Buying Money Orders at Western Union
Feb 4, 2021, 8:13 am
#16
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I'll be hitting a different branch of the grocer today. If they have the same sign, I'll snap a pic. And Sat I'll be back up doing my rounds where I saw it. This is a full-color, almost like a small poster, commercially-printed sign, with huge WU logo as a backdrop and the message 'all cash mar 1st', 'sorry for any inconvenience' near the bottom, then Western Union, blah blah blah.
'Sorry for any inconvenience' my A$$.
'Sorry for any inconvenience' my A$$.
Feb 4, 2021, 12:21 pm
#17
Join Date: Mar 2005
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I'll be hitting a different branch of the grocer today. If they have the same sign, I'll snap a pic. And Sat I'll be back up doing my rounds where I saw it. This is a full-color, almost like a small poster, commercially-printed sign, with huge WU logo as a backdrop and the message 'all cash mar 1st', 'sorry for any inconvenience' near the bottom, then Western Union, blah blah blah.
'Sorry for any inconvenience' my A$$.
'Sorry for any inconvenience' my A$$.
I am certain it is not hard to take a nondescript WU message and overlay the logo with your own message and then copy it, making it look like an "official" notification......but it isn't.
What I saw at my store was a simple message taped onto the counter stating the above.
We'll see
Feb 4, 2021, 1:55 pm
#18
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If a store wants to deflect customer's ire from them, it is easiest to blame some faceless corporation rather than to accept the onus on themselves.
I am certain it is not hard to take a nondescript WU message and overlay the logo with your own message and then copy it, making it look like an "official" notification......but it isn't.
What I saw at my store was a simple message taped onto the counter stating the above.
We'll see
I am certain it is not hard to take a nondescript WU message and overlay the logo with your own message and then copy it, making it look like an "official" notification......but it isn't.
What I saw at my store was a simple message taped onto the counter stating the above.
We'll see
None of the WU stores around me have cash-only, although some branches do enforce no-GC pretty strictly.
Feb 4, 2021, 3:27 pm
#19
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Feb 4, 2021, 6:35 pm
#21
Join Date: May 2009
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Feb 5, 2021, 4:26 pm
#23
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As you can see, this is not a cut and paste job. The letterhead is WU's. I have no idea if this notice will be limited to just Giant Eagle supermarkets, or whether WU is going cash only on 3/1/21.
The only way we find out is for others outside of the Giant Eagle territory and who sell WU MOs using debit to report in. Are they also seeing such notices?
Feb 5, 2021, 4:55 pm
#24
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I regret to say that I have a picture of the notice that was tacked up on a Giant Eagle grocer.
As you can see, this is not a cut and paste job. The letterhead is WU's. I have no idea if this notice will be limited to just Giant Eagle supermarkets, or whether WU is going cash only on 3/1/21.
The only way we find out is for others outside of the Giant Eagle territory and who sell WU MOs using debit to report in. Are they also seeing such notices?
As you can see, this is not a cut and paste job. The letterhead is WU's. I have no idea if this notice will be limited to just Giant Eagle supermarkets, or whether WU is going cash only on 3/1/21.
The only way we find out is for others outside of the Giant Eagle territory and who sell WU MOs using debit to report in. Are they also seeing such notices?
I will check in next few days. My local grocers all use WU. If it's not happening here, then it's GE's decision, blamed or made to look like WU.
Feb 5, 2021, 5:06 pm
#25
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Feb 6, 2021, 10:57 am
#28
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I'm pretty sure it's regional or even local. A few of my stores once went "cash only" 3-4 years ago, allegedly at the behest of WU. Now they're suddenly ok with debit once the heavy MS volume died down.
Feb 6, 2021, 9:38 pm
#29
Join Date: Jan 2016
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I assume that's because the original, full-color with giant translucent WU logo as a background, had much smaller sized text, and it was off-center to the right, with artwork going down the left side. Somebody must have thought it was too small to read, so they enlarged it centered over the text, and if you don't know how to set the appropriate contrast, the backdrop washes-out to the dark gray.
Feb 7, 2021, 7:05 am
#30
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I assume that's because the original, full-color with giant translucent WU logo as a background, had much smaller sized text, and it was off-center to the right, with artwork going down the left side. Somebody must have thought it was too small to read, so they enlarged it centered over the text, and if you don't know how to set the appropriate contrast, the backdrop washes-out to the dark gray.
On my original sighting of this message at another GE, it was just a typewritten message taped to the counter.
We need to find out from folks outside of GE region to see if there are indications of restriction to cash, or else there may be a sudden splurge of posts on 3/1 about being unable to buy WU MOs with debit cards
