I believe the store manager on this one. I've had previous MS experiences where I think the store was just making up stuff. All that said this was all caused by another manager's "feelings" (found out the guy was actually new to the store and was at a previous store that was cash only). Anyway, just means I have a few extra minutes of driving in the short term (since I seriously doubt this is going to last long term)

Too bad my go to Safeway went out of business. They used to allow me tobugunlimited cards. I got over $50k once. Darn Safeway is closed now.:eek:

as i said up thread, the feedback I've heard from 2 reliable and 'ms friendly' employees is that it came from above store level; with one saying he got chewed out for accepting a gift card with no name on it to pay for another gift card.

my understanding is that, indeed, buying a gift card with a gift card IS against corp policy. if anyone has a credible data point to the contrary, I'd like to see it.

These Simon cards introduced me to CVS - ours are cash/debit only for gift cards and previously I had no use for Vanillas anyway unless I was maxing out a 5% rotating category on a card - and for that there is a Walgreens closer that takes credit for VVGCs. I wish WAG participated in the 5% scheme as I prefer them to CVS.

I was surprised at how easy buying $2k per day at the same CVS is - no strange looks or anything - but after a few days I'd switch to a different one anyway because I became uncomfortable.

The one and only time a cashier asked to see my card she noted it was a gift card and I told her that it is not exactly a gift card like an Amazon gift card but a "non-reloadable debit card with a PIN" and I was using it to buy a vanilla visa gift card because mine wouldn't work where I wanted to spend it but it did work at CVS - which was true because my PO only accepts vanillas.

I don't know if I just baffled her with my explanation (I do try to project confidence and speak directly) or if it satisfied her, or if she was going to let me proceed with it even if I hadn't said anything but anyhow I got out of there with $2k of vanillas. Best explanation I could come up with on the fly.

Buying non-reloadable variable load visa prepaid card with a CVS giftcard IS against corporate policy.

But we arent using a CVS giftcard. We are using a non-reloadable visa prepaid card.

Yea it seems this is going a little far. I wouldn't be surprised if this violates their merchant agreement. Gift cards are specific to a store and I'm assuming they are sold at a discount to those that resell them (GiftCardMall) thus it can be understood that they wouldn't be excepted for other gift cards. But a Visa gift card is not a gift card. It just says that. It's a prepaid Visa debit card and should be excepted anywhere Visa is.

I am out $420 by a Bed Bath and Beyond who decided after I swiped and they activated the gift cards that I couldn't use that card. The manager took the cards and receipts and said she would void it. Sill waiting 2 weeks later. I went back a few days ago and they said they had sent it up to corporate. I'm giving it another week till I file a dispute.

Off topic, but if you completed a transaction and it went through and you had proof of sale, you were free to walk out of the store WITH your merchandise unless the manager voided the transaction and refunded you with a receipt printout. Who knows what this manager did with the card already? The person probably sent on a shopping spree already!

This.

There is a message that pops up on their screen after they scan a gift card that says you can't use a CVS gift card or money card to buy it and some conflate the Visa gift cards we're with "gift cards" in general.

Finally it pays off to live in the "boondocks"! Several CVS' within 15 min drive that still thank me for my business (aka buying VDGCS).

Cashier rings in all 4 VGCs, when I try to run 500 FB as debit(split), the transaction fails. The cashier tells me you can't do split payment with debit cards. I have been doing split payments as credit card without any problem. I wanted to use it as debit so I don't have to hand over a card to cashier.

I do credit too bit just read off the last four. I've Ben doig split payments way before these FBs became available so my go to CVS is familiar with me. Gift card guy who holds the line!

I tried debit like you (even before FBs) and it will only work if debit is the last transaction.

If I remember correctly, debit can't be split according to a cashier I spoke with long ago. Let it auto-drain, then split works.

so based on the previous 3 posts, are you saying that if you buy 4 vgc in one transaction, then you can actually do the following to make it work?

swipe #1 : debit (auto-d)
swipe #2-4: debit (split)

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i was reading posts from a few days before where it is also said that the below method works

swipe #1 : credit
swipe #2-4: debit (split)

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so both ways work then?

I don't know which post said that latter works and how it was written or I'm not going to track it down...I believe no, debit can't be split (cashier manually entering the amount). You are emphasizing the first swipe. If you want to make a split, use auto-drain debit. I tried the latter before, the system didn't let me according to the cashier (unless there was a cashier error or I didn't tell cashier what I needed correctly). You can try and let us know.

I let it auto drain for debit with 5 cards. The fifth card is a $25 FB used for fees (4x 500 1x19.80). Sometimes a cashier who doesn't know me will give the register a strange look when it only takes $500 off the total. If they really look baffled, I just tell them that it's only going to take $500 from each card. That has satisfied everyone I've dealt with.