Green Dot MoneyPak
Sep 1, 2013, 3:19 pm
#46
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: DFW
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Posts: 2,863
MoneyPak with credit card at Kroger?
I was randomly checking the other day and noticed that the "cash only" verbiage from the card is gone. At least, I think it was there before. Does that mean that MP can be bought with a credit card now?
Sep 6, 2013, 4:53 pm
#52
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott LT Titanium, Avis Chairman
Posts: 1,286
Bought a few MPs at RA two days ago. Every single one of them is showing a $0 balance -- incredibly frustrating. I guess I'm going to have to do the same as a poster above: file a claim and do a bunch of faxing. Grrr..... Wonder why they have this problem.
Sep 6, 2013, 4:59 pm
#53
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 809
Too much of a headache to be worth it for me. GD customer service is a joke too.
Sep 6, 2013, 5:02 pm
#54
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
Programs: United Airlines Premier, Starwood Gold Preferred Guest, Hyatt Gold Passport, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 356
This is why I gave up buying MPs. Bought $2500 worth and all were $0 balance. To make matters worse, the RA receipts show the last 4 numbers for every card as "0000." There is no way to prove that the cards you have are the ones shown on the receipt.
Too much of a headache to be worth it for me. GD customer service is a joke too.
Too much of a headache to be worth it for me. GD customer service is a joke too.
Sep 6, 2013, 5:38 pm
#55
Join Date: May 2013
Posts: 939
Wow! When did all this zeroing out start happening? I get Mps from RiteAid once in a blue moon (was planning on trying tonight) and never heard of such a thing. I refuse to believe that they are zeroing out MPs that were purchased with a CC...
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
Sep 6, 2013, 5:46 pm
#56
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
Programs: United Airlines Premier, Starwood Gold Preferred Guest, Hyatt Gold Passport, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 356
Wow! When did all this zeroing out start happening? I get Mps from RiteAid once in a blue moon (was planning on trying tonight) and never heard of such a thing. I refuse to believe that they are zeroing out MPs that were purchased with a CC...
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
Sep 6, 2013, 5:49 pm
#57
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 809
I did not lose the $2500, but the initial feeling when all the cards were $0 and the thought of dealing with GD to get it back, was enough to make me stop. They never gave me a straight answer of why they did it, but Im pretty sure it was a fraud prevention thing. It wasnt because RA did something wrong.
Plus with the "0000" as the last 4 on the receipt, there is really no way to prove anything. At least when I buy GCs, I can prove when and where I bought them.
Sep 6, 2013, 5:53 pm
#58
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Seattle
Programs: United Airlines Premier, Starwood Gold Preferred Guest, Hyatt Gold Passport, Club Carlson Gold
Posts: 356
I feel the same as this.
I did not lose the $2500, but the initial feeling when all the cards were $0 and the thought of dealing with GD to get it back, was enough to make me stop. They never gave me a straight answer of why they did it, but Im pretty sure it was a fraud prevention thing. It wasnt because RA did something wrong.
Plus with the "0000" as the last 4 on the receipt, there is really no way to prove anything.
I did not lose the $2500, but the initial feeling when all the cards were $0 and the thought of dealing with GD to get it back, was enough to make me stop. They never gave me a straight answer of why they did it, but Im pretty sure it was a fraud prevention thing. It wasnt because RA did something wrong.
Plus with the "0000" as the last 4 on the receipt, there is really no way to prove anything.
Another thing is that a GD supervisor told me that they constantly monitor activities on each MP and if there are activities on a MP number shortly before it's activated, they will $0 it out as a precaution (in case somebody runs a computer script to try to get money from it). Seems bs to me. Why not just reject the sale, instead of activating it with $0 and keep the money?
Sep 7, 2013, 12:11 am
#60
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Dallas, TX
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott LT Titanium, Avis Chairman
Posts: 1,286
Wow! When did all this zeroing out start happening? I get Mps from RiteAid once in a blue moon (was planning on trying tonight) and never heard of such a thing. I refuse to believe that they are zeroing out MPs that were purchased with a CC...
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
I know that it sometimes take a few minutes/hours for the cards to fully activate. rite-aid has a 30 minute lag time IIRC. But these stories are bizarre....
They never gave me a straight answer of why they did it, but Im pretty sure it was a fraud prevention thing. It wasnt because RA did something wrong.
Plus with the "0000" as the last 4 on the receipt, there is really no way to prove anything. At least when I buy GCs, I can prove when and where I bought them.
Plus with the "0000" as the last 4 on the receipt, there is really no way to prove anything. At least when I buy GCs, I can prove when and where I bought them.
Also, good to know the store mgr can match up the numbers. Glad I saved all my receipts, just in case...