Hey all,

Curious as to people's practice of liquidating GCs at Walmart. Whether it be for MOs, Bluebird, or Billpay.

Does anyone actually walk in with say a stack of cards and take 15-20 minutes swiping multiples for MOs? Are there Walmart CSRs that will simply sit there and let you obviously liquidate a stack of cards? Is using Kate instead to do numerous transactions a possibility? (I know Kate has a screen limiting to $2000/transaction of MOs, but perhaps numerous transactions is possible)

Or is being discreet more important to you?

In other words... what's your average/max number of cards you will liquidate at Walmart at once?

Cheers!

All of this is depended on your comfort level, and whether or not your local WM/Kate is willing to play nice. IMO there is no average/max/magic numbers.

One of my Kate's is in kind of a corner near MC, behind a pole. I could stand there all day and no WM employee would likely notice me. However I usually check behind me every transaction, if anyone is waiting I go window-shop and come back to it after they leave. Only one time I stayed there the whole time, when I needed to dump 13 MGC I picked up from the OD sale.

The other Kate I wouldn't do more than maybe 4 at a shot.

With cashiers, if I'm liquidating $200 GC I'll ask for $400 as 2x$200. If they ever asked me about it, which they have not, I'd say I am depositing from my own account and a joint account with the spouse.

That's about my limit. I do try to keep a low profile. I always have my bank debit card handy to present in case they ask to see a card.

YMMV
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OP.. read, read, read! That's the best advise anyone can give you. Every Walmart store is different. It takes practice and trying things out.

I've always wondered if you can split payment when unloading VGCs at Walmart. i.e. Can you put a load of $1000 and pay with 5 $200 VGCs?

No

Yes but no. No you cant pay with 5 cards, yes you can split payment. Go read the bb thread wiki to find out how many you can use.

when loading via Kate ~ NO. it is best to do them separately.

when loading at the register, YES but limited to 4 swipes plus workaround with the card being loaded considered as one swipe. read wiki on BB/Serve threads for full details.

Have we completely abandoned the idea of reading the forum before asking a question?

Thanks for the input people! I've been reading plenty. Obviously I realize that YMMV, I was just curious as to the different mileage people were practicing.