Awesome suggestion, nailed it!!! Before this I tried to link the cards to my Venmo account but that didn't work. I then tried my PayPal account. I couldn’t connect the cards to that then move the funds over so I started pumping out payment requests to the multiple email addresses that I have. For the first two, I did the transfer, immediately accepted the money then transferred it to my bank. Then I started to let it pile up for the other transactions. I did four more than requested it be sent to my bank. I then got a message that said there was a delay in the transfer and it might take 24 hours. So I stopped for the day. I don’t know why there was a delay. I don’t use the account much so this might have triggered something.

So for PayPal, there is a 2.9% fee - I requested $200.00 and received $193.75 after the fee plus 30 cents for the transaction.

Today I tried the S&S that you mentioned. Very smooth transaction! It was less than a minute from the time I said "Hi" until I walked away. I then went to four others in RI. The same situation at each one. I was 5/5. I either cashed or deposited the MOs at a few of my banks. Mission accomplished!

I then checked my PayPal account and saw they wanted to verify my identity and address so I sent them a picture of my license. That released the funds to my bank.

I have to say, I never did anything like this before and kind of like the challenge. I also did some math to see how beneficial this can be with rewards. Some of you must do very well with it.

Thank you for the suggestions. I really appreciate the help I received with this. I'm going to be sticking around to learn some more and probably become one of you