Kroger Master Thread
Sep 17, 2015, 7:21 am
#1066
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 287
So my kroger gas station doesn't sell gift cards. They said they cannot even reload it. What is the trick? Just try more krogers?
Sep 17, 2015, 2:24 pm
#1067
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: California
Posts: 264
Has anyone tried using it at Ralphs? If so, did it work, and did it give you 40 cents off per gallon for buying $100, or just 400 fuel points? (In my area, the max fuel points I can redeem is 200, but sometimes they have special offers that give 40 cents off per gallon)
Sep 17, 2015, 2:57 pm
#1068
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 1,066
Sorry if this seems like a silly question, but where do you purchase money orders at Kroger? Is there a limit on the size? What is the cost? --> I may have a number of OV VGCs I need to get rid of...
Sep 17, 2015, 3:34 pm
#1069
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: AZ
Posts: 250
At CS. The fee and limit may vary by area and chain, but it's $0.49 for up to $750 at every Fry's I've been to in AZ. OVs work fine.
Sep 17, 2015, 6:12 pm
#1071
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 44
OK.So relatively new to Kroger MO's here. I have done a 999.31+0.69 split into 2 VGCs 4 times till now at my nearest Kroger in the last 1.5-2 months. Today and the last time I was asked to provide my DL and she noted something (probably SSN on a register). I thought that happenned for higher dollar amounts + she probably wrote my SSN on a register. Is that reason to be worried about ID theft?
Sep 17, 2015, 8:13 pm
#1072
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 286
OK.So relatively new to Kroger MO's here. I have done a 999.31+0.69 split into 2 VGCs 4 times till now at my nearest Kroger in the last 1.5-2 months. Today and the last time I was asked to provide my DL and she noted something (probably SSN on a register). I thought that happenned for higher dollar amounts + she probably wrote my SSN on a register. Is that reason to be worried about ID theft?
I went to a location I didn't frequent earlier this year and tried to do $3K worth using 2 debit cards that were bank issued. The clerk asked for my SSN. I noped right out of there. You don't know who has access to those logs.
You don't explicitly state if she asked you for your SSN...Did you give it to her?
Sep 17, 2015, 8:39 pm
#1073
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 44
That's pretty crazy that they asked for your info for 4K for 4 transactions in the course of a month.
I went to a location I didn't frequent earlier this year and tried to do $3K worth using 2 debit cards that were bank issued. The clerk asked for my SSN. I noped right out of there. You don't know who has access to those logs.
You don't explicitly state if she asked you for your SSN...Did you give it to her?
I went to a location I didn't frequent earlier this year and tried to do $3K worth using 2 debit cards that were bank issued. The clerk asked for my SSN. I noped right out of there. You don't know who has access to those logs.
You don't explicitly state if she asked you for your SSN...Did you give it to her?
Sep 17, 2015, 8:41 pm
#1074
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: DL DM-1MM HH Diamond
Posts: 361
Well the 4 MO purchases were well spread out. She told me "I need to see your DL" and then she took it from my hand as I held it out for her to see and noted something on a register. I presume it was my SSN. She also wrote something on a piece of paper after printing the MO. I had my DL back before she did this.
Sep 17, 2015, 10:23 pm
#1075
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 44
Not on my DL. Whenever I read cases of the DL being seen and something being recorded, I always thought they take the DL to look up your SSN for probable future incarceration purposes? NO? So they note just the DL#? To what end exactly? Do they like go through the register every now and then to do a MO spend count by DL#?
Sep 18, 2015, 2:27 am
#1076
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 286
Not on my DL. Whenever I read cases of the DL being seen and something being recorded, I always thought they take the DL to look up your SSN for probable future incarceration purposes? NO? So they note just the DL#? To what end exactly? Do they like go through the register every now and then to do a MO spend count by DL#?
I needed to get a bunch of MS done at an out of state Kroger last year. I asked the guy how much he would let me buy assuming he could copy my DL info. He asked me how much I wanted to buy. I gave him a not so small # and he said OK. So he copied my info and we got to swiping.
I'm not really worried about copying my DL info. I'm not willing to part with my SSN so that it can go in a binder that is out for the world to see though.
Sep 18, 2015, 6:42 am
#1077
Join Date: Jan 2015
Posts: 74
I have only checked at one Kroger GS..they didn't sell or reload kroger GCs. I will have to check the others as I stop around town. It's YMMV at this point...certainly not guaranteed.
Oct 14, 2015, 10:09 pm
#1078
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: LAC
Programs: Regal Crown Club
Posts: 488
Funny thing happened today: getting ready for the Redbird => Serve switch so have to switch from pharmacy to grocery store for my VGC purchases. Now went to one of our local Ralph's and see this huge sign (more like a 8x11 paper printed in the back-office) saying "CASH only for all Visa, Mastercard, American Express prepaid products". This store was always a hit or miss depending on the cashier.
So I took the purple VGC, went to my favorite cashier and he rings me up with my BCP without even blinking... Very strange but I was happy. Anybody else seeing Ralph's cracking down on CC purchases?
So I took the purple VGC, went to my favorite cashier and he rings me up with my BCP without even blinking... Very strange but I was happy. Anybody else seeing Ralph's cracking down on CC purchases?
Oct 15, 2015, 12:11 am
#1079
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: a hotel room, somewhere...
Posts: 962
Funny thing happened today: getting ready for the Redbird => Serve switch so have to switch from pharmacy to grocery store for my VGC purchases. Now went to one of our local Ralph's and see this huge sign (more like a 8x11 paper printed in the back-office) saying "CASH only for all Visa, Mastercard, American Express prepaid products". This store was always a hit or miss depending on the cashier.
So I took the purple VGC, went to my favorite cashier and he rings me up with my BCP without even blinking... Very strange but I was happy. Anybody else seeing Ralph's cracking down on CC purchases?
So I took the purple VGC, went to my favorite cashier and he rings me up with my BCP without even blinking... Very strange but I was happy. Anybody else seeing Ralph's cracking down on CC purchases?
btw, as i opined earlier this year, dominoes are starting to fall and i would not be surprised to see bb/serve fall as well. i'm sure you've noted same as i, the 'real' unbanked (the target audience for the product) load their everything with cash- they don't have bank accounts= they don't have debit cards. only ones with debit cards are us and drug dealers!
back on topic, c'mon kroger- you only run specials on gift cards when i'm out of the country- throw me a bone!