Are you banned at Wal-Mart?
Jun 23, 2020, 5:38 pm
#181
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: CA
Programs: BA, AA, United
Posts: 429
same thing happened to me as well. all other MS'ers in our area were banned before covid and for some reason I survived.
Jun 23, 2020, 7:28 pm
#182
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Marriott/SPG Platinum
Posts: 496
Several data points I have collected indicate after one or more SARs were reported by WM associates on a MSer, the ban will occur within weeks (not immediately.)
Jun 23, 2020, 9:31 pm
#183
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 4,477
Jun 23, 2020, 10:16 pm
#184
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 559
Does the above mean i am banned ? I am getting this msg whenever i tried to pay Amex thru MG for bill payment. Able to proceed for other card types visa/mc thru CFP...
Not getting this message in 2nd account and was able to pay amex in that
Jun 24, 2020, 6:15 am
#185
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,293
I would be an interesting experiment. I never tried the BP feature in the app using MG (only CFBP).
Jun 24, 2020, 9:54 am
#186
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Marriott/SPG Platinum
Posts: 496
my DL got banned on buying MO's and MG BP. but on WM BP, only WM associate can see on their screen, the BP can't go through, from the app on my side, I can't see anything wrong.
Jun 24, 2020, 9:58 am
#187
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Marriott/SPG Platinum
Posts: 496
my several datapoints showed after one or more SARs, MSers can still buy MOs for days or weeks, then banned. so from submitting SARs and banning, there is a period of time during which you can either buy MOs or don't buy MOs, doesn't matter.
Jul 20, 2020, 12:11 pm
#188
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 5
I had the opposite experience today. I was asked to put in SSN for a 4k transaction and only then was told that they would be unable to finish the transaction. For context, I was consistently going in at least three times a week doing 4k up until 3 weeks ago when I took some time off. First time back and Im seemingly banned. Or is this something different since I got to the SSN step?
Jul 20, 2020, 12:18 pm
#189
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,293
I had the opposite experience today. I was asked to put in SSN for a 4k transaction and only then was told that they would be unable to finish the transaction. For context, I was consistently going in at least three times a week doing 4k up until 3 weeks ago when I took some time off. First time back and Im seemingly banned. Or is this something different since I got to the SSN step?
Jul 20, 2020, 4:34 pm
#190
Join Date: Jul 2020
Posts: 5
Has anyone had luck not entering their SSN and being able to move forward with the transaction (ie don't go over 3k)? Or has anyone tried different form of ID, new DL, or just waiting it out and seeing if the ban is temporary?
Jul 20, 2020, 4:48 pm
#191
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Washington, DC
Posts: 393
Pre-Covid-Lockdown, in a 5-month span, I was banned on my DL first, then US Passport Card, then US Passport. (Except for a few times doing $4K with my DL, I was always doing $3K per trip - probably 3-4 days per week.) / Money Orders only -- WM BP via app is fine, thus far.
Jul 21, 2020, 6:28 am
#192
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,293
If you're banned, you'll still get banned if doing less than $3k. You're only option is under $1k and a willing CSR (they can still force the register to ask for ID on any amount).
Jul 21, 2020, 12:58 pm
#193
Join Date: Jan 2020
Posts: 103
I got the same error when trying to do CFBP to auto loan, maybe its just a temporary glitch. First time ever using CFPB and have not CFPB'd in probably at least 5 years when I was doing heavy volume. Dont MS at walmart anymore in years but incidentally was there last week and bought 2k of mo's and went through fine after scanning ID. I was a heavy hitter before the limits were in pre 2015 but if i was banned i would have known from last week when I bought some mo's.
Jul 23, 2020, 8:55 am
#194
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: Continental Onepass, Hilton, Marriott, USAir and now UA
Posts: 6,433
I got the same error when trying to do CFBP to auto loan, maybe its just a temporary glitch. First time ever using CFPB and have not CFPB'd in probably at least 5 years when I was doing heavy volume. Dont MS at walmart anymore in years but incidentally was there last week and bought 2k of mo's and went through fine after scanning ID. I was a heavy hitter before the limits were in pre 2015 but if i was banned i would have known from last week when I bought some mo's.
I would just do it at some store that you don't frequent regularly because you still should be able to buy <$1000 MO's without ID and the last thing that I would want is to have my regular store know that I had not been able to purchase a MO with an ID. Just saying
Jul 27, 2020, 9:55 pm
#195
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 28
Pre-Covid-Lockdown, in a 5-month span, I was banned on my DL first, then US Passport Card, then US Passport. (Except for a few times doing $4K with my DL, I was always doing $3K per trip - probably 3-4 days per week.) / Money Orders only -- WM BP via app is fine, thus far.
The reason I ask is because one clueless manager told me that I could not use a bill address with my passport card.