Wal-Mart, Amex take on banks with Bluebird debit card
Nov 3, 2012, 6:48 pm
#1471
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you should be glad that they were out of stock. why you want chase to ban you for perk abuse?
Nov 3, 2012, 6:52 pm
#1472
Join Date: Apr 2012
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Hey, you guys in the Apple get to pick the prez every 4 years. That's a pretty big perk! It's only fair some of the rest of us get ODs with beans.
Nov 3, 2012, 6:54 pm
#1473
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The guy who apparently bought 15 of them is the one who needs to be worried about getting his accounts closed. Maybe the OP has half a brain and would only have bought one or two?
Nov 3, 2012, 6:56 pm
#1474
Join Date: Oct 2006
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Chase clearly has limited their liability at $50,000 spend. It's not like scripting millions from Chase Exclusives or the AARP abuse.
Nov 3, 2012, 6:57 pm
#1475
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Similar to how the Chase Freedom is limited to $1500 in spend per quarter for 5x categories. Chase isn't stupid. The FWFers doing the scripting and massive AARP abuse are a different category. Unlimited never means unlimited.
Nov 3, 2012, 6:59 pm
#1476
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Okinawa
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Exactly and with liability limited I don't see why Chase would get angry when about $50,000 of $200,000 spent on Chase cards is at office supply stores, internet acces and for phone bills.
Nov 3, 2012, 7:01 pm
#1477
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I think the questions will come in for those who spend $50k per year on their Ink card, and all $50k is at Office Depot
Nov 3, 2012, 7:07 pm
#1478
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Nov 3, 2012, 7:16 pm
#1479
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this OD activity is not a normal card transaction/activity.
It is an ABNORMAL LARGE PURCHASE( always at OD store).
you are unprofitable to them for perk abuse and they won't want you any longer. Once they realize that they are having to give you much more than what they get from you, or they feel enough is enough, they will take action! they are there to do business = make money.
they only get 2-3% back max for every dollar of the card spend, but if they are losing 5 points per dollar all the time due to this OD perk abuse , they won't want you as a customer!
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Nov 3, 2012, 7:28 pm
#1480
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 289
Second time lucky...I used my Hilton Amex for 6X points to buy the beans at a local Walgreens.
At the first store, the clerk ran up the purchase and the register stated "Cash Only". Tried again later at a different location and it worked like a charm!
Thanks FT and all posters in this thread.
Now all I need is an Ink to really get in on this deal
At the first store, the clerk ran up the purchase and the register stated "Cash Only". Tried again later at a different location and it worked like a charm!
Thanks FT and all posters in this thread.
Now all I need is an Ink to really get in on this deal
Nov 3, 2012, 7:30 pm
#1481
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Nov 3, 2012, 7:43 pm
#1482
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Don't think you understand why there is a big risk. Already there are few reports of some who got their IB closed.
this OD activity is not a normal card transaction/activity.
It is an ABNORMAL LARGE PURCHASE( always at OD store).
you are unprofitable to them for perk abuse and they won't want you any longer. Once they realize that they are having to give you much more than what they get from you, or they feel enough is enough, they will take action! they are there to do business = make money.
they only get 2-3% back max for every dollar of the card spend, but if they are losing 5 points per dollar all the time due to this OD perk abuse , they won't want you as a customer!
this OD activity is not a normal card transaction/activity.
It is an ABNORMAL LARGE PURCHASE( always at OD store).
you are unprofitable to them for perk abuse and they won't want you any longer. Once they realize that they are having to give you much more than what they get from you, or they feel enough is enough, they will take action! they are there to do business = make money.
they only get 2-3% back max for every dollar of the card spend, but if they are losing 5 points per dollar all the time due to this OD perk abuse , they won't want you as a customer!
Nov 3, 2012, 7:59 pm
#1483
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 583
When I tried to buy one, the register displayed a "call above floor limit" error. Cashier calls the manager who explains that for some reason they can't process the cards today, and had spent 30 mins trying to help an earlier customer. No timeframe for resolution...
Cheers
Nov 3, 2012, 8:12 pm
#1484
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 61
Got the same message on the screen when they tried to process one at an OD late this afternoon. The clerk called the number and the back of the card and after a while got to speak with a manager for the card company. They said they weren't processing at OD stores for a "technical" reason, and had no idea when the "issue" would be resolved. Guess I'll check back tomorrow.
Nov 3, 2012, 8:19 pm
#1485
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: EUG,PDX
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I had the same "technical" problem this afternoon. We did a little shopping and had an early dinner out. Went back after dinner and purchased with no problem. So I think it has been resolved!