Walmart to ban all MS activities effective 12/19/2020
Dec 14, 2020, 9:49 am
#46
Join Date: Jan 2010
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yes, totally up to the individual store manager's discretional decision on if/how to enforce it. memo doesn't say MS is illegal, only says "lengthy nature of the transaction". if a store has a lot of MSers, they might disallow it.
Dec 14, 2020, 3:13 pm
#47
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 3,504
I will definitely test my local WM come 12/19 on this new policy but I am not hopeful it will be sustaining...maybe an extra day or 2. At this point I will try to get 1 or 2 more transactions before 12/19 using gebits and after that hoping I can at least use GoBank at least to do some MOs.
Dec 14, 2020, 5:22 pm
#48
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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My friendly Walmart told me people working at the MoneyCenter has been informed of this. Any "spilt transaction" or "multiple swipes" will be a red flag from now on.
Dec 14, 2020, 5:39 pm
#49
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One WM (SWM), after gebit card PIN, failed. Printing journal. Manager came over. Walked away. Do not know the error. Check-out terminal probably programed.
Another WM (SWM). VGC loading is still good. But someone alerted the manager. So he came over. I used my bank debit card instead. Wrong PIN, aborted. That guys told me only one card loading is allowed per day. Walked away. No MC.
I only do essentials, like CC bonus and gas points. No MS really. I'll probably turn to more organic spending instead. Probably won't go to WM again until next year.
Those are $500 Meta VGCs.
Another WM (SWM). VGC loading is still good. But someone alerted the manager. So he came over. I used my bank debit card instead. Wrong PIN, aborted. That guys told me only one card loading is allowed per day. Walked away. No MC.
I only do essentials, like CC bonus and gas points. No MS really. I'll probably turn to more organic spending instead. Probably won't go to WM again until next year.
Those are $500 Meta VGCs.
Dec 14, 2020, 6:55 pm
#50
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 170
If they are concerned about the lengthy nature of the transaction....that is EXACTLY what KATE was for....We are just going in circles...
Dec 14, 2020, 7:15 pm
#51
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WM doesn't need any reason to create a policy action. However, in order to appear logical and not irrational, providing an explanation for a policy is good PR.
Dec 14, 2020, 8:33 pm
#52
Join Date: Jun 2020
Posts: 170
Do you honestly believe that an excuse for a policy change is the real reason that WM instituted this policy change
WM doesn't need any reason to create a policy action. However, in order to appear logical and not irrational, providing an explanation for a policy is good PR.
WM doesn't need any reason to create a policy action. However, in order to appear logical and not irrational, providing an explanation for a policy is good PR.
Dec 15, 2020, 11:28 am
#53
Join Date: Oct 2014
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A conversation from the future:
Karen: Sir, are you engaging in manufactured spending? That's against federal regulations, I can't complete the transaction.
LW: No mam, it's manufactured liquidation.
Karen: oh ok.
Karen: Sir, are you engaging in manufactured spending? That's against federal regulations, I can't complete the transaction.
LW: No mam, it's manufactured liquidation.
Karen: oh ok.
Dec 16, 2020, 12:30 pm
#54
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Since the change to $99 swipes for Metas, there has probably been an explosion of jacknuts walking into MCs and asking to use 4 swipes to buy one MO. It should be a surprise to absolutely no one that the jump in multiswipe transactions at the MC was noticed back at HQ.
Dec 16, 2020, 12:33 pm
#55
Join Date: Feb 2018
Posts: 129
A friendly WM NM just showed me the memo and said they are sad to say they won’t let me do MOs or Card loads after Saturday.
Dec 16, 2020, 2:06 pm
#56
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Dec 16, 2020, 4:37 pm
#57
Join Date: Mar 2009
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Probably. And tbh, at this point, if the change pushes some of those jacknuts out of the game...I'm all for it.
Dec 17, 2020, 5:57 pm
#58
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 1,322
Why hasn't this thread been combines with regular WM thread?
Dec 17, 2020, 7:48 pm
#60
Moderator: Manufactured Spending
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,580
Since this thread is discussing the same issues as the main Walmart money order thread, please continue the discussion over there.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manu...wards-204.html
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/manu...wards-204.html