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Originally Posted by Kalun47
(Post 21739322)
I have a card with 4847 18xx and the PIN doesn't work. It came in gold colored packaging..
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Originally Posted by gloreglabert
(Post 21739404)
Packaging is apparently not a reliable indicator of what works and what doesn't -- you won't know for sure until you open the package and see if it's an 18 (bad) or 35 (good).
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Originally Posted by pier11
(Post 21739441)
I envision lots of teared apart V cards in stores...
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Originally Posted by I can see for miles
(Post 21737479)
The ability to liquidate may be slowly being clamped. Visited two Rite-Aids yesterday to buy MOs. The first, from which I had never bought MOs before, said corporate has instituted a cash-only MO policy. The CSR at the other RA, from where I had bought MOs about two weeks ago, said it was now cash-only too.
And not to be paranoid or have visions of grandeur, but right after I hit my go-to WMT for more GC-cash-out MCs than usual, the money center was closed for several days for a "software upgrade." Since it reopened, US Bank MC GCs, with which I had bought MOs there in the past, on two of three visits could not be used to buy MOs. I tried to use the cancel-button trick, as usual. Weird that it worked on one of those three visits, though. |
Originally Posted by I can see for miles
(Post 21739560)
Visited a different WMT today to try to liquidate US Bank MCs. Was able to swipe a pair of US MCs to buy an MO after about four tries. But all of my other attempts -- about eight total -- failed. Anyone else not able or finding it hard to buy MOs at WMT with the US MCs?
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Originally Posted by gloreglabert
(Post 21739404)
Packaging is apparently not a reliable indicator of what works and what doesn't -- you won't know for sure until you open the package and see if it's an 18 (bad) or 35 (good).
then some of the new holiday pkging doesnt have a pic but the fee is $5.95 instead of $4.95. So no reason to get those even if its the old cards |
Originally Posted by craz
(Post 21745331)
Most of the VGCs have a small pic of a card on the front of the pkg, some show a pic of the old card with ' gift' being small. others with 'gift' being very large. Have you purchased a GC where the card itself did not end up looking like the pic of it on the pkg?
then some of the new holiday pkging doesnt have a pic but the fee is $5.95 instead of $4.95. So no reason to get those even if its the old cards |
I figure it will be Christmaas before the new cards make it to where I live as it took them until August to advise us that as of April 1st, we could get PINs on sales receipts, but wanted to say thanks for sharing gloreglabert.
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Originally Posted by gloreglabert
(Post 21745348)
No, but I've had cards that were IDENTICAL in appearance except for the fact that one had the 35 (and worked) and one had the 18 (and didn't work).
side note; some 7s where I never had a problem in the past now are ca$h only, all 3 were sort of in the same NJ town.I swiped its says 'approved' then it automatically reverses the whole transaction :mad: sitting in very bad traffic (bad accident closed 2 of 3 lanes) I decided to take the long but at least moving way to my destination.I ended up passing another 7 where it worked in the past, and still does :D But the walls seem to be moving closer and closer together and its anyones guess how much longer things will be active on all fronts |
Originally Posted by cardinalkid1891
(Post 21744844)
I'm having the same problem. Bought mine from Staples in $200 denominations. Called to set pin and after visiting a few walmart registers and the money center, nothing worked.
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when will the money come back
I went to Walmart today to load my BB with a Metabank Visa GC.
I thought all you had to do was punch in the last 4 digit but it did not work. It gave me an error stating payment alternate something. So i called the number on the back and then set up the pin number. I tried using it again for loading my BB but it gave me again error stating payment alternate something. I called the number on the back and the money was missing. I spoke to a representative and she said it will reappear in 10 days. 1- is this true that it will come back on and 2- will it take 10 days to reappear? Thanks everyone for your responses. |
Originally Posted by pier11
(Post 21716166)
@Lemma: Did you try 18-th series to buy MOs and failed?
Maybe I will visit ALDI tomorrow to create the case :-) Case for return created. |
Originally Posted by gloreglabert
(Post 21705201)
Here is the pattern I've identified. Card numbers that start with 484735 have working PINs. Card numbers that start with 484718 do not have working PINs. I have no counterexamples to the above rule.
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I just got a Vanilla gift card (Variable) that looks like the "old" image posted earlier, but it starts 4315 rather than 4847. Will try it at WM soon, but any knowledge of these? I suspect it is old because the package didn't mention a PIN.
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$200 vanilla visa purchased from walmart.com did not work at either the kiosk or cashier (two different walmarts). Going to liquidate via AP and move on.
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