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Old Mar 3, 2014, 9:28 am
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“My Vanilla Personal Reloadable Prepaid Debit Visa card”
https://www.myvanilladebitcard.com

FAQs: https://www.myvanilladebitcard.com/myvanilla/faq.html
T&C: https://www.myvanilladebitcard.com/m...Policy_ENG.pdf
Fees: https://www.myvanilladebitcard.com/m...RhFOmbp3hiKogJ

There isn't a bill pay function with MVD.

How do I load funds onto MVD? There are two primary ways to load funds onto your MyVanilla Card: 1) Direct Deposit (direct deposit all or part of your paycheck, social security, even your tax return refund right onto your MyVanilla Card); 2) At any Vanilla Reload Network retailer; just bring your Card and the amount you want to load onto your Card - Note: This can be either purchasing a Vanilla Reload card or possibly using a retailer with loading function on the cash register such as CVS. $3.95 fee applies to both methods.

CVS Credit Card Load Data Points:
Credit Cards used treated as a purchase:
FIA Fidelity Amex

Credit Cards used treated as a cash advance:
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What is the load limit? You can load a maximum of $500.00 per day onto your Card, and there is a $2,500.00 total maximum deposit limit per day from all deposit sources (loads and ACH direct deposits). The daily ATM withdrawal limit is $400.00. The daily Cash Advance or "Over the Counter" limit at a bank is reported as $2,500.00/day. Some reports that this is actually / month. Maximum loaded amount on MVD card is $9,999.

If you can find Vanilla Reload cards that you can purchase with a credit card, max out by getting up to 3 registered MyVanilla Debit cards and you can load up to $2500 x 3 per day. And if you have a bank near you that will give you cash advances, you can take the full balance off each card for a $1.95 cent fee.
If you do not have Vanilla Reloads available near you, you want to find a bank that will allow you to cash out temporary cards. These are the ones you buy at CVS for $500 plus $3.95 fee and then cash them out en masse for a 50 cash advance fee apiece.
In Essence
Get new cards, spend some random amount and then get put in shutdown mode to spend off what is left, unless you utilize one old weird trick that prevents shutdown mode.

Liquidating a shut down account as of 3.31.2014
Various reports, and I can also confirm- If you receive the "invalid username or password" message when trying to access your account online, that's the indicator that you have been shut down. Check again for a day or so (just to make sure it wasn't an issue with their website). If still unable to access- you've been shut down.

If you don't want to call and talk to them, you can confirm yourself whether your account is still alive to liquidate by calling 855.686.9513. If you are able to hear your balance, you can liquidate- and you can liquidate quickly without any problem. I liquidated $8,200 over the weekend: 5k Saturday, the remainder Sunday (Walmart BillPay and MO).
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 10:21 am
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Originally Posted by pkoo
Back when I first started MS with VR's I bought an MVD accidentally. But upon realizing my mistake I just went to Walmart and unloaded the balance minus $0.50 onto my BB. Is this not possible anymore? Why is everyone resorting to CA's?
1) Not everyone lives near Walmart or has BB. Bank branches are everywhere

2) That method uses up BB's $5k per month cash load limit

3) BB has a $1k cash load daily limit, so it's $0.50 per $1k, comparable to $1.95 per $2.5k (although you used to be able to CA $9k+)

4) CA lets you off the hook for the fee, if you are shut down or don't plan to reload
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 10:47 am
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If you get put on spend down, can you not debit to BB?
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 12:15 pm
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BB will shut you down for using prepaid cards as online debit loads.
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 12:35 pm
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Does anyone know if buying MVD's can still be done on CC at CVS?>
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by brettskyg
Does anyone know if buying MVD's can still be done on CC at CVS?>
Check the CVS thread, there is a post every few hours....as of today you can buy at most CVS stores...
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 1:19 pm
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Originally Posted by mrmandel
BB will shut you down for using prepaid cards as online debit loads.
BB doesn't allow prepaids for online debit load. I've never seen a shutdown for trying though. When I tried, I had to just had to call in. They said I couldn't use a prepaid and then all was well.
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 2:54 pm
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RIP #3 and the $.05 I left on you...

Off to get #4!
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 8:53 pm
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I'm on my first card, registered online with the permanent card which came in the mail, and have been trying to load a VR since then, but I keep getting Error 27. Anyone know if this is because I just activated it a couple of hours ago? I checked this thread, and there was a link to a response codes page, but looks like that is no longer hosted anymore.

Any help?
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Old Apr 1, 2014, 11:30 pm
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Im still confused on this. how do i use this for MS? I plan on getting the the 100k citi card but need a way to spend 10k in 3 months.
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 4:31 am
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Originally Posted by crimsonred
I'm on my first card, registered online with the permanent card which came in the mail, and have been trying to load a VR since then, but I keep getting Error 27. Anyone know if this is because I just activated it a couple of hours ago? I checked this thread, and there was a link to a response codes page, but looks like that is no longer hosted anymore.

Any help?
I think the VR site was having some issues last night, so try again this morning.

Make sure your account is active by signing into your account as well.
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 4:31 am
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Originally Posted by snowboardpunk
Im still confused on this. how do i use this for MS? I plan on getting the the 100k citi card but need a way to spend 10k in 3 months.
MVD is reloaded via VR's. Buy VR's from CVS and liquidate as you would another debit card.
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 4:42 am
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Originally Posted by healthnut
MVD is reloaded via VR's. Buy VR's from CVS and liquidate as you would another debit card.
Except Op said he was GOING to get the Citi card, not that he has it, and the CVS VR method appears to be rapidly coming to an end....
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 5:13 am
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Originally Posted by jiffyjiff
Except Op said he was GOING to get the Citi card, not that he has it, and the CVS VR method appears to be rapidly coming to an end....
There are many other places than CVS to get beans!
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 5:50 am
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Originally Posted by healthnut
There are many other places than CVS to get beans!
Wish that were the case in my neck of the woods
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Old Apr 2, 2014, 6:16 am
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For the third time, can someone comment on why you would want to hassle with even getting permanent cards, versus setting a PIN on the store-bought cards, NOT registering them, and then Cash-Advancing them at a bank?

Seems quicker & easier. $500 load. 2 minute call to set the PIN. 3 minutes to cash out $498.

Is there a flaw to this logic, given availability of MVD purchase via CC?
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