When you say inactive do you mean just the temp cards without activating online? Trying to figure out how to liquidate these and being ignored on here...

How to spend down/cash out a prepaid debit card? Hmmmmmm.....let me count the ways..... I love this method, I love it not, lol......Pick one, check the fees(which dictates the method to this cheap butt) then execute. Surely in 18 months, you have learned at least one method. You know, must trust yourself/have confidence. Now, get crackin!

Yeah agreed. I thought if it did a few transactions and kept to about $2500 a month I'd stay below the radar for a couple months, I guess not. That said I was just buying MOs and at the end of the day I am not sure MVD offers much over just using giftcards other than it has a name on it if the cashier gets fussy. I haven't had problems on that (except once for a BB load) so I my just stick to VCG for the MO side of things.

You need to set a pin, but you can do it. I personally am not allowed at the grocery stores I go to for MO because they require a name on the card, but YMMV.

Just call in or wait until you get your permanent card.

I am guessing they saw a pattern that indicated that I would like be at the very least unprofitable to them. Given what I have read here I seem to be on the low side for closure so perhaps newer cards have great scrutiny applied. I don't know it is all conjecture. I am still able to access the webiste (how I saw I was in spend down mode) and because of my "random" purchases still have about $150 or so on the card but from what I have read I should be able to just spend it away which I will confirm today so I don't know that I'd worry about spending to the penny (at least until you are in spend down mode).

I don't know what inactive means but the website clearly shows my status on the one card I have as "spend down" not inactive. Don't know about CA because I never did those.

Yes, all 3 cards are the temp cards. I never activated the perm cards as that has names of wife/Mom. USPS uses only PIN for MO so easy for me to juggle all the cards there. Once I get down to only a few $ I'll buy gasoline for more than the card & split the cost between MVD & something else so I can consume 100% of it.

Me and the wife both in spend down today! I feel like I finally have arrived. Right of passage.

When you log onto MVD does it say "Spend Down" as status?
Mine says "Inactive"

Yes.

Okay I really need someone's help here.

Can you--through Money Orders OR Cash Advance--liquidate a My Vanilla Debit Visa card that is NOT registered with a social security number?

I only ask because I've accidentally purchased more cards than I have family to register them to.

Please direct message me, as I'm in dire need of assistance. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Must be something in the air. My card had been working fine and I even bought a coffee with it this morning. Just checked my account and it says "spend down"

Coffee :confused:
you paid fee for that :td:

Yes you can! Your bank will probably question it though since it doesn't have your name on it. I'd probably MO it or get the money out via ATM if necessary.

What method do you use to set the PIN first (without registration)?