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Old Jun 3, 2013 | 2:26 pm
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DCBob
 
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Originally Posted by Explore
I don't see the point in using BB for anything except paying off credit cards, plus issuing a few random paper checks to other folks just to mix things up. If you fund BB with GCs paid for with CCs, your credit card bills will always equal, or probably greatly exceed your BB balance.
Well, I pay for my auction house purchases, mortgage, electric utility, property taxes, and condo fees using BB. You can't usually use a credit or debit card for those bills, and in cases when you can, there is a hefty fee of 2% or more for the privilege of doing so. That's in addition to paying some CC bills (not Amex, even though I can) and getting free ATM withdrawals when I'm not near my own bank. How do you deal with any of those bills now?
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