Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Nov 30, 2012, 1:04 pm
#3421
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,689
I seldomly need to get money orders, but I find I need a couple. Can I use BB at wallyworld to get a MO? Will post office give MO for CC?
I have a feeling the answer is no or else people would be exploiting the hell out of it, but with the BB and TargetamexPP they have pin numbers, are they only good for atm withdrawals? Wondering if you could use PIN and run it as debit?
I have a feeling the answer is no or else people would be exploiting the hell out of it, but with the BB and TargetamexPP they have pin numbers, are they only good for atm withdrawals? Wondering if you could use PIN and run it as debit?
Nov 30, 2012, 1:13 pm
#3422
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: MKE
Posts: 614
Now obviously doing this isn't very ethical but has anyone tried to take a VR from a place like Walgreens and then bring to to a store that allows to load with CC. I'm with the crowd that thinks taking a nonloaded VR from stores is stealing as they do make the $3.95 off of it.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
Nov 30, 2012, 1:16 pm
#3423
Suspended
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,998
Now obviously doing this isn't very ethical but has anyone tried to take a VR from a place like Walgreens and then bring to to a store that allows to load with CC. I'm with the crowd that thinks taking a nonloaded VR from stores is stealing as they do make the $3.95 off of it.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
I can tell you that the cards from OD /= WG /= CVS. They're all different in some respect.
Nov 30, 2012, 1:37 pm
#3424
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 514
Time for a paper check to be actually delivered
How long does it take for a paper check sent by Bluebird to be actually delivered? I sent a payment to my own address on Sunday and am still waiting for it. When I submitted the payment it said the delivery date would be 11/29.
Nov 30, 2012, 1:53 pm
#3425
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 72
Is Bluebird system down?
I have been trying to send out a payment all morning. I tried it around 10AM MST and again at 1:45PM MST and it keep erroring out. Anyone else having the same problem? Just want to make it is a system wide problem and not just for me. Thanks.
Nov 30, 2012, 2:21 pm
#3426
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 274
I think it is electronically, so it went through faster than paper check.
However, I dont know why you want to do bill pay to your own address, i would thing this will trigger red flag all over....
Nov 30, 2012, 2:40 pm
#3427
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
Color inside the lines, kiddies!
Now obviously doing this isn't very ethical but has anyone tried to take a VR from a place like Walgreens and then bring to to a store that allows to load with CC. I'm with the crowd that thinks taking a nonloaded VR from stores is stealing as they do make the $3.95 off of it.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
I'm not sure how the inventory of these cards work, if each store knows the barcode number of each VR card they have in stock.
Nov 30, 2012, 2:59 pm
#3428
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
I believe some registers coded that the clerk has to enter the CVC in the system though I am not 100% sure because at each store in my area even after card swipe the clerk asked my card and then entered something in the system.
Nov 30, 2012, 3:02 pm
#3429
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
I did one with a TYP card that was not signed at the back. They balked also.
Nov 30, 2012, 3:03 pm
#3430
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: DCA/RIC
Programs: HH LTD, AA LTG
Posts: 1,015
5K Monthly Limit
How is the 5k monthly limit enforced when using any combination of Vanilla reloads/Debit cards? Is it by calendar month, by each statement or something else?
Nov 30, 2012, 3:06 pm
#3431
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,740
I seldomly need to get money orders, but I find I need a couple. Can I use BB at wallyworld to get a MO? Will post office give MO for CC?
I have a feeling the answer is no or else people would be exploiting the hell out of it, but with the BB and TargetamexPP they have pin numbers, are they only good for atm withdrawals? Wondering if you could use PIN and run it as debit?
I have a feeling the answer is no or else people would be exploiting the hell out of it, but with the BB and TargetamexPP they have pin numbers, are they only good for atm withdrawals? Wondering if you could use PIN and run it as debit?
However I dont see what advantage you see, buying MOs with your BB? pay 0.70 per pop when you could withdraw money for free, either from ATM or to your linked bank?
What exploitation you talk about?
The earning is done at the loading process of BB, not at the withdrawal process of BB.
Nov 30, 2012, 3:31 pm
#3432
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saigon/Hanoi/San Francisco
Posts: 1,779
Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Saw the new VR cards at my local CeeVeeEss today. Packed in a sealed container. Unfortunately, they don't take CC, cash only.
Nov 30, 2012, 4:16 pm
#3433
Join Date: Mar 2011
Programs: AA Plt, BA, SPG Plt
Posts: 231
I too sent a check for rent to my address and it arrived the day BB said it would arrive.
Nov 30, 2012, 4:20 pm
#3434
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 19
Important question: Had they taken CC for "old" VRs at this same CVS previously?
If so, what has changed: policy, cashier, the VRs, or the cash register's programming?
Lots of places don't sell them with CC, so if you have never had success previously in this location, I'd be hesitant to conclude that something fundamental has changed.
Nov 30, 2012, 4:35 pm
#3435
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Bay Area (the one in CA)
Programs: UR, *A, UA
Posts: 26
NorCal SchmoreCal
just ask one of the clerks if they have sen them or if they have not arrived yet, every where on the news all the talk is about how many people are buying gift cards this christmas, they will most likely think you are looking for a chirstmas gift, i have found if you ask nicely most are very helpful.
Cardinalkid1891 i haven't even seen SLOTS so I'm not convinced they are sold out, just not out yet. I should have asked the gift card employee when I saw her. **note to self**
Dear Kind an Lovely see vee ess clerk person,
I really like Root Beer Jelly Bellies. But Vanilla is tasty too.
Could you share? Please?
