I was cleaning my apartment and came across a bunch of old plastic CVS bags within CVS bags. Hmmm……… I open the bags and there are some Vanilla Reload cards with their matching CVS receipts. Wow, a blast from the past. I assumed they were used VR cards as I always saved them. I then turned the cards over and I was puzzled. Something wasn’t right.
Could it be? Holy Vanilla Reload!! These were Vanilla Reload cards that I hadn’t loaded yet. They were unscratched! I really must have hid them well, as I have no memory of this. The receipts are from early 2014. I tested one of the cards on the Vanilla Reload website, and learned there was indeed $500 on that card.
This is rather hysterical, but it also is rather good evidence that I shouldn’t be messing with manufactured spend. And that I probably should clean my apartment more often.
So, the question is … what do I do with them now? (No, I’m not giving them to you). Can I still reload them to a card, or must I ask Vanilla Reload for a refund?
A New York frequent flyer who elegantly combines her passions for worldwide travel, running a gazillion marathons all over the globe and staying fit ... without sacrificing her fancy for good wine and food.
Funny.
Wow, must be nice to have money laying around that you would lose track of hundreds of dollars like that
crazy, right?
Recently I found a $500 PayPower and receipt I’d bought more than a year ago stuck to the bottom of a cereal box! To my surprise, PP refunded nearly all the monthly fees. Please don’t tell my kids.
Must be something in the water. Just last week I found one complete with CVS receipt from 2013. Maybe it was the quarter each of us opened 7 cards and we’re facing a $26000 spend.
Keep us informed.
Thanks Mark
I’m glad it wasn’t just me!
Ha ha… I live in fear that I’ve got stashes of unfound, uncashed GC’s somewhere!