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Old Jul 10, 2013, 3:44 pm
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Wiki to track data points for Variable load GC at various locations:

raghu455: Variable loads not ringing up at register on 7/9 at 3 south bay area locations.

topenga47: Sarasota FL OD is cash only at register on 7/10

townhurst: OD at Firestone in Norwalk, CA cash only and CC denied at register

fangtl: Register showing cash only message prompt at Sterling, VA OD.

Emma dog: atlanta OD (Cheshire bridge&piedmont) has a register lockout forcing cash only.

Mooper: Cash only @ OD in MT for variable, but $100/$200 Visa GCs ok w/ CC through Aug. UPDATE: Died in early Sept... cash only for all now.

aeneas3: cash only @OD in Buffalo, NY - popup at the register - 9/20
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:03 pm
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Originally Posted by cuebert
There's an OD in California now selling $500 Vanilla GCs, CCs accepted.

Hopefully this is a nationwide rollout.

http://travelwithgrant.com/2013/07/0...-office-depot/
Idiot posted the actual store address, I hope he stocked up today, they'll be gone tomorrow....
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:29 pm
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Idiot posted the actual store address, I hope he stocked up today, they'll be gone tomorrow....
Are you going to buy them all?
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:34 pm
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This will spread like a wild fire.
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:40 pm
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120 round trip to europe here I come
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:42 pm
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I expect to see number of people waiting to get in when they open tomorrow.
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 10:54 pm
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Don't forget your stamps.

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Old Jul 2, 2013, 11:42 pm
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Originally Posted by PainCorp
Idiot posted the actual store address, I hope he stocked up today, they'll be gone tomorrow....
I'll be gone next week and don't expect to see many of these left when I get back.
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Old Jul 2, 2013, 11:47 pm
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FYI, this is the address if anyone wants to go:

2227 PARK AVENUE
THE DISTRICT
Store # 2365
TUSTIN, CA 92780

Let them know Travel with Grant sent you. That will teach them not to honor their free book of stamps promo. Mwahaha
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 12:29 am
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Originally Posted by PainCorp
Idiot posted the actual store address, I hope he stocked up today, they'll be gone tomorrow....
On a red eye / taxi as we speak to fly to Tustin, Cali for my fix!...hehe J/k.

I remember the excitement when I shared this to FT/FM back in early April of last year http://boardingarea.com/frequentmile...od-to-be-true/

At the time, I left the store info intact but later had the picture cropped to hide the store #. Different time, different day, Nonetheless, there was plenty of 5x. Hopefully these won't be cash/debit only!
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 12:54 am
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Originally Posted by Grant Thomas
FYI, this is the address if anyone wants to go:

2227 PARK AVENUE
THE DISTRICT
Store # 2365
TUSTIN, CA 92780

Let them know Travel with Grant sent you. That will teach them not to honor their free book of stamps promo. Mwahaha
Yeah, I'm not even going to bother. I've manufactured enough in the past few months that I'm close enough to my high spend goals that I can reach them with the few things I'm keeping my back pocket.

Uh...same Grant?
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 3:14 am
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Originally Posted by Grant Thomas
FYI, this is the address if anyone wants to go:

2227 PARK AVENUE
THE DISTRICT
Store # 2365
TUSTIN, CA 92780

Let them know Travel with Grant sent you. That will teach them not to honor their free book of stamps promo. Mwahaha
I've run across the same variable load cards twice in the last few months at OD - but both times register was hard coded against accepting them. Would be fantastic if they were being rolled out again, but based on 2 of my local ODs now not carrying ANY Visa/MC/Amex gcs due to "fraud", I suspect this is an anomaly, not a sign of things to come.

I just bought more gcs at my local OD this afternoon - only found a handful of $200s (in an out of the way place not on the regular card rack) Even the $50s and $25s were in short supply.
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 6:22 am
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Office Depot will soon be accepting cash only for gift card purchases

Nothing this morning in the only OD for 100 miles, just to save anyone a trip down here to lovely Framingham.
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 9:03 am
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Nothing in Bay Area yet! Went to 3 OD yesterday night
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Old Jul 3, 2013, 9:39 am
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Ah, yup, appears to be him. Thanks for ruining this for us!

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