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Old Nov 3, 2019, 7:05 pm
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radonc1
 
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Originally Posted by bklgafly
Hey

I buy $300 visa gift cards at staples with my ink cash then use it for organic spend... I spend a lot.

Biggest issue for me is that I am limited to purchases under $300 for the most part...

I am not even sure how you guys use bluebird/serve but... I would love to figure out a way to get a card that I can then load with those $300 gift cards so I then have a large balance on that card for purchases and was curious if bluebird/serve can be used for that?

If not, any other idea?
You can have too much organic spending for Serve and BB. Depositing large sums of money (especially using VGCs or MCGCs) and paying real bills other than credit cards will get you shut down. This is how I was decapitated in 2016. My deposits were large as were my checks for various bills.

Amex considered that "irregular behavior". So be very careful when doing large sums of deposits and spending.
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