Buying Money Orders at Western Union
Feb 10, 2021, 1:18 pm
#46
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 369
It isn't WU "stationary". I saw the (or one of the) original(s). I'll call it sophisticated. I've done a lot of 'cut & paste' over the years, as well as modification and even creation of whole sophisticated documents (no counterfeiting). If created by the ad/art dept of a major corporation, it's not sophisticated. It would be sophisticated for a grocery store. It was full-color. The background involved a 'translucent layer', such as would be created in PhotoShop or other software. You can see how that background washes out to dark gray when photocopied in the previously linked pics.
Feb 10, 2021, 4:32 pm
#47
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
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Mar 12, 2021, 4:47 pm
#49
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 269
Saw sign saying "WU MO payment was now cash or debit card with issuing bank and name that matches ID" at Giant store in PA (no relation to Giant Eagle, completely separate chain). I have not checked other Giant stores in the area yet. Sign was not there last month, so it might still be a WU thing but chain specific.
Mar 12, 2021, 9:26 pm
#50
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: DUB-BOS
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Saw sign saying "WU MO payment was now cash or debit card with issuing bank and name that matches ID" at Giant store in PA (no relation to Giant Eagle, completely separate chain). I have not checked other Giant stores in the area yet. Sign was not there last month, so it might still be a WU thing but chain specific.
Mar 13, 2021, 5:54 am
#51
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
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I suspect that for most, the answer will be get lost, but who knows. The above gives me hope that maybe things will not be so draconian.
Mar 22, 2021, 1:08 pm
#52
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 369
Well, it's not store specific, that's for sure. I've been running around all over the area, and all other listed WU agents are also cash-only. I've made a list of MG agents, which I hope to make the rounds to starting later this week, but I'm not very optimistic.
Mar 22, 2021, 6:48 pm
#53
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
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What we need is more DPs
Mar 24, 2021, 2:29 am
#54
Join Date: Sep 2017
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anyone w/ DP for walgreens or 711 allowing MO with gebit?
Mar 24, 2021, 6:49 am
#55
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 269
At least 2 major unrelated grocery stores in the NE stopped allowing gebits for WU MOs at the start of March. Could be coincidence. Could be WU rolling something out. The fact that many places didn't allow it before doesn't change the fact that more places got killed this month.
Mar 24, 2021, 7:53 am
#56
Join Date: May 2009
Location: EWR
Posts: 884
At least 2 major unrelated grocery stores in the NE stopped allowing gebits for WU MOs at the start of March. Could be coincidence. Could be WU rolling something out. The fact that many places didn't allow it before doesn't change the fact that more places got killed this month.
Mar 24, 2021, 9:53 am
#57
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: MSP
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Mar 24, 2021, 11:23 am
#59
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Per WU terms, they haven't been allowed for a long time. It's enforcement that's YMMV. The thing with Giant Eagle was that they were (allegedly) stopped allowing even true debit cards, which means you can't even try a gebit. I haven't seen any other stores mentioned as blocking all forms of debit.
GE is now a cash only operation. No debit card of any type is allowed.
Mar 24, 2021, 12:37 pm
#60
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 369
My point was, I made a list of all the WU agents in my zip code and the surrounding zip codes for quite a distance. By either personal visit, online FAQs (what kind of payment do you accept? / can I pay with a debit card?), or multiple review sites of chain-named places (not just some rando comment), I've been unable to find anyplace else that is not cash-only. I have one place remaining still to check.
In the process, I did discover that at participating WU agents, you CAN use a debit card to send money directly to a bank account. Well, I thought, now that'll do! Until I got to the part where they want a $20 fee.
Geebus.