The Albertson/Safeway chain sent out a corporate memo indicating that money orders can no longer be purchased with debit gift cards. Only cash or bank-issued debit cards will be acceptable payment, beginning May 1st. They also will not allow splitting a money order purchase between multiple bank debit cards.
The change is coming from Western Union, so it might end up affecting any other WU locations too (if there are).
Reader Brian sent this in a few days ago with the above image, and today Milesperday posted the same as well, along with the verbiage of the corporate memo which is interesting. It states that they are stopping to allow gift cards in order…
to stop “Point Chasers.” Point Chasers are identified by WU as “manufactured spending.”
Chuck
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