Automatic recurring $0.10 credit/debit card transactions
May 20, 2018, 5:35 pm
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Automatic recurring $0.10 credit/debit card transactions
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Last edited by IAkH; May 27, 2018 at 2:39 pm
May 21, 2018, 5:41 pm
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May 21, 2018, 5:41 pm
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May 21, 2018, 5:54 pm
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May 21, 2018, 7:44 pm
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May 22, 2018, 11:07 am
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Yes, you're right. But they charge via Paypal, and Paypal have a limit of 8 cards, AFAIR, and I have a few cards which I want to charge once a year, so that means they need to be in Paypal.
May 22, 2018, 5:48 pm
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How? Yes, Paypal will take out fees, but they're not >100% of the cost. Even on a $0.10 charge, if you set up your account under micropayments, Paypal would charge 5c + 5%, so you'd get $0.045 in profit.
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mp...s-micropayment
https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mp...s-micropayment
May 22, 2018, 5:49 pm
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One other thing I've noticed - there's no way to not make Paypal balance your primary funding method. So, if you happen to have a paypal balance when the transaction comes up, the $ will come out of that, rather than hitting your card.
May 27, 2018, 12:07 pm
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Added a yearly option. Let me know how it goes
Looking into this. Thanks for the heads up
Doesn't look like there's a way to do more than one transaction per month. I guess you could set them up individually...
One other thing I've noticed - there's no way to not make Paypal balance your primary funding method. So, if you happen to have a paypal balance when the transaction comes up, the $ will come out of that, rather than hitting your card.
One other thing I've noticed - there's no way to not make Paypal balance your primary funding method. So, if you happen to have a paypal balance when the transaction comes up, the $ will come out of that, rather than hitting your card.
May 28, 2018, 11:18 am
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May 28, 2018, 2:45 pm
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It might be, but it also has an MS use. There are bank accounts that pay a higher interest rate if you make X number of debit purchases per month. A lot of people just add $1 to their Amazon balance multiple times, but with this website, it's set and forget.
And it looks like some people want to use it just to make sure their sock-drawed credit cards gets used every so often.
And it looks like some people want to use it just to make sure their sock-drawed credit cards gets used every so often.