My Vanilla debit
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#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 927
My Vanilla debit
Anyone have experience with this and withdrawing cash?
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http://boardingarea.com/blogs/viewfr...om+the+Wing%29
#4
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Plus you risk having thousands of dollars tied up in these accounts, if you can't float the funds for a few months you are just asking for trouble.
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#7
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My bank refused to do it since the card didn't have any name. They even kept my ID for 15 minutes and asked all sorts of questions and I'm pretty sure they filed a SAR. I only had 500 on the card and so could cash out via other means, but good luck if you get stuck with a lot of money on the card. There's a per transaction fee of 50c IIRC.
#8
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 774
Yeah I think this is one of the things you want to do with a perm. card and with a lot of money on it. If you keep going in and asking for $499.50 or something like that it will seem awfully suspicious and they will keep filling out SARs. Even though you arent doing anything illegal, having a bunch of SAR's is not something you want.
I want to collect miles, not SARs
I want to collect miles, not SARs

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#14
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You would have to convince more than the teller, in this case the bank manager is usually behind the counter approving certain transactions. As said before, this isn't just visiting an ATM, you are having a face to face with a teller, manager, etc. with an unmarked debit card asking for cash. Let's put 2 + 2 together and realize this isn't the smartest thing to do. There are many other options available that involve much less risk to FTers.
#15
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,689
[QUOTE=longhorn11;19954186]You would have to convince more than the teller, in this case the bank manager is usually behind the counter approving certain transactions. As said before, this isn't just visiting an ATM, you are having a face to face with a teller, manager, etc. with an unmarked debit card asking for cash. Let's put 2 + 2 together and realize this isn't the smartest thing to do. There are many other options available that involve much less risk to FTers.[/QUOTE]
Maybe everyone should give it 1 good try.
Bahaha!
and well....if you get by with it once, may as well try again.
(not).
Just needed a good laugh to start the New Year off.
Maybe everyone should give it 1 good try.


and well....if you get by with it once, may as well try again.

Just needed a good laugh to start the New Year off.