Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Nov 29, 2012, 6:39 am
#3347
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Lower yield is my guess. There were comments that indicated that the new OD beans will be capped at $200, presumably with the same $3.95 fee. That is a ~2% fee instead of a 0.8% fee if $500 was loaded. Wouldn't stop some one with a 5X reward card, but would stop many others and improve profitability for the stores.
Nov 29, 2012, 7:06 am
#3348
Join Date: Aug 2011
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I believe the WF debit card has a limit of a maximum of $600 "per transaction" - so if you want to use it to load your BB account, it appears you have to do that $600 at a time. I have not tried this yet as the closest WalMart is not very close to me. Before I head out there to do that, I've been wondering...
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Nov 29, 2012, 7:34 am
#3349
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I believe the WF debit card has a limit of a maximum of $600 "per transaction" - so if you want to use it to load your BB account, it appears you have to do that $600 at a time. I have not tried this yet as the closest WalMart is not very close to me. Before I head out there to do that, I've been wondering...
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Nov 29, 2012, 8:15 am
#3351
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Anyone know of a pharmacy to get beans in Midtown Manhattan? I've looked at several CVS and Walgreens with no luck. Feel free to pm if that's easier. Thanks!
Nov 29, 2012, 8:28 am
#3352
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 68
I have done this and the payment posted. No problems so far. Only 1K reloads bought and I had a few other purchases on the card that month as well. I can't see Amex having a problem using BB to pay your CC bill (that is its purpose) but the real question is how many beans they are comfortable with you buying. For me I might be comfortable trying to go up to 2K a month but probably won't try to push it past that.
Nov 29, 2012, 8:43 am
#3353
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I believe the WF debit card has a limit of a maximum of $600 "per transaction" - so if you want to use it to load your BB account, it appears you have to do that $600 at a time. I have not tried this yet as the closest WalMart is not very close to me. Before I head out there to do that, I've been wondering...
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Let's say I have $1200 loaded on my WF debit card. Can I go to WalMart and do three $600 transactions, one after another, to move that $1200 from the WF DC to BB? Has anyone here done that?
Thanks.
Nov 29, 2012, 8:52 am
#3354
Join Date: Nov 2011
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the walgreens cashier showed me the checkout screen which said "Cash Tender Only" and would not accept credit cards. Does each location have different IT systems? I went to a different walgreens last week with no issues
Nov 29, 2012, 8:54 am
#3355
Join Date: Jan 2012
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Kind of answered your own question, but, apparently yes.
Nov 29, 2012, 9:57 am
#3356
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:21 am
#3357
Join Date: Nov 2012
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Indeed - it was a long night. And I had just spent an hour converting a stack of Visa gift cards I had purchased at various Office Supply stores (using an Ink card, of course) into Apple Store gift cards to purchase an iPad at the online Apple store - so got 5X UR points for the wife's Xmas gift (shhhh - hope she's not lurking here...). So yeah, my math was a little fuzzy there.
So even though three $600 BB loads won't work with $1200 on my WF card (don't we all wish!), it does sound like two $600 BB loads would work - so what i was really wondering about - "multiple transactions" in a single visit to Walmart - looks like it'll go.
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Nov 29, 2012, 10:25 am
#3358
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Transfer from BB to my Chase checking on Monday just arrived. 4 straight business days. fyi.
Nov 29, 2012, 10:33 am
#3360
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Indeed - it was a long night. And I had just spent an hour converting a stack of Visa gift cards I had purchased at various Office Supply stores (using an Ink card, of course) into Apple Store gift cards to purchase an iPad at the online Apple store - so got 5X UR points for the wife's Xmas gift (shhhh - hope she's not lurking here...). So yeah, my math was a little fuzzy there.
So even though three $600 BB loads won't work with $1200 on my WF card (don't we all wish!), it does sound like two $600 BB loads would work - so what i was really wondering about - "multiple transactions" in a single visit to Walmart - looks like it'll go.
^