Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Oct 16, 2012, 5:23 pm
#31
Join Date: Feb 2012
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registered and go this error: "You have the following errors.
date of birth: Sorry, you have to be at least 18 to open a bluebird account (19 in Alabama or Nebraska). Enjoy your youth." weird it wouldn't take my DOB even though I'm older than 18..lol
date of birth: Sorry, you have to be at least 18 to open a bluebird account (19 in Alabama or Nebraska). Enjoy your youth." weird it wouldn't take my DOB even though I'm older than 18..lol
Oct 16, 2012, 5:26 pm
#32
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Make sure you type it in as the full year (2012) and not just the '12'. This caught me the 1st time I tried as well.
Oct 16, 2012, 5:31 pm
#34
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Revolution Money Exchange Customers
In 2008 we were involved in a promo that effects our ability to get the Bluebird card. Serve bought the Revolution Money Exchange and you may still have an open Serve account you did not know about.
A phone call to Serve will straighten out the issue. They will escalate to a separate department that will send you a refund and you can then close your Serve account and open the Bluebird
A phone call to Serve will straighten out the issue. They will escalate to a separate department that will send you a refund and you can then close your Serve account and open the Bluebird
Oct 16, 2012, 5:33 pm
#35
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You can also close your Serve account online, with just a few clicks. You can recover your password in a few minutes, log back in, and cancel Serve.
It's fast. Then you get get a Bluebird.
I hated Serve, and this newish website looks disturbingly similar.
It's fast. Then you get get a Bluebird.
I hated Serve, and this newish website looks disturbingly similar.
Oct 16, 2012, 6:05 pm
#36
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They declined to send it to my HK/Canadian address though.
Might have to go postal with someone I know in the US.
Oct 16, 2012, 6:26 pm
#37
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Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Went into physical store and register blocks credit as a payment form for the temporary card, at least to purchase. Just a datapoint, but I'm guessing it is a home office thing, so it should be similar at any other location. Not something that can be overridden. Also would not ring up any other items during the purchase, had to buy it on a separate receipt.
Oct 16, 2012, 6:34 pm
#38
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Went into physical store and register blocks credit as a payment form for the temporary card, at least to purchase. Just a datapoint, but I'm guessing it is a home office thing, so it should be similar at any other location. Not something that can be overridden. Also would not ring up any other items during the purchase, had to buy it on a separate receipt.
Has anyone been able to set up direct deposit simply from a bank account bill pay?
Oct 16, 2012, 6:37 pm
#39
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Don't know, but I'll be able to get DD from my employer anyway so no concerns there. There is a $5 fee for buying in store, so I wouldn't bother going in most circumstances. FWIW I was apparently the first one to buy one at the particular store today, nobody had heard about it but the cashier had some clue, so apparently there must have been training on it (rare for this particular company).
Last edited by TheBOSman; Oct 16, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Oct 16, 2012, 6:47 pm
#40
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Thank you for
choosing Bluebird.
Sorry, but we cannot approve you for a Bluebird Account at this time because you have an existing Serve Account. If you have any questions, please contact us by calling Customer Service at 1-877-486-5990.
Oct 16, 2012, 7:06 pm
#41
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I was able to register even though I have an active serve.com account. I don't know how it matches but I know I registered with a different e-mail address.
The account truly refines the difference between what a bank account is/isn't. Outside of withdrawal/check writing privileges and no FDIC insurance, there's not much left. There biggest competition I suppose is those money stores...
However, one thing I will miss is my Serve account had no name on the physical card itself. It was easy to just hand to someone who was buying you lunch, etc... I liked that.
I may just have to send a few hundred off the direct deposit here each month to keep them happy
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The account truly refines the difference between what a bank account is/isn't. Outside of withdrawal/check writing privileges and no FDIC insurance, there's not much left. There biggest competition I suppose is those money stores...
However, one thing I will miss is my Serve account had no name on the physical card itself. It was easy to just hand to someone who was buying you lunch, etc... I liked that.
I may just have to send a few hundred off the direct deposit here each month to keep them happy
.
Oct 16, 2012, 8:27 pm
#43
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Oct 16, 2012, 8:28 pm
#44
Join Date: Jan 2012
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If one was to use this card just for just sending checks would this trigger an FR from Amex? I would fund this card only by vanilla.