May 29, 2014, 7:43 pm
Last edit by: prasha11
Does not work anymore, is dead..... what is the point to report 'not working'?
As of 08/25/2014, Bancorp cards (Vanilla Visa, OneVanilla, etc.) are rarely working first try for debit transactions at Walmart. There is no apparent geographical basis. Basically, it's a crapshoot.
Do not agitate a cashier or store and lose the ability to make these transactions in the future. Multiple failed swipes or transactions will likely increase scrutiny. You do not want that. It is best to stop using these cards.
Vanilla VISA defaulting to credit
As of 5/29/2014, at most Walmart locations, all Vanilla VISA cards issued by The Bancorp Bank are automatically recognized as credit. Most Mastercard have required a workaround for some time. The MoneyCenter Express (ATM, kiosk, Kate) is not affected by this change.
As of 08/25/2014, Bancorp cards (Vanilla Visa, OneVanilla, etc.) are rarely working first try for debit transactions at Walmart. There is no apparent geographical basis. Basically, it's a crapshoot.
Do not agitate a cashier or store and lose the ability to make these transactions in the future. Multiple failed swipes or transactions will likely increase scrutiny. You do not want that. It is best to stop using these cards.
Vanilla VISA defaulting to credit
As of 5/29/2014, at most Walmart locations, all Vanilla VISA cards issued by The Bancorp Bank are automatically recognized as credit. Most Mastercard have required a workaround for some time. The MoneyCenter Express (ATM, kiosk, Kate) is not affected by this change.
MO Purchases using OV @ WM
Jun 15, 2014, 6:17 pm
#991
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: DFW
Posts: 478
Experienced a new screen today in WM MC using Metabank VGC... this applies to the COLOR screen register...
After swipe VGC, the screen flashed quickly and gave a window to enter the PIN. After entering PIN, a signature screen showed up and cashier said it was running as Credit !!! The flashed screen had one Red cancel button at the right corner but it cannot be clicked on the screen, nor hit 'cancel' on the keyboard. (Maybe I was not that quick)
OK... here is what suppose to do... In the screen to enter the PIN, there is a RED cancel button on the right bottom corner. Do not enter the PIN, just hit Cancel button. Then the normal screen showed up with 'Change Payment' at the middle of bottom screen with Red 'Cancel' on the right corner. Hit 'Change Payment' and it will be normal as usual... ATM/Debit/No CashBack/PIN...
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Good luck. YMMV.
After swipe VGC, the screen flashed quickly and gave a window to enter the PIN. After entering PIN, a signature screen showed up and cashier said it was running as Credit !!! The flashed screen had one Red cancel button at the right corner but it cannot be clicked on the screen, nor hit 'cancel' on the keyboard. (Maybe I was not that quick)
OK... here is what suppose to do... In the screen to enter the PIN, there is a RED cancel button on the right bottom corner. Do not enter the PIN, just hit Cancel button. Then the normal screen showed up with 'Change Payment' at the middle of bottom screen with Red 'Cancel' on the right corner. Hit 'Change Payment' and it will be normal as usual... ATM/Debit/No CashBack/PIN...
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Good luck. YMMV.
Jun 15, 2014, 6:34 pm
#992
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 84
Other posters had said that Metabank cards weren't impacted. Sorry to hear that they are, if they are. Then again, I don't know where to buy any in my area, so it doesn't impact me.
Are others having this issue?
Are others having this issue?
Jun 15, 2014, 6:51 pm
#993
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Florida and Bangkok
Posts: 394
A couple of hours ago did MetaBank VGC for a MO at the MC (central NJ) and didn't need to click on red or yellow buttons. Then did a Serve load with Metabank VGC at a register and same same - no hassle with buttons.
Jun 15, 2014, 8:10 pm
#994
Suspended
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORD
Programs: AA, UA, AS, DL, BA, F9, IHG Plat, HH Gold, CC Gold, SPG Gold, MR Silver
Posts: 1,786
Only $1 extra, but when you do x10 cards per visit and you visit multiple times a week, those $1s add up quickly! It's worth a little extra physical labor to save $10 per visit. I'm fortunate to have the same 4-5 employees in MC every time I visit. When the new change kicked in, we adjusted and kept rolling.
Jun 15, 2014, 9:09 pm
#995
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 527
OK... here is what suppose to do... In the screen to enter the PIN, there is a RED cancel button on the right bottom corner. Do not enter the PIN, just hit Cancel button. Then the normal screen showed up with 'Change Payment' at the middle of bottom screen with Red 'Cancel' on the right corner. Hit 'Change Payment' and it will be normal as usual... ATM/Debit/No CashBack/PIN...
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Jun 16, 2014, 6:41 am
#998
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Upstate
Programs: HH Diamond-IHG Plat-AA Gold
Posts: 215
Experienced a new screen today in WM MC using Metabank VGC... this applies to the COLOR screen register...
After swipe VGC, the screen flashed quickly and gave a window to enter the PIN. After entering PIN, a signature screen showed up and cashier said it was running as Credit !!! The flashed screen had one Red cancel button at the right corner but it cannot be clicked on the screen, nor hit 'cancel' on the keyboard. (Maybe I was not that quick)
OK... here is what suppose to do... In the screen to enter the PIN, there is a RED cancel button on the right bottom corner. Do not enter the PIN, just hit Cancel button. Then the normal screen showed up with 'Change Payment' at the middle of bottom screen with Red 'Cancel' on the right corner. Hit 'Change Payment' and it will be normal as usual... ATM/Debit/No CashBack/PIN...
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Good luck. YMMV.
After swipe VGC, the screen flashed quickly and gave a window to enter the PIN. After entering PIN, a signature screen showed up and cashier said it was running as Credit !!! The flashed screen had one Red cancel button at the right corner but it cannot be clicked on the screen, nor hit 'cancel' on the keyboard. (Maybe I was not that quick)
OK... here is what suppose to do... In the screen to enter the PIN, there is a RED cancel button on the right bottom corner. Do not enter the PIN, just hit Cancel button. Then the normal screen showed up with 'Change Payment' at the middle of bottom screen with Red 'Cancel' on the right corner. Hit 'Change Payment' and it will be normal as usual... ATM/Debit/No CashBack/PIN...
Do not let cashier to enter amount or hit Blue Debit before your finish entering PIN. And the exact steps needed are: after you entered the PIN, your screen will show 'Waiting for cashier...'. Then cashier needs to 1: Press blue color partial Debit on her screen. (If she presses the green one which is for the whole payment, you have to swipe over again) 2: Enter the amount at the keyboard on her right side attached to the screen. 3: Hit 'Enter' on the keyboard after entering amount. (It will fail if she enters amount first and presses debit later)
If you enter the PIN in the fake screen without 'Change Payment', the screen *MAY* crash and show up lines of error message (04 type) to ask you to try again. This is very normal. Just wait for it to go away and swipe again.
Good luck. YMMV.
Where did you purchase the card that gave you trouble?
I used a MB VGC from GCM on Saturday morning on a new color terminal without issue.
Jun 16, 2014, 6:43 am
#999
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Upstate
Programs: HH Diamond-IHG Plat-AA Gold
Posts: 215
Jun 16, 2014, 9:41 am
#1000
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Down South, The Desert
Programs: Marriot Rewards, Southwest Rapid rewards, Emerald Club, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,871
Jun 16, 2014, 9:42 am
#1001
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Down South, The Desert
Programs: Marriot Rewards, Southwest Rapid rewards, Emerald Club, Avis Preferred
Posts: 1,871
Jun 16, 2014, 9:53 am
#1003
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 84
Does WM allow gift card purchases with credit cards? I would suspect not as everyone would be talking about going there instead of CVS....
Jun 16, 2014, 10:01 am
#1004
Join Date: Oct 2013
Programs: Hyatt Globalist No More..., Hyatt Explorist, Hilton Diamond, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 4,375
Jun 16, 2014, 10:27 am
#1005
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Upstate
Programs: HH Diamond-IHG Plat-AA Gold
Posts: 215