Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Jan 6, 2013, 3:43 pm
#5237
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Jan 6, 2013, 3:43 pm
#5239
Jan 6, 2013, 3:46 pm
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Jan 6, 2013, 4:27 pm
#5242
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
I stopped by a new cvs in my area that had 100+ VR's in stock. 1k daily limit. I did not use Sarah buying tactics.
Looks like this is going to be around for a while
Looks like this is going to be around for a while
Jan 6, 2013, 4:52 pm
#5243
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Slightly odd report:
Was just at Wally World in suburban Richmond, VA. Saw a clerk removing all the BB starter packs from the display at the entrance to the store. Asked if I could buy one, and she said her manager told her to round them all up. Wouldn't let me buy one today. She wasn't sure if it was for a new display or what. She said check back tomorrow.
BB advertisements were still up throughout the store, and I loaded some cash at the register just to check. No problems there.
Was just at Wally World in suburban Richmond, VA. Saw a clerk removing all the BB starter packs from the display at the entrance to the store. Asked if I could buy one, and she said her manager told her to round them all up. Wouldn't let me buy one today. She wasn't sure if it was for a new display or what. She said check back tomorrow.
BB advertisements were still up throughout the store, and I loaded some cash at the register just to check. No problems there.
Jan 6, 2013, 5:17 pm
#5244
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Slightly odd report:
Was just at Wally World in suburban Richmond, VA. Saw a clerk removing all the BB starter packs from the display at the entrance to the store. Asked if I could buy one, and she said her manager told her to round them all up. Wouldn't let me buy one today. She wasn't sure if it was for a new display or what. She said check back tomorrow.
BB advertisements were still up throughout the store, and I loaded some cash at the register just to check. No problems there.
Was just at Wally World in suburban Richmond, VA. Saw a clerk removing all the BB starter packs from the display at the entrance to the store. Asked if I could buy one, and she said her manager told her to round them all up. Wouldn't let me buy one today. She wasn't sure if it was for a new display or what. She said check back tomorrow.
BB advertisements were still up throughout the store, and I loaded some cash at the register just to check. No problems there.
Jan 6, 2013, 5:18 pm
#5245
Join Date: Apr 2009
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Makes sense. It's been a few months, and I never did understand why anyone would pay the $5...
Jan 6, 2013, 5:30 pm
#5246
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Jan 6, 2013, 5:40 pm
#5247
Join Date: Mar 2012
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I had found a good number of VRs at 5 different CVSs in NYC as of maybe Thursday. . . all gone today (went to 4 that were close together.)
Jan 6, 2013, 5:49 pm
#5248
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It is annoying to try to figure out how much "real" money I have in my bank accounts when I am constantly making large deposits and holding on to $xx,000's of dollars of the CC companies cash. If it is all cycling between the CC > VR/AP > BB > CC, then I don't need to try and sort it out from my normal household budget.
Jan 6, 2013, 6:16 pm
#5249
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I am working to move the majority of my cash recycling activities away from my normal bank. It makes it easier when it is all moving through accounts that I don't use for everyday spend.
It is annoying to try to figure out how much "real" money I have in my bank accounts when I am constantly making large deposits and holding on to $xx,000's of dollars of the CC companies cash. If it is all cycling between the CC > VR/AP > BB > CC, then I don't need to try and sort it out from my normal household budget.
It is annoying to try to figure out how much "real" money I have in my bank accounts when I am constantly making large deposits and holding on to $xx,000's of dollars of the CC companies cash. If it is all cycling between the CC > VR/AP > BB > CC, then I don't need to try and sort it out from my normal household budget.
Jan 6, 2013, 6:25 pm
#5250
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Went to a CVS today that had 1 VR left on the rack. When I tried to buy it, the cashier's register showed her a dialog box saying cash/debit only. Most Walgreen's have been doing this for a while, but this was my first time encountering it at a CVS.
Last edited by sk8uno; Feb 9, 2013 at 3:34 pm