Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Dec 3, 2012, 9:02 am
#3541
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Are you using bill pay to pay off the same cards you used to purchase the VRs?
Dec 3, 2012, 9:42 am
#3543
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Dec 3, 2012, 10:15 am
#3544
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Dec 3, 2012, 10:19 am
#3545
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I doubt Chase has the time nor desire to figure out what I'm doing with any VR's I buy. With the variety of prepaid products out there what can be fed off a VR, it would be difficult, if not entirely impossible, for them to deterine where that particular VR was fed into, esp without access to the individual card data that's held by Incomm.
Dec 3, 2012, 10:45 am
#3546
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I doubt Chase has the time nor desire to figure out what I'm doing with any VR's I buy. With the variety of prepaid products out there what can be fed off a VR, it would be difficult, if not entirely impossible, for them to deterine where that particular VR was fed into, esp without access to the individual card data that's held by Incomm.
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Dec 3, 2012, 12:04 pm
#3547
Join Date: Dec 2012
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No reload cards available in Brookline MA at various CVS stops.
Dec 3, 2012, 12:09 pm
#3548
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i am taking a few steps to limit my potentially being flagged, 1 i only complete 9 reloads per moonth, not 10. second i pay my regular "keeper" credit cards via bill pay not the churn ones, and third i occasionaly make a $2 or #3 purchase using bluebird. i am hopeing this makes me appear as a typical customer. as long i i can fly low i can continue to fly
Enough cards to go round using the billpay without having to complete the circle.
I also believe not to use round number to make bill pay.
Dec 3, 2012, 1:21 pm
#3549
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Dec 3, 2012, 1:26 pm
#3550
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 76
Does anyone know a location where I can buy VR's in the San Francisco area with a credit card? I've been all over and can't find anything. PM would be appreciated! 
Dec 3, 2012, 2:06 pm
#3552
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Why isn't that the preferred method anyway? Ink at OD gets you better than 3% back, and that's with points that are directly convertible to cash. I guess it's easier to use a 2% card (Cap1Venture) and get the VR straight from CVS ... do you prefer that for convenience?
Dec 3, 2012, 2:11 pm
#3553
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Why isn't that the preferred method anyway? Ink at OD gets you better than 3% back, and that's with points that are directly convertible to cash. I guess it's easier to use a 2% card (Cap1Venture) and get the VR straight from CVS ... do you prefer that for convenience?
Dec 3, 2012, 3:45 pm
#3554
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Someone liberated my local WG from all Vanilla Relod cards. Still had a bunch about 10 days ago.
Dec 3, 2012, 3:47 pm
#3555
Join Date: Jan 2003
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still hoping to clarify if people are seeing the myvanilla ones by Via or something else? Or if getting the Visa my vanilla ones are worth the hassle?