Originally Posted by rampartmovie

I read in a some milepoint forum thread that purchasing cash equivalents was illegal and violates most of the T&C of credit cards. I asked the particular user then why do people do it and what is an alternative? I did not get a response.

I then read the threads here and came to know that since the sellers of these cash equivalents have no way/or rather have not been reporting to banks that they are cash equivalents we are getting away with it. The day when Grocery stores will tell banks that this person is purchasing gift cards then it will be trouble and hence not legal to get the miles and minimum spend...

I got a response then from the earlier mentioned forum that purchasing goods when they are cheap and selling them from profit would be a best legal way to do, but it requires time and effort and dedication more than the ones when we purchase cash equivalents.

And I see threads here and naturally people are protective about revealing more information as it will make lots of people do the same thing and there is a risk of losing the avenue. I totally think that it is fair and no one should reveal information if they feel it will be threatened. I am totally fine with it. But giving wrong advise and sabotaging is wrong i believe. If you dont want to give advise its all fine, but giving wrong advise to gullible people is wrong dont you agree? Of course there is no way of knowing if a person is genuinely gullible or is trying to be spoon fed. Which again is again totally fine by me. I mean I was not way too upset, if i went and swiped it as debit, i would have incurred cash advance fee and then i would have learnt a lesson. MS is a marathon and its fine to learn lessons along the way. But purposefully sabotaging is wrong. These are purely my opinions.

So that is why I thought I might have given something like selling goods for MS out in a forum and it might destroy it for all of us in a lighter vein.

And as I was new to flyer talk forums and its etiquette, I posted a friendly thread asking if anyone does legal MS. Now my knowledge grasp might be less. I am still not sure what is legal and what is not. I am committing mistakes all along the way and I want to be learned and well versed in this MS field like most of you guys are too.

I now know that posting such threads like that and posting threads like this here is heavily frowned upon. And will not be doing that in future. Incurring cash advance fees is a small thing, I can recover from that. But what if something serious? I was just shocked for a sec that is all. And i know that i should do full out research before trusting a stranger on internet..

Phew..sorry for the rant. I feel stupid writing all this...

Originally Posted by drdrew450

Ive had success in the past with kangaroo's here in FL. Have not tried in awhile

Originally Posted by rampartmovie

I read in a some milepoint forum thread that purchasing cash equivalents was illegal and violates most of the T&C of credit cards.

Originally Posted by Astrophsx

Anything Kansas or Colorado?

PM would be appreciated! Thanks

Originally Posted by zbrodgers

had luck with a -4 last time gas was 5% near 19104, buying Vanilla reloads. now does not work (rejected at the register, never reaches CC). two question:

1. have people had luck with other Vanilla products (OneVanilla) when Vanilla reloads have failed (been rejected at the register as described)
2. anyone have suggestions near 19104.

thanks in advance.