Originally Posted by ctdiver

Thanks for the encouragement! I tried again yesterday at the register, but he was clueless and even when I tried to coach him on the process, he pointed me to the MC, which had a tremendous line I wasn't willing to wait in. Since my biggest goal with BB is to be able to pay my bills like HOA, mortgage, and other things I use bill pay with (and then maybe rack up spend once I get the process down), I think I may just go with a bigger card that I could load $500 at the MC and be done with it. Any particular type to avoid? I've combed through this thread and Reddit, but it's a bit overwhelming. I've seen Green Dot cards I could load up to $500 with a $1.95 activation. Do those work? I'd gladly pay that fee to be able to do this less times than it will take to do $99 each swipe at the MC.