mo problem
 

I was refused to get a 999 in m/o without showing my id at wm. is there anything I can do?I got the first 2k though,but I thought the limit is 3k

Absolutely, there's something you can do. Go to another WalMart. :rolleyes:

No rule as far as I know.

What does it hurt if they are just looking at your ID and not copying anything down?

really? that's all they do? I thought they were going to report it to the gov so I didn't show it.

You might want to look to see what they do with others. There is no requirement for them to report it to the government.

It's OK to ask them. And yes, you may want to go to a different store.

You didn't provide much data, but if you split payments on the first 2 MO's (500 and 500, and 500 and 500), and then tried to do it a third time, that seem suspicious to the clerk. Best case is just an ID check to scare you off (which seems to have worked). Worse case they log your info. I've had it done to me on a second split 500, CSR just looked at ID, I inquired as to why, his response was "transaction seemed odd", I responded with "oh, ok, I've done this previously without issue - if it's a problem I certainly won't do it again".

Morale, don't get greedy, and learn your clerks and what THEY are comfortable with, in addition to what YOU are comfortable with.

FWIW -- Most I do on any single WM visit is a shade under $2k: buy 2X $999.25 MOs, pay with 4X $500 VGCs. Never have had my ID requested.

I do $2K all the time at my WM, and if it's one of the friendlier clerks and I have more GCs, I do more. Recently I did $5K with no problem. You just have to be lucky enough to find the right store. No ID necessary.

You know what they say...mo money (order), mo problem(s).

I'll show myself out.

:D

mo money "mo problems" like the title of the this thread.

I heard that once you provide your ID to the Wal-Mart CSR, the CIA comes to your house in the middle of the night and puts a tracking beacon in your anus whilst you sleep.

For this reason I never provide ID.

I agree and when I was doing 5k at CVS a day I was glad to show my ID..


Why so paranoid?

If I understand you correctly, you had bought $2k already, and wanted to buy $999 more?

If you are trying to buy more than $3k you will be asked for your ID, because they are required to fillout a NIL (Negotiable Instrument Log).

I often buy as much as $6000 in MOs from WM in a single visit. They don't ask me for ID.
Sometimes I'll do a $2000 bill pay and $4000 in MOs.

Then there's that one lady at my least favorite WM who won't let me use OV or split tender.

$5K is the magic number to have your details thrown into a box.
Interesting they're not implementing procedure.

Hm, one person says $3K and another says $5K. Someone should provide proof, otherwise we'll have to average it out to $4K.

It's $5K. I've seen the internal memo. It also provides possible scenarios of what people typically do to avoid giving their personal information.

Not to mention, I think the last thing anyone wants to do is post an internal Walmart confidential memo.

Did you read it carefully enough to ascertain whether it was a nationwide, district- or store-level memo? Also, how were you able to see a confidential memo? Do/did you work there?

Don't worry about how I obtain my information.

Tiny insight.

Wally takes these things seriously.
If that user indeed did a $6K MO and some how slipped through, I'm sure Walmart Corp. contacted that store to inquire. Their corporate operations are no joke and keep on eye on every store.

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Hmmm. If no customer ID was recorded, and if the 6 MOs were rung up as, say, 3 separate transactions of 2 MOs each, there's no way for Bentonville to know whether it was one customer purchasing all 6, or 3 customers purchasing 2 each.

possible really stupid question, but last time I tried this type of MS i was told that I could not use two $500 GCs to buy one $1000 MO; I had to buy two $500 MOs. How can I teach them otherwise?

Then I, and probably others, will simply discount it.

I'd avoid that person for a while until he/she gets schooled on how it's done.

Your image from cameras?..

hmm my understanding was the same as jorge here. anything $3k and over needed to be reported or atleast ID checked and kept on record in one of those binders (incase they wanted to look you up in the future)

not sure how you guys are getting away with $5k and $6k at a time... unless they are split up into multiple transactions with a "friendly" cashier.

They have to be split up -- the max # of swipes is 4, so at most you can do $2K per transaction. If I get one of the friendly cashiers, I just say, "Can I do the same again?". I don't try it with the non-friendly ones, but they'd probably do it. No problems at this WM yet, except when they hire someone new.

mo problem
 

I didn't even realize many of you were having info recorded.

I routinely do between 6-10k per visit and none of my CSRs seem to care. All are 2k or less transactions. I regularly go to the same stores so maybe it's just because they are comfortable with me?

nice, I havent been bold enough to try asking for a repeat yet even with my regular, friendly cashiers. but your guys experience helps know whats possible!

Just so you remember that YMMV. The store you go to may have a policy. Mine appears not to.