I would think they would have a system to ring some bell when an amount exceed certain limit in the surveillance room especially through SCO. It appears they don't. sometimes when we don't know, we tend to over and under estimate things.

True, that's why I don't buy a lot. Max 3 at one a time. Most of the walmarts are really close to the house, so don't need to buy a lot at once. Usually buy vgc at one Walmart, then liquidate at the next walmart, and buy more vgc from that store after load. Basically just going around the circle.

No issues liquidating VGCs from WM.

Buy few and liquidate before I buy few more is the strategy I follow. That way I dont end up bunch of deprecated cards! and wipe out years of saving. SCO working is a boon, that way your face showing up at MC cuts in half.

Before I would buy a MO and then 2nd transaction would 500X2 VGC, it would be obvious to them why 500 load and 500 charge. With SCO it is not that obvious.

Exactly. Also like I said, WM and Krogers are very close to each other where I live. I don't need to buy more to save time and gas.

Yes only worry about motor starter which MS will pay for without any issues. Can take tax deduction as business expenditure.

I noticed Walmart used to have rack full of 500 VGC sutton and Pathward, only a bunch of 500 Metabank left? Is this just something temporary or something detrimental to follow? Walmart may have noticed sudden rise in 500 VGC sell for last couple of months since people came to know about Vannis working in WM and they know where and how these VGC are used and may want to steer clear of that. See if more people are observing this or just an abberation.

My WM only have Pathward

Surprisingly, my go to WM is well stocked with Vanillas and SS VGCs today. In the past, it has not been well stocked.

Does anyone know if Walmart provides level 3 data to credit card companies? Is it dependent on the issuer? I've looked at my statements with synchrony and don't see anything that would indicate they receive level 3 data.

Sutton started showing up in my area, but its $1 more, $5.94. Unless Meta/Pathward stop working, I'm not paying $1 extra for Sutton.

Stopped by Samsclub today and saw them has many securespend vgc with $4.88 fee serviced by incomm. Max out the Discover Q2 and already loaded to visa BB and MO.

They offer it. Whether a cc company takes it is another matter. Perhaps there's a charge, I dunno.

Whether synchrony receives the data is completely separate from what they may choose to display to you,

do you need membership to buy VGC?

yes. If you have any friend or family members that has the membership, you can use their login. Also, can't use self checkout to buy it. Need to see cashier to purchase.