6/8-6/14 Office Depot buy $150 of Amex Gift cards get $15 back
#63
Join Date: May 2013
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It's obvious YMMV by cashier, but yes, you can swipe multiple cards to cover the total cost of a transaction in CVS. There is some limit to the number of cards...it's something like 6 or 7. Higher than Walmart's swipe limit.
#64
Join Date: Jun 2013
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You do get 7 at CVS, but driver's license swipe counts against the total (not relevant here where you are only buying one $500 card at a time). I've already liquidated a lot of these at RA, so you get at least 6 swipes there.
#65
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#66
Join Date: Feb 2013
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My experience has not been that the DL counts as one of your 7 swipes. I have not tried to do 8 swipes without a DL scan, but I have often done 7 with one. Also, the CVS registers are smart enough to get the balance on an Amex GC and drain it automatically - no need to have the cashier enter the amount. Just swipe one, repeat 5x, and use your CC of choice as the 7th card to pay the remaining balance. This also works for Amex prepaid rebate cards, although I haven't had any luck doing it with non-PINnable Visa rebate cards. Whether cashiers will allow you to pay with a GC that doesn't have your name on it is YMMV obviously.
#67
Join Date: Oct 2013
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Thanks a lot OP! I wish I had known about this deal earlier in the week. Between my job and home, there are 3 Office Max. I stopped at each one yesterday and plan to stop at them all again today. "Unfortunately" no work tomorrow so I will only be able to visit 1 store for the rest of the week. Just hope that no one remembers me or that my Ink doesn't yell about so many repeated same transaction amounts. I did buy a GC that I needed that night (restaurant) during one visit.
#68
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My experience has not been that the DL counts as one of your 7 swipes. I have not tried to do 8 swipes without a DL scan, but I have often done 7 with one. Also, the CVS registers are smart enough to get the balance on an Amex GC and drain it automatically - no need to have the cashier enter the amount. Just swipe one, repeat 5x, and use your CC of choice as the 7th card to pay the remaining balance. This also works for Amex prepaid rebate cards, although I haven't had any luck doing it with non-PINnable Visa rebate cards. Whether cashiers will allow you to pay with a GC that doesn't have your name on it is YMMV obviously.
@Lemma, in case you didn't know, like I didn't before a few months ago, you can actually just call the Amex number on the back of your card and have them refund you the amount for Amex prepaid rebate cards. They can either send you a check (15 biz days I think) or do an ACH transfer to your acct. (This takes about 8 biz days for me.)
#69
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Same for me. The DL swipe does not count against your 7 total. This only applies to payment methods. Someone in the CVS thread mentioned that this includes cash so you can't do 7 swipes and then expect to pay the remainder in cash.
@Lemma, in case you didn't know, like I didn't before a few months ago, you can actually just call the Amex number on the back of your card and have them refund you the amount for Amex prepaid rebate cards. They can either send you a check (15 biz days I think) or do an ACH transfer to your acct. (This takes about 8 biz days for me.)
@Lemma, in case you didn't know, like I didn't before a few months ago, you can actually just call the Amex number on the back of your card and have them refund you the amount for Amex prepaid rebate cards. They can either send you a check (15 biz days I think) or do an ACH transfer to your acct. (This takes about 8 biz days for me.)
#70
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#71
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Anyone have issues with these prepaid cards. I've been liquidating via CVS. Yesterday, I had a problem with 2 out of 6 and today 1 out of 4. The problem is that when I swipe it and give the cashier the last 4 digits, it says "Another Payment required" or something like that. I verified the balance on the first two yesterday. However, they worked today but another failed. My assumption is that I've tried liquidating them too fast so they aren't fully activated but just questioning if anyone else has better insight. Thanks!
#72
Join Date: Jun 2013
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Anyone have issues with these prepaid cards. I've been liquidating via CVS. Yesterday, I had a problem with 2 out of 6 and today 1 out of 4. The problem is that when I swipe it and give the cashier the last 4 digits, it says "Another Payment required" or something like that. I verified the balance on the first two yesterday. However, they worked today but another failed. My assumption is that I've tried liquidating them too fast so they aren't fully activated but just questioning if anyone else has better insight. Thanks!
#73
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#74
Join Date: May 2013
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Anyone have issues with these prepaid cards. I've been liquidating via CVS. Yesterday, I had a problem with 2 out of 6 and today 1 out of 4. The problem is that when I swipe it and give the cashier the last 4 digits, it says "Another Payment required" or something like that. I verified the balance on the first two yesterday. However, they worked today but another failed. My assumption is that I've tried liquidating them too fast so they aren't fully activated but just questioning if anyone else has better insight. Thanks!