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Jpr0930 Nov 10, 2014 12:18 pm


Originally Posted by PHLisa (Post 23820448)
Contrary to the wiki and others' experience in this thread, I did an initial load to a NW Buxx with the Citi Hilton Reserve card and it posted as a purchase. No cash advance fees. Specifically, it posted as "NATIONWIDE BANK/GIFT" under category "MORTGAGE COMPANIES-FINANCIAL INSTITUTION".

This was accidental, bcs I'm a dope and forgot it was supposed to be different from TD Buxx, but it ended up being a hopefully useful data point for someoene else. :D

Interesting...thanks for sharing.

mizzou1 Nov 10, 2014 1:49 pm


Originally Posted by PHLisa (Post 23820448)
Contrary to the wiki and others' experience in this thread, I did an initial load to a NW Buxx with the Citi Hilton Reserve card and it posted as a purchase. No cash advance fees. Specifically, it posted as "NATIONWIDE BANK/GIFT" under category "MORTGAGE COMPANIES-FINANCIAL INSTITUTION".

This was accidental, bcs I'm a dope and forgot it was supposed to be different from TD Buxx, but it ended up being a hopefully useful data point for someoene else. :D

Is the card Visa or MasterCard?

allen060421 Nov 10, 2014 2:08 pm

anyone has any luck with USBank Visa Buxx in-store BB load lately?

Force Nov 10, 2014 4:36 pm


Originally Posted by PHLisa (Post 23820448)
Contrary to the wiki and others' experience in this thread, I did an initial load to a NW Buxx with the Citi Hilton Reserve card and it posted as a purchase. No cash advance fees. Specifically, it posted as "NATIONWIDE BANK/GIFT" under category "MORTGAGE COMPANIES-FINANCIAL INSTITUTION".

This was accidental, bcs I'm a dope and forgot it was supposed to be different from TD Buxx, but it ended up being a hopefully useful data point for someoene else. :D

Was this for the load when you ordered the card or was it a regular load after getting card? Thanks.

takhliq1 Nov 10, 2014 5:30 pm


Originally Posted by allen060421 (Post 23821276)
anyone has any luck with USBank Visa Buxx in-store BB load lately?


Kate at my local WM was under the weather this evening so tried the cash register and had no trouble loading 1000 from USBank Buxx to BB.

jiffyjiff Nov 10, 2014 8:12 pm


Originally Posted by takhliq1 (Post 23822293)
Kate at my local WM was under the weather this evening so tried the cash register and had no trouble loading 1000 from USBank Buxx to BB.

Why? there are much better ways to liquidate

PHLisa Nov 11, 2014 6:33 am


Originally Posted by Force (Post 23822047)
Was this for the load when you ordered the card or was it a regular load after getting card? Thanks.

Initial load when I ordered the card. I doubt that it matters though. My assumption is that if it wasn't a cash advance the first time it will never be.

I do wonder if different Citi products code purchases differently though. For example, since Hilton cards require a separate login with Citi, maybe they have a different structure for purchases than AA cards. I remember with TD Buxx, certain Citi cards showed pending purchases forever, while others cleared normally.

hamokmonky Nov 11, 2014 6:38 am


Originally Posted by PHLisa (Post 23824631)
Initial load when I ordered the card. I doubt that it matters though. My assumption is that if it wasn't a cash advance the first time it will never be.

I do wonder if different Citi products code purchases differently though. For example, since Hilton cards require a separate login with Citi, maybe they have a different structure for purchases than AA cards. I remember with TD Buxx, certain Citi cards showed pending purchases forever, while others cleared normally.

Actually, it does matter, the initial purchase + load of the card is treated as a purchase on all cards IIRC, while the loading thereafter is what you need to watch for CA issues. Its been a long time, so someone feel free to correct me, but this was the case with at least one of the buxx cards.

PHLisa Nov 11, 2014 6:55 am


Originally Posted by hamokmonky (Post 23824651)
Actually, it does matter, the initial purchase + load of the card is treated as a purchase on all cards IIRC, while the loading thereafter is what you need to watch for CA issues. Its been a long time, so someone feel free to correct me, but this was the case with at least one of the buxx cards.

Then I will have to experiment when the card arrives. I'll load a small amount to see if I get a CA fee or not.

indelible Nov 11, 2014 6:25 pm


Originally Posted by jiffyjiff (Post 23822950)
Why? there are much better ways to liquidate

I go the ATM route, but his method is easy. Just withdraw from BB to checking or write a check to yourself.

rmunson1 Nov 12, 2014 5:57 am


Originally Posted by allen060421 (Post 23821276)
anyone has any luck with USBank Visa Buxx in-store BB load lately?

I posted about this problem about a month ago and said I would be back 11/11 to try again. Many theories were put forth as to why I was getting declined. I was (and am) convinced that all theories were wrong.

In any case, I tried yesterday (WM Martinez, CA) and Buxx would not load to BB. I tried a smaller amount than last time ($500), still failed. 30 seconds later the same Buxx card loaded to Serve ($800 - full balance of the card since I resorted to ATMs to draw it down). It is not a Buxx problem or an amount problem, it is a WM BB USB Buxx problem. Specifically, apparently, Martinez WM and others TBD. Some of you are still successful. Good for you.

Some of you are being successful with USB Buxx onto BB at WM, but others, along with me, have a hard fail. It would be great to get to the bottom of this. I will try a few other WM, but it is looking like ATM is the way to go.

The attempted load shows up on my Buxx transaction history with all details of the transaction intact, then a line through it all. It says 'approved' on the pad, and then the cashier tells me it didn't work, payment source not allowed, and hands me a little slip of paper instead of the usual 2 feet of paper for a successful load.

rmunson1 Nov 12, 2014 6:10 am

USB Buxx
 
I have a new (to me) loading problem. Makes zero sense in the context of the Wiki. Don't know if rules changed, because no problem last month.

I have 1 funding source. 2 teens. $2K x 2 teens leaves me $4K per 30 days.
Loaded $2K on 10/12 card 1
Loaded $1K on 10/20 card 2
Loaded $1K on 10/29 card 2
Loaded $500 on 11/11 (card 1) - 30 days plus a couple of hours ater the 10/12 load.
Second $500 load failed last night. Failed again this morning.

The request to load funds has been denied for the following reason:
An error occurred while attempting to add funds to your account. Please verify that the information you have provided for your payment method is correct.

My payment method has not changed in many months. The only conclusion I can make is that the max load per CC has dropped from $5K to $2.5K??

Any other ideas?

Mamibear Nov 12, 2014 6:32 am


Originally Posted by rmunson1 (Post 23830288)
I have a new (to me) loading problem. Makes zero sense in the context of the Wiki. Don't know if rules changed, because no problem last month.

I have 1 funding source. 2 teens. $2K x 2 teens leaves me $4K per 30 days.
Loaded $2K on 10/12 card 1
Loaded $1K on 10/20 card 2
Loaded $1K on 10/29 card 2
Loaded $500 on 11/11 (card 1) - 30 days plus a couple of hours ater the 10/12 load.
Second $500 load failed last night. Failed again this morning.

The request to load funds has been denied for the following reason:
An error occurred while attempting to add funds to your account. Please verify that the information you have provided for your payment method is correct.

My payment method has not changed in many months. The only conclusion I can make is that the max load per CC has dropped from $5K to $2.5K??

Any other ideas?

I've been taking note of date/exact time of loading my buxx cards and have also gotten this error message recently. They must've lowered the max load per card since the card I tried to load with still had another $1K before reaching the max load per card. I tried loading minutes later to no avail. When I switched to another card, load went through so even if the MC card was fine, buxx didn't want me to load with it for whatever reasons.

Mamibear Nov 12, 2014 6:34 am


Originally Posted by allen060421 (Post 23821276)
anyone has any luck with USBank Visa Buxx in-store BB load lately?

I don't have BB but was able to load Serve and my other reloadable cards with usbuxx cards using regular register yesterday morning.

Julian Brennan Nov 12, 2014 10:45 am

Sry if this has been answered already: does the NWB load to Serve @ the WM register? If so does it count towards the $200 cash allowance or towards the $800 purchase allowance?

When getting cashback from the register it counts towards the cash allowance on my card...


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