No, my Bluebird account has not been shut down (sorry if the thread title made your heart stop). And I have not heard of anyone actually having their Bluebird account shut down for excessive/questionable activities (unlike Paypal, Amazon, Square, and most of the other players).
What I *
have* read about are people speculating about - and worrying about - getting shut down due to various excessive/questionable activities (buying gift cards with an Amex card, then paying off your Amex bill from Bluebird, etc. - variations on "too short a circle" or
"Amex can easily see every point in the transaction").
I've started this thread to track reports of such shutdowns.
I'm guessing that this is not happening much (or at all) - yet - but human nature being what it is (many people have a hard time controlling themselves, people get greedy, people don't think things through...) it's probably inevitable that someone crosses the invisible line at some point and will get a smackdown from Bluebird. Surely there are
Bluebird Cardinals out there somewhere, so it's going to happen to somebody eventually.
If/when that day comes and it happens to you, I hope you'll share your experience here so others can benefit from it.
Anybody want to start?