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Ill spell it out for the feeble.
You dont call up and ask if they take Visa gift cards for  a money order.
You dont call up and ask if they take Mastercard gc for a MO
You dont flippin call!


You go into a store and ask for an MO and she says ok its, XXX.XX say no p, take out your debit card and swipe. If the rep says no debits then apologize and leave. If she says lemme see that is that a gc say NO ITS A DEBIT. if she asks wheres your name you say (among many other options to think of) the permanent one is on the way and im using the temp one until i receive it. If you need to swipe more than once, its ok to have multiple debits (for those who are lacking in common sense). But be nonchalant dont be in your face about it to the rep. Reps want to feel they're in charge, its natural for a minimum paid employees...




I think this should give the basics on how to get a MO if you find a place.... this is not rocket science. But it seems like it is to some.... Where to cash out GCs for MO:

Where                                       Which gift card                                   Fee                                     max MO amount                                   

Service desk @ Wal-Mart                  MVD,  Visa from Meta bank,                                  70 cents                                           $1000
                                                  chase (phased out)                                                                                      $1000   
                                                     
Rite Aid                                                                                                 $0.89                                          $500
       
"HaNesher HaGadol"                            One Vanilla                                 .52                                          $500 max     
meijer-69 cents up to $1000-most stores
NOTES:
MVD charges 50 cents per transaction so ask for MO of card amount- (fee+ 50 cents) eg @WM ask for 498.80 on MO (or cover $1.20 some other way)
« Last edited by bb1836 on June 04, 2015, 06:22:46 PM »

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #520 on: June 18, 2014, 11:41:20 PM »
It was never a picnic unloading anyways, for those in the tri-state area.
FTFY

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #521 on: June 18, 2014, 11:41:49 PM »
It was never a picnic unloading anyways.

Bingo! Whoever thinks they were doing us a favor is clearly not thinking straight.
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #522 on: June 18, 2014, 11:45:31 PM »
Bingo! Whoever thinks they were doing us a favor is clearly not thinking straight.
???
I never said they were doing us a favor. Their systems allowed several different effective ways of unloading GC's. I don't care if they were trying to be nice or if they had no clue that their systems were being used for these purposes at all (Obviously the latter is closer to the truth). The point is, we benefited from WM, and for that I am grateful (and at the same time upset that they shut it down now)!

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #523 on: June 18, 2014, 11:47:59 PM »
I hate Walmart.
:o
I thought you said:
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #524 on: June 18, 2014, 11:48:23 PM »
We do not benefit from any generosity.  Rather, we exploit loopholes in the system to take advantage of arbitrage.  Sorry friend, but I do not view WM as being generous to us at all.  Not before and certainly not now.
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #525 on: June 18, 2014, 11:48:50 PM »
:o
I thought you said:

Oh thats for others.  It doesn't apply to me.   ;D
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #526 on: June 18, 2014, 11:51:05 PM »
We do not benefit from any generosity.  Rather, we exploit loopholes in the system to take advantage of arbitrage.  Sorry friend, but I do not view WM as being generous to us at all.  Not before and certainly not now.

I put the word "generous" in quotes for a reason.
There are plenty of reasons to hate WM, but specifically regarding unloading GC's, WM has been incredibly "generous"...

 And then I further explained myself
???
I never said they were doing us a favor. Their systems allowed several different effective ways of unloading GC's. I don't care if they were trying to be nice or if they had no clue that their systems were being used for these purposes at all (Obviously the latter is closer to the truth). The point is, we benefited from WM, and for that I am grateful (and at the same time upset that they shut it down now)!

All I'm saying is that I'm grateful for the all the unloading I was able to do at WM in the past.

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #527 on: June 18, 2014, 11:52:18 PM »
No arguing with you there.  I too am grateful for the opportunity to exploit WM. 
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #528 on: June 19, 2014, 07:43:33 AM »
 Anyone in Israel able to get money orders from debit cards somehow??

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #529 on: June 22, 2014, 02:26:19 AM »
the WM self serve kiosks still take GC? What about regular reps. depends how many DDF people use it?

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #530 on: June 22, 2014, 07:02:18 AM »
No arguing with you there.  I too am grateful for the opportunity to exploit WM. 
prob will charge you a forex fee
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #531 on: June 22, 2014, 10:37:07 AM »
Time to start planning the next game.
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #532 on: June 22, 2014, 10:27:49 PM »
tried to buy a money order today in Rite aid with a vanilla gift/debit card it was denied.

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #533 on: June 22, 2014, 10:42:19 PM »
does USPS accept any of the debit gift cards for MO purchase?

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #534 on: June 22, 2014, 10:43:51 PM »
does USPS accept any of the debit gift cards for MO purchase?
No.

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #535 on: June 22, 2014, 11:36:21 PM »
Are vanillas at WM totally hard coded dead?

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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #536 on: June 22, 2014, 11:42:27 PM »
Are vanillas at WM totally hard coded dead?
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« Reply #537 on: June 23, 2014, 12:07:45 AM »
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Re: Money Orders
« Reply #538 on: June 23, 2014, 12:11:01 AM »
BDE

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Way too many BDE's lately. :'(

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