Simon mall gift card(2014-2015)
Dec 7, 2015, 12:40 am
#2341
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
Vendors that do have required equipment will be covered the same way they were before Oct'15.
Dec 7, 2015, 7:01 am
#2342
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CLT
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And Simon Malls (at least mine) has chip readers, and they are used. So a lower limit for chip cards doesn't make sense.
Dec 7, 2015, 8:44 am
#2344
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: 6km East of EPAYE
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San Diego Update: The problem I had was just local to one mall and has been fixed. I guess this Mall was supposed to go chip compliant on 12/5 but it flummoxed they system and they sold a whole day of bad cards to everyone who bought one.
Dec 7, 2015, 1:13 pm
#2345
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Madison, WI, USA
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Dec 7, 2015, 1:20 pm
#2346
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 51
Exactly. The limit is only until they get the chip readers enabled; once they do, the $3 limit won't apply. That's what I was told earlier today by my local SM CS rep.
Dec 7, 2015, 1:44 pm
#2348
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 51
They were, but not anymore. Last time I bought GCs a couple of weeks ago, I had to insert the card; today, I had to swipe it (chip card) because chip readers weren't working (don't know why). So, until the chip readers are back up and running, $3000 limit applies to CHIP cards that are SWIPED. If your SM has working chip readers, then this is not an issue.
Dec 7, 2015, 5:40 pm
#2350
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 714
Anyone purchase cards at Cordova Mall in Pensacola?
Dec 7, 2015, 8:34 pm
#2351
Join Date: Sep 2015
Posts: 26
Anyone having trouble unloading SM cards (Metabank) with expiration dates around 5/24? PIN not being accepted on two cards at KATE, WM cashiers at two stores, or DG. Both before and after manual PIN reset. These exp dates are the latest I've come across and never had any issues with SM cards until today.
Dec 7, 2015, 8:37 pm
#2352
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 84
Anyone having trouble unloading SM cards (Metabank) with expiration dates around 5/24? PIN not being accepted on two cards at KATE, WM cashiers at two stores, or DG. Both before and after manual PIN reset. These exp dates are the latest I've come across and never had any issues with SM cards until today.
-A
Dec 7, 2015, 9:32 pm
#2354
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: SAN
Programs: Delta Gold. Hilton Diamond. Hyatt Explorist.
Posts: 1,674
Dec 7, 2015, 9:49 pm
#2355
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: Delta Platinum, United Platinum, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 120
Ran into a $1000 limit without a new automated phone approval at the Las Vegas Premium outlets South. First time there as I was just passing through. The rep tried the phone approval 4 times, but it wouldn't go through so I only got two cards for the trouble of stopping by. Well, got two pair of new Reeboks for $79 total as well so it wasn't a total loss.