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Old Jun 28, 2013, 3:20 pm
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Do NOT let Rite-Aid scan the GoBank barcode. You will be charged, but your funds won't load. It is a PIA to get your funds back.

Want to stay active? Be sure to only load when your balance is at or close to 0. Continuing to load when you have funds in there seems to be a no no. Swipes are recommended, but there are folks active that don't swipe.

Lots of $200 loads can get you shutdown. GoBank does not like paying load fees on low denomination loads. Two $500 loads is better than five $200 loads.

Shut down reports:

Please list your load/spend/billpay details (in a single statement/lifetime?) e.g.,
type of load, number of loads, denomination of your gc or mp, amount of your billpay, any actual swipe/dd?

lad2 (closed) - May: $2.7K 9 loads 5DDs - June: $5.5K 5 loads 6DDs - July: $4.6K 6 loads 1DD - August $9.9K 19 loads 1DD - no swipes

TheDapperDon (open) June $4.5k 5 loads. All GCs. 1 swipe. Everything else BP to CC. 1500 most loaded in one day .July - $3489 5 loads. All GCs. Several swipes. No load until below $20 or so remaining.

raghu455 (closed) May $2k 4 loads, june $7k all GCs. All BP to CC.

drdrew450 (closed) 17K in loads, unloaded all through bill pay, less than a month

cuebert (closed) $4.5k in 9 MP loads, BP out. That was fast.

sgideons (closed) May $7k 17 loads, june $17k 27 loads, july $5k 6 loads, september $3.5k 4 loads. Unloaded 90% ACH pull, 5% PP to self, 5% bill pay tool. Closed on September statement date.

MDWCommuter (closed): June only, $8k in 60 loads, all GC. $2k is most loaded in one day. Wrote 2 BP to CC checks, no ATM, no MP loads, no ACH pull, no DD, always carried at least a $1k balance

ArtemK (closed): 1st month - 5/21 - 6/21 - loaded $6,700, 6/21 - 6/30 - $4K loaded, all via GCs. Unloaded all via BP to Citi and Chase. No ATM, no MP loads, no ACH pull, no DD, no swipes.

rdover1 (Closed): 1st month - $23.6k loaded (WM GC), ~$1k spend, rest bill pay (mostly to CC)
rdover1 2nd card (closed): Closed mid cycle, survived 1st month. No bill pay, only MO. Never loaded over ~$4k. Total activity ~$12k.

T3pleShot (closed): 7k in loads at WMT, 10 loads, mostly $500, some $200, $4k billpay to CC, 5 swipes totaling about $25.

ctbarron (open): Month1 - $3.8k loaded, all bill pay out, 1 swipe; Month2 - $3.7k loaded, all bill pay out, few swipes and an ATM WD; Month3 - $4.2k loaded, all bill pay out, few swipes and an ATM WD. Zero membership fee, usually a balance of under $150.

americanindian (closed)- closed after 3 months today. had about 7.5k deposit each month, with lots of small value(<$20) purchases each month. liquidated mostly using bill pay.

rodsren (closed)- the dapperdon warned me. I was closed today after less than 5,500 or loaaing in less than 3 weeks (was going to try to keep it to 7,500 - 10,000 but didn't luck out.)

binnycode (closed, re-opened) - 7x $200 loads + 1x $700 load + 3x $500 over 2 days got me shut down. Called CSR and they re-opened my account, letting me know that "direct deposit would reduce my number of trips to walmart" lol!
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by pier11
Thanks.
And no limit per single ACH transaction, right? I can request for example 4K at once?..
i just checked, max i have done is 1929 ... i am sure 4k shouldnt have any issue.
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by myndreamland
Yes. But how do you add it to Barclays? It keeps saying this error:
No problem here linking two different GB and Barclay accounts. Maybe you should call Barclay tech support, might be just a tech glitch.
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:34 am
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Originally Posted by myndreamland
Yes. But how do you add it to Barclays? It keeps saying this error:

here is how mine looks

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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:35 am
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lol our routing numbers are different!
this is strange, did gb change routing #?
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:54 am
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I didn't realize they still have the 120 number. Does the payment go through just fine with the 120 routing? I don't want to risk a NSF fee with Barclays

Btw, the 162 no. was copied directly from the website. No typing involved :-s
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:54 am
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Originally Posted by oohaahouch
lol our routing numbers are different!
this is strange, did gb change routing #?
Banks can have multiple routing numbers.
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:57 am
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Originally Posted by oohaahouch
lol our routing numbers are different!
this is strange, did gb change routing #?
Yes. I just logged in and routing # we suppose to use changed (DD form, bank transer). It used to be ending 3210 like you have. Maybe linking to checking in another financial institution is possible like Chase now. Since I got my hand slapped before by Chase, I'm not gonna try though.

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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by myndreamland
Yes. But how do you add it to Barclays? It keeps saying this error:

Confirmed, same for me with 124303162 routing #
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:58 am
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Originally Posted by lad2
Banks can have multiple routing numbers.
oh ok, op try my routing # and make a $1 test payment
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by vagrants
Yes. I just logged in and routing # is changed. It used to be ending 3210 like you have.
ya mine also has a new routing # now, but all my credit cards have the old routing # and payments still go through.
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 9:01 am
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124303162 - GOBANK, A DIVISION OF GREEN DOT BANK
124303120 - GREEN DOT BANK

I'd advice to make small test pull with 120 routing number, say for a buck. Then use it if it worked out
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 9:05 am
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Originally Posted by pier11
124303162 - GOBANK, A DIVISION OF GREEN DOT BANK
124303120 - GREEN DOT BANK

I'd advice to make small test pull with 120 routing number, say for a buck. Then use it if it worked out
For linking checking account, I tried with Chase a while back. They put a fraud warning for linking (3120). And, linking was rejected.

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Old Jun 26, 2013, 9:08 am
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The lady at WM asked to view my card last night when I was loading GB. This was after I advised her that I was using debit. Her attitude was stank the entire time. She mentioned that I could go to the cashier to do loads (I was at the customer service desk.) The kiosk was down, as it has been the last 3 times I've gone to that store. I was loading $1500 at the time. I think I read that GB was adding other places to do cash loads. I hope this happens soon. I can't stand WalMart.
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 9:17 am
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Originally Posted by TheDapperDon
I think I read that GB was adding other places to do cash loads. I hope this happens soon. I can't stand WalMart.
yeah, I though their will introduce some new places upon getting out of beta yesterday. Didn't happen.

I read press release They gonna promote it via RA and MetroPCS (cell phone operator). I'd speculate that are the potential new reload places...
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Old Jun 26, 2013, 9:19 am
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Originally Posted by pier11
yeah, I though their will introduce some new places upon getting out of beta yesterday. Didn't happen.

I read press release They gonna promote it via RA and MetroPCS (cell phone operator). I'd speculate that are the potential new reload places...
RA as in Rite Aid?
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