WalMart Bill Pay Diners Club? [No]
Apr 7, 2014, 5:40 pm
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WalMart Bill Pay Diners Club? [No]
I have a Diners Club issued in the USA.
I have tried to BP my Diners from Walmart many times and have never been successful. Tried to pay mastercard, and Diners (Diners comes up as a payee in Walmart). Once the cashier puts in the account number, the system gives an error message. I have called Diners multiple times and they also could never figure this out.
WM also does Western Union bill payment service and I called Diners club to see if they take western union. I was told that is a NO-GO as well.
Very frustrating, any one here has managed to pay Diners using WM bill pay or make payments using debit cards?
I have tried to BP my Diners from Walmart many times and have never been successful. Tried to pay mastercard, and Diners (Diners comes up as a payee in Walmart). Once the cashier puts in the account number, the system gives an error message. I have called Diners multiple times and they also could never figure this out.
WM also does Western Union bill payment service and I called Diners club to see if they take western union. I was told that is a NO-GO as well.
Very frustrating, any one here has managed to pay Diners using WM bill pay or make payments using debit cards?
Apr 8, 2014, 7:05 pm
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WalMart also does AMEX Bluebird (sort of an alternative to a checking account). (You can sign up for Bluebird online or at a Walmart. The singup is free, and there's no monthly or annual fee.) In turn, you can load your Bluebird account at WalMart with Visa debit cards that have a PIN. (You can theoretically do MC too, but Walmart seems to handle Visa better than MC for Bluebird loading.) And Bluebird keeps offering free checks with free shipping online (supposedly there's a charge, but there's constantly a promotion for up to 100 checks being completely free).
So if you set yourself up with a Bluebird account (which costs nothing), you can load that account with Visa debit cards with a PIN at Walmsrt, then go home and send Bluebird checks to Diners Club (or any other credit card) and that should work since Bluebird checks work like normal bank checks. You'll have pay for a stamp, though.
While this is a procedure thought up by Manfuactured Spending fans, virtually the same procedure can work if you're trying to pay a credit card bill with a debit card you got some other way (promotional, gift, unemployment, bank card, etc). Obviously, with a bank card, since it's linked to a checking account, it would seem simpler to just send the check from the original checking account, or do bill pay through the online site for your checking account, though for some people those things have fees with the extra steps of going through Bluebird might avoid.
So if you set yourself up with a Bluebird account (which costs nothing), you can load that account with Visa debit cards with a PIN at Walmsrt, then go home and send Bluebird checks to Diners Club (or any other credit card) and that should work since Bluebird checks work like normal bank checks. You'll have pay for a stamp, though.
While this is a procedure thought up by Manfuactured Spending fans, virtually the same procedure can work if you're trying to pay a credit card bill with a debit card you got some other way (promotional, gift, unemployment, bank card, etc). Obviously, with a bank card, since it's linked to a checking account, it would seem simpler to just send the check from the original checking account, or do bill pay through the online site for your checking account, though for some people those things have fees with the extra steps of going through Bluebird might avoid.
Apr 9, 2014, 11:43 am
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Thanks for your response. I am already into MS and do BB and many other prepaid cards. With BB, the liimt is just 5K per card. If there was an option to bill pay from WM, there are no limits for that.
In WM, Diners club comes up as a payee but when the cashier puts in my card number, it comes back with an Invalid Account message. Same thing trying to pay to Mastercard.
In WM, Diners club comes up as a payee but when the cashier puts in my card number, it comes back with an Invalid Account message. Same thing trying to pay to Mastercard.
WalMart also does AMEX Bluebird (sort of an alternative to a checking account). (You can sign up for Bluebird online or at a Walmart. The singup is free, and there's no monthly or annual fee.) In turn, you can load your Bluebird account at WalMart with Visa debit cards that have a PIN. (You can theoretically do MC too, but Walmart seems to handle Visa better than MC for Bluebird loading.) And Bluebird keeps offering free checks with free shipping online (supposedly there's a charge, but there's constantly a promotion for up to 100 checks being completely free).
So if you set yourself up with a Bluebird account (which costs nothing), you can load that account with Visa debit cards with a PIN at Walmsrt, then go home and send Bluebird checks to Diners Club (or any other credit card) and that should work since Bluebird checks work like normal bank checks. You'll have pay for a stamp, though.
While this is a procedure thought up by Manfuactured Spending fans, virtually the same procedure can work if you're trying to pay a credit card bill with a debit card you got some other way (promotional, gift, unemployment, bank card, etc). Obviously, with a bank card, since it's linked to a checking account, it would seem simpler to just send the check from the original checking account, or do bill pay through the online site for your checking account, though for some people those things have fees with the extra steps of going through Bluebird might avoid.
So if you set yourself up with a Bluebird account (which costs nothing), you can load that account with Visa debit cards with a PIN at Walmsrt, then go home and send Bluebird checks to Diners Club (or any other credit card) and that should work since Bluebird checks work like normal bank checks. You'll have pay for a stamp, though.
While this is a procedure thought up by Manfuactured Spending fans, virtually the same procedure can work if you're trying to pay a credit card bill with a debit card you got some other way (promotional, gift, unemployment, bank card, etc). Obviously, with a bank card, since it's linked to a checking account, it would seem simpler to just send the check from the original checking account, or do bill pay through the online site for your checking account, though for some people those things have fees with the extra steps of going through Bluebird might avoid.
Oct 14, 2014, 12:03 am
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BTW, using "Diners Club" and the full card number in BoA bill payment does credit your account correctly. Actually, it seems to have credited two days ago even though BoA just deducted from my bank account tonight.
Oct 14, 2014, 12:49 am
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Good to know, opening a BOA checking is on my "to do" list.
Oct 14, 2014, 12:50 am
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Oct 26, 2014, 10:46 pm
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Nov 5, 2014, 10:54 am
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Yeah, all the 3 payments I made from TD Ameritrade, Bluebird and Schwab also went through when I used the Diners Club payee. There is also BMO/Harris as a payee but that doesn't work.
Nov 9, 2014, 6:29 am
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Just tried today. I just had the CSR try to BP to Mastercard, but the system said invalid account. Will try again sometime and have them try to send the BP to Diner's. Will update when I do that.
Nov 12, 2014, 7:58 am
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Note that Harris Bank has now added the ability to pay online from a bank account. However, I thought you were specifically interested in the Walmart method which is discussed in this thread, and now apparently works if you choose Diners Club as the payee.
Nov 12, 2014, 8:12 am
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If I understand correctly that is the subject of this thread, and the answer is: Diners Club. However, I hope to die without ever setting foot in a Walmart store, and someone with direct experience will be able to clarify if reading the preceding posts is not enough.