty obvious, IMO.

Amex can even go as far as requesting receipts and see itemized transactions. Play to your standards. Don't go out of your comfort zone.