![]() ![]() CVS is also running double rewards on all everyday purchases through 12/15/12, unfortunately pre-paid cards do not count “…excludes alcohol, gift cards, lottery, money orders, prescriptions, postage stamps, pre-paid cards, tobacco products or items reimbursed by a governmental program.”Īdam is the proud Founder and CEO of both Point Me to the Plane and. Remember – AMEX Hiltons are 6x at drug stores, gas stations (Valero, Cumberland Farms), and supermarkets, the AMEX Premier Rewards Gold is 2x at supermarkets and gas stations, and the Chase Ink and MileagePlus explorer cards are 2X at gas stations. One week later and I finally had my first 2 CVS issued Vanilla Reloads! With the addition of these two purchases, my B luebird card now has a high enough balance to pay my rent this month as well! I confirmed that no tax was charged (there shouldn’t be any on pre-paid gift cards) and then swiped my AMEX. As the manager had already seen me holding my license, he simply scanned his card and it was finally off to the payment step. After both cards were confirmed at $500 the assistance light was activated one final time. With one card down, I followed the same process for the second card and the manager once again was summoned by the machine to scan his card to approve the transaction. He didn’t even ask me for ID, though I had it out ready to show him. The assistance sign was then activated and a manager came over to confirm the details of my transaction. I scanned the first card, entered my desired amount ($500), and then was asked to confirm that the amount was correct. The checkout process was actually quite simple, I had asked if I needed to go to a normal register but was informed that I could scan them myself. I returned again last night and headed to self-checkout. Back to the back of the store for the Vanilla Reloads. We tried all of the self-checkouts and the one normal register without any luck. I returned this Monday, headed to the back of the store, and was very excited to find two white cards with all those PayPal and Macy’s cards! Up to the register to pay and yet another problem, none of the computers could connect to the system to activate the cards. I was then out of town until this week and didn’t have much hope that they would still be there. I didn’t have my AMEX Hilton HHonors card on me (6x points) so I put the cards back next to some Macy’s and PayPal cards in the gift card rack at the very back of the store (less foot traffic). I’ve had no luck until last Monday when I found one CVS store with 2 Vanilla Reloads randomly in a pile on the customer service desk. There are however four CVS stores on the walk from my apartment to my office and I’ve been checking their inventory every day. Of all the 7-11s I’ve visited, none of them have ever had any Vanilla Reloads in stock! Walgreens was more of the same with only one location stocking the cards (one left in stock upon my arrival). ![]() ![]() In Manhattan, it’s been extremely difficult as the only easy options are 7-11, Walgreens, and CVS. Think of it like Amazon Web Services, but for buying Doritos.Ever since Office Depot pulled their Vanilla Reloads from store shelves, we’ve been forced to find other stores that sell Vanilla Reloads and accept credit cards for gift card purchases. But if Amazon can get other, more established retail brands to pay for what is essentially cash register tech, that could be a nice new revenue stream. Amazon Go on its own isn't a huge cash cow, with only 25 operational locations in the U.S. On the other end, Amazon's move into retail tech licensing makes business sense. had no bank accounts at all, with several million more considered "underbanked." A 2017 FDIC survey estimated that more than 8 million people in the U.S. We reached out to Amazon for comment.Īmazon Go stores belatedly started accepting cash payments last year after places like Philadelphia banned cash-less stores. One thing the Just Walk Out website did not mention is cash. Stores that implement this technology might see fit to downsize, which could hurt the millions of people who currently work in retail for a median wage of less than $12 per hour, according to the U.S. ![]() While the convenience of a Just Walk Out system is clear from the consumer end, one has to wonder about its impact on retail workers. The website also notes that Just Walk Out-enabled stores can still have human employees to answer questions and whatnot. What Walmart+ should do in order to really compete with Amazon PrimeĪmazon didn't say anything about how much Just Walk Out would cost businesses, but it did mention that installation would take "a few weeks" on the low end. ![]()
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