Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Nov 26, 2012, 8:26 pm
#3241
Join Date: Jul 2011
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plenty of vanilla beans available in the rainbow area of town in San Diego at your local cee vee ess. Now this would be the Visa logo'd my vanilla ice cream flavor...not sure if they taste as goos as the former OD flavors, but seems to work just fine for me. Enough ice cream to feed a small army
Nov 26, 2012, 8:51 pm
#3242
Join Date: May 2006
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Nov 26, 2012, 10:14 pm
#3243
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 432
Soon this thread will exceed the "mint" thread... 
Nov 26, 2012, 11:38 pm
#3245
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: NYC
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What is the Bluebird definition of "a month"? Is it calendar or rolling like the amex prepaid card?
Nov 26, 2012, 11:54 pm
#3246
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 301
I have been looking for getting beans with CC in south/east bay since they got removed from OD, no luck so far.
Alright folks, I'm in San Jose, CA until tomorrow 8am.
If anyone knows a location that carries the beans within 20-30 minute drive, please let me know via PM. I need to meet a minimum spend.
It would be useful, because my home state doesn't have this store.
I tried the one near Tasman Dr... no go. Didn't have 'em.
If anyone knows a location that carries the beans within 20-30 minute drive, please let me know via PM. I need to meet a minimum spend.
It would be useful, because my home state doesn't have this store.
I tried the one near Tasman Dr... no go. Didn't have 'em.
Nov 27, 2012, 12:48 am
#3248
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: OKC
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My only problem with the code is people who say CeeVeeSee instead of CeeVeeEss
Nov 27, 2012, 3:54 am
#3249
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Denver CO
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Please read the following directly copied from a Chase letter that came with a refund check (from normal refund that had sit in account for 3 months with no activity so a check was auto-sent.)
Enclosed please find a credit balance refund check to reimburse you for the current credit balance on your account. Please understand that if the credit balance was due to an overpayment made for your full account balance and the refund was requested in the middle of your billing cycle, you may receive a statement for subsequent interest charges assessed from the date of your previous statement until the date your full payment was received.
I have no inclination to find out exactly what the above wording may mean and how it would affect you if you intentionally overpay your Chase CC, then request the overpayment the following month mid cycle. Those who still want to try can report back the actual outcome for the benefit of the community.
Enclosed please find a credit balance refund check to reimburse you for the current credit balance on your account. Please understand that if the credit balance was due to an overpayment made for your full account balance and the refund was requested in the middle of your billing cycle, you may receive a statement for subsequent interest charges assessed from the date of your previous statement until the date your full payment was received.
I have no inclination to find out exactly what the above wording may mean and how it would affect you if you intentionally overpay your Chase CC, then request the overpayment the following month mid cycle. Those who still want to try can report back the actual outcome for the benefit of the community.
Nov 27, 2012, 9:32 am
#3250
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Roundabout way of buy vanillas at CVS
1) Buy 2 Visa Gift cards at OD: $1009.90 [Get 5050 UR points] *$9.90 fee
2) Use the 2 Visa Gift Cards to Load $1000 onto Amex prepaid at target and spend $1003. *$3 fee
3) Use Amex Target to buy 2 $500 vanillas at CVS *7.90 fees. This should work since amex prepaid has your name on it.
4) Transfer Vanilla reloadable to bluebird
$9.90+3+$7.90 = $20.80 for 5050 UR. Equals 2.42 x per dollar spent w/ Ink.
1) Buy 2 Visa Gift cards at OD: $1009.90 [Get 5050 UR points] *$9.90 fee
2) Use the 2 Visa Gift Cards to Load $1000 onto Amex prepaid at target and spend $1003. *$3 fee
3) Use Amex Target to buy 2 $500 vanillas at CVS *7.90 fees. This should work since amex prepaid has your name on it.
4) Transfer Vanilla reloadable to bluebird
$9.90+3+$7.90 = $20.80 for 5050 UR. Equals 2.42 x per dollar spent w/ Ink.
Or is the only way to load Bluebird via Vanilla Reload? I noticed NetSpend on the Vanilla Reload card, but cant tell if I can use NetSpend (since it has a pin) to reload Bluebird directly. ??
Nov 27, 2012, 9:41 am
#3251
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Nov 27, 2012, 9:42 am
#3252
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Nov 27, 2012, 12:18 pm
#3253
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Bay Area (the one in CA)
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Ok so I've read this thread (ALL of it...) at least twice. Good info to be sure.
But, has *any*one seen Jelly Bellies in the inner Bay Area? I'm fine with just having fun with gift cards at Orifice Desperate to meet min spend but just curious. I have been to at least 7 Convenience Value Service (though that S part is debatable) and the rackus is emptius.
But, has *any*one seen Jelly Bellies in the inner Bay Area? I'm fine with just having fun with gift cards at Orifice Desperate to meet min spend but just curious. I have been to at least 7 Convenience Value Service (though that S part is debatable) and the rackus is emptius.
Nov 27, 2012, 12:31 pm
#3254
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Yeah, all the code is beyond annoying, as if nobody knows what a 'bean', Ice Cream, CeeVeeEsss is at this point, or couldn't figure it out in a matter of seconds....
And yeah, I get the whole search engine dynamic, but still think it's silly and really prevents nothing in the grand scheme of things.
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And yeah, I get the whole search engine dynamic, but still think it's silly and really prevents nothing in the grand scheme of things.
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when we see the silly, cutsie so-called codes. Screw SeeVeeEss and the beans you rode in on!
Nov 27, 2012, 1:03 pm
#3255
Join Date: Jan 2003
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Why can't you just use the Visa Gift Cards to load $1k onto Amex prepaid (Bluebird card) since it has your name on it?
Or is the only way to load Bluebird via Vanilla Reload? I noticed NetSpend on the Vanilla Reload card, but cant tell if I can use NetSpend (since it has a pin) to reload Bluebird directly. ??
Or is the only way to load Bluebird via Vanilla Reload? I noticed NetSpend on the Vanilla Reload card, but cant tell if I can use NetSpend (since it has a pin) to reload Bluebird directly. ??
Visa GCs aren't pin-based, so they will not work (even though they typically say "debit" on them) at WM. I have used Vanilla and WF ppd cards to load my Bluebird at WM.
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