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 … Read More
The Vanilla Chronicles: Multi-tasking leads to Vanilla Reload Screw-Up!
Prelude: musings on the art of multi-tasking I know a lot of people (and one person in particular comes to mind), who proclaim that they are great multi-taskers. And yet it seems that it is these very same people who are unable or unwilling to get the many tasks accomplished that they claim they … Read More
Is that a Store or a Gas Station? How Visa Codes Merchants.
In my post yesterday, I stated that I have bought Vanilla Reload Cards at various 7-Eleven Stores in Manhattan with credit cards. I also mentioned that some 7-Eleven stores are coded by Visa as Gas Stations, even though they may be retail stores. How did I know that? Visa has a detailed system where each … Read More
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