Jun 22, 2015, 11:43 pm
Last edit by: Renes Points
Gas Stations Selling Visa Gift Cards (take Credit Card Payment)
*Will only code for gas, if gas station attached. YMMV depending on location.
Tom Thumb
Mobil
Cumberland Farms
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! [working fine in Indiana July 2018]
Cash only:
Tom Thumb (may vary)
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! I place those locations on my blacklist
) [hard coded change end of March early April]
Valero (they *officially* stopped accepting credit cards for variable load VGCs late 2015, but started really enforcing it in January per a manager I spoke to in January 2016) / Houston Valero Corner Store (may it RIP
all the way back to the VR days)
Family Express (Indiana) (as of ~ 2/10/17 CC no longer accepted)
*Will only code for gas, if gas station attached. YMMV depending on location.
Tom Thumb
Mobil
Cumberland Farms
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! [working fine in Indiana July 2018]
Cash only:
Tom Thumb (may vary)
7/11 (some 7/11 stores will deny if paying with CC! I place those locations on my blacklist
) [hard coded change end of March early April]Valero (they *officially* stopped accepting credit cards for variable load VGCs late 2015, but started really enforcing it in January per a manager I spoke to in January 2016) / Houston Valero Corner Store (may it RIP
all the way back to the VR days)Family Express (Indiana) (as of ~ 2/10/17 CC no longer accepted)
Gas stations that offer $500 VGCs?
Aug 4, 2018, 9:15 pm
#346
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Aug 14, 2018, 12:48 am
#347
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 267
I found one as well and bought $100 MCGC as a test with my CC. Liquidated without a glitch at a grocery store. Awesome, so I found a couple more 7/11 stores in the area and bought a $500 MCGC and …… declined. and another store..... declined. Crap I thought, at least I found one store I can use. I went back to it, bought a $500 this time and..... declined !!! wth? So I believe there might be a limit on how much you can charge on the CC containing a GC. $100 and little over works - fact. over $500 does NOt work. It's also possible that it's the things I was buying with it, like a drink and gas at a pump, but can't see why that would affect the decline. I always paired the GC with something else. So I believe it's something in the amount loaded on the GC or the total purchase. Will have to play with those amounts and hopefully the max allowed will still be outweighing the cost of getting and liquidating the cards.
Aug 14, 2018, 8:15 am
#348
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 110
I found one as well and bought $100 MCGC as a test with my CC. Liquidated without a glitch at a grocery store. Awesome, so I found a couple more 7/11 stores in the area and bought a $500 MCGC and …… declined. and another store..... declined. Crap I thought, at least I found one store I can use. I went back to it, bought a $500 this time and..... declined !!! wth? So I believe there might be a limit on how much you can charge on the CC containing a GC. $100 and little over works - fact. over $500 does NOt work. It's also possible that it's the things I was buying with it, like a drink and gas at a pump, but can't see why that would affect the decline. I always paired the GC with something else. So I believe it's something in the amount loaded on the GC or the total purchase. Will have to play with those amounts and hopefully the max allowed will still be outweighing the cost of getting and liquidating the cards.
Aug 14, 2018, 8:47 am
#349
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 267
No, I'm not sure, but I've used this CC (AM3X busn Hilton) to buy CCs at grocery stores, simon, etc. with no issues. The clerk at 7/11 immediately said "see... you have to pay cash for gift cards". Perhaps I'll try again and call AM3X right away to see if they declined the charge. What CC have you used?
Aug 14, 2018, 9:35 am
#350
Join Date: Oct 2017
Posts: 110
No, I'm not sure, but I've used this CC (AM3X busn Hilton) to buy CCs at grocery stores, simon, etc. with no issues. The clerk at 7/11 immediately said "see... you have to pay cash for gift cards". Perhaps I'll try again and call AM3X right away to see if they declined the charge. What CC have you used?
Aug 17, 2018, 9:25 am
#351
Join Date: Jan 2014
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I found one as well and bought $100 MCGC as a test with my CC. Liquidated without a glitch at a grocery store. Awesome, so I found a couple more 7/11 stores in the area and bought a $500 MCGC and …… declined. and another store..... declined. Crap I thought, at least I found one store I can use. I went back to it, bought a $500 this time and..... declined !!! wth? So I believe there might be a limit on how much you can charge on the CC containing a GC. $100 and little over works - fact. over $500 does NOt work. It's also possible that it's the things I was buying with it, like a drink and gas at a pump, but can't see why that would affect the decline. I always paired the GC with something else. So I believe it's something in the amount loaded on the GC or the total purchase. Will have to play with those amounts and hopefully the max allowed will still be outweighing the cost of getting and liquidating the cards.
Aug 27, 2018, 4:45 am
#353
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 39
what's the most expensive item/s that you can buy at 7-eleven? just wondering in case the bank issuer questions our (multiple) $500+ 7-eleven purchases. just trying to come up with a plausible explanation if ever. 
"they had a sale on some phones and i bought a few". if pressed, "i buy and sell them." will this work? im not sure how much their phones are.
"i bought a year's worth of prepaid phone cards" ???
im just spitballing here. hope you guys got better ideas.
"they had a sale on some phones and i bought a few". if pressed, "i buy and sell them." will this work? im not sure how much their phones are.
"i bought a year's worth of prepaid phone cards" ???
im just spitballing here. hope you guys got better ideas.
Last edited by mcRib; Aug 27, 2018 at 4:50 am
Aug 27, 2018, 6:49 am
#354
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: NY
Posts: 523
what's the most expensive item/s that you can buy at 7-eleven? just wondering in case the bank issuer questions our (multiple) $500+ 7-eleven purchases. just trying to come up with a plausible explanation if ever.
"they had a sale on some phones and i bought a few". if pressed, "i buy and sell them." will this work? im not sure how much their phones are.
"i bought a year's worth of prepaid phone cards" ???
im just spitballing here. hope you guys got better ideas.
"they had a sale on some phones and i bought a few". if pressed, "i buy and sell them." will this work? im not sure how much their phones are.
"i bought a year's worth of prepaid phone cards" ???
im just spitballing here. hope you guys got better ideas.
Aug 28, 2018, 9:40 am
#356
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 198
Its been there all the time. But recently though, both Vanilla VGC and MCGC has new barcode to scan when buying instead of the magstripe on the packaging. Also, FWIW, the new MCGC was giving trouble to load money, so my store has put them aside.
Aug 29, 2018, 11:42 am
#358
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 103
Tried to buy a Vanilla VGC that needs to be scanned last night and it wouldn't work. Went and got a OV VGC with a magstripe and that worked just fine.