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Are there any gift cards that would let you combine balances on to get around this? i.e. say you buy two $500 gift cards can you transfer the balance of one to the other so you can make a payment of more than $500?
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I suggest making as many payments as you can before Sept 1!
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Originally Posted by Alcibiades
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that's my line
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Originally Posted by KevinInRI
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Are there any gift cards that would let you combine balances on to get around this? i.e. say you buy two $500 gift cards can you transfer the balance of one to the other so you can make a payment of more than $500?
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Originally Posted by ttlmmky
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I suggest making as many payments as you can before Sept 1!
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Originally Posted by concordian
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VB - can be funded with credit card(pl. see wiki for more info)
GB - can be funded with debit GC(bought from supermarkets) |
Does anyone know if Go Bank can be funded with VGC from Best Buy or Staples?
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Yes from Staples but I haven't tried Best Buy cards
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Originally Posted by ma91pmh
(Post 23433006)
Evolve implies it gets better as it grows....
.... well this POS is getting worse with each turn. Hey Alex if you are still reading, you guys need to work out how to make this work or just f off and leave us alone lol |
Originally Posted by MileageUpdate
(Post 23433502)
Remember when you bought their story hook line and sinker of how they were working with the community and that they were a good service/company?
I guess they never got those big advertising contracts like Mint.com gets |
Originally Posted by Aleriem
(Post 23433424)
Does anyone know if Go Bank can be funded with VGC from Best Buy or Staples?
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Originally Posted by jonnydoe1234
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Evolve clearly does not have a sustainable business model, and their target customer probably does not need to make more than one payment/month to pay their electric, water, gas, etc. I wish they would just charge a nominal fee ($1-$2) for each payment and every biller, and get rid of this silly new restriction -- hopefully that would be enough to sustain them.
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My working assumption is if we actually pay enough to cover the costs of Evolve then this will not be of interest. $1 or $2 per $500 ain't going to fix it. Their "plan" seemed to involve pulling in ad revenue a la Mint. Guess the plan did not go to plan
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Originally Posted by dukerau
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Both are Metabank, so yes.
GB sites says - "You’ll now need a GoBank starter kit to open a GoBank account, which is only available at a few stores in the moment." 7-11? Walgreens? GB made it hard to open acct? |
Evolve was spending money on promotions to attract new customer by giving $5 or $10 credit to open account. If that was investment, it is not likely to have any significant returns.
I am inclined to believe that Evolve may have been forced to reduce to one payment per account per month rather than their own choice. Whether it was regulators as a result of lobbying from credit cards or otherwise, it is going to be a speculation. If their own decision due to findings that bill payment is not generating revenue compared to Chargesmart, we are likely to see new schemes expanding into credit card payment with fees similar but lower than competitors. Evolve reads and replies to this forum. Let us wait and see what their response is. |
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