No problems at my local OD today w 2x500. Didn't even ask for ID w an unsigned cc :rolleyes:

Same here for no problems yesterday at OD. Bought $500 AmEx GC and $100 Visa GC (an actual gift :rolleyes:) Quick check of I.d. Clerk/manager seemed apologetic for having to ask.

I asked about VR and if they"ll be back. Was told no and then was shown a black vanilla reload that was the replacement. Is there a chance this will eventually be load able to the BB?

I passed Staples and an Office Max on the way to this store because I'm familiar with it. Are those stores just as good for GC purchases with Ink?

Staples and OfficeMax have been less interesting because they're not carrying the high-denomination options. Maximum $200 at the other stores, which makes the only slightly cheaper purchase fee a noticeably higher percentage.

100% False. Especially if OP is buying from a store where they're already monitoring. Who knows what other actual illegal activity is being run through this store as the reason for the extra precautions? I agree with the others; buy low, stay under the radar, or find somewhere else.

Was this black card the my vanilla debit card?

The debit card is useless if you can't find VR cards - but it could be a reasonable sub for the BB if all you want to do is buy MOs at WM/USPS

Went to another local OD and had no problem buying 1 Visa gift card (from now on I'll just buy 1-2 every few days for conversions instead of 3-4 once per week as it's lower profile).

Thank you for the refresher. I knew there was a reason but the details slipped my mind.

Yes. I had to google it to see a picture before I could answer your question. While I was at the My Vanilla website I looked over the details. Can't see why OD would say this card "replaces" the VR since it takes a VR to load it. To me, this card looks like the Visa fraternal twin of the BB. It has most of the BB features. The only one I didn't see was making payments by check.

Am I understanding it correctly?

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I have purchased thousands at a time at over 6+ office depots and never a photocopy of anything. That is ridiculous

I think you're right in noting that the VR is what you use to reload these. It seems the presence of the debit cards without reloads is of limited use.

Thanks.

PM only all the tradecraft.:cool:

I went to the OD in Times Square NY and purchased $300 worth of GC's and the cashier asked the manager if it was OK. He looked it over said OK, but she asked for ID to verify the name on the CC and DL

Last time I went, she didn't ask for ID, but I also only bought $100

clerk tried to give me grief, told her my $10k was xmas presents, called mgr over no problem done.
after xmas, new years gifts lol