conga:netspend $20 after adding $40
 

Debit. I believe a CC is either fee or cash advance

Here was my process:

Took about a week for the netSpend debit card to arrive by USPS snail mail. Activated it online.

I chose to fund my initial $40 via ACH transfer from my credit union. I chose this path because my CU doesn't charge any fees to transfer funds to an outside bank. Except it took an additional week for my CU to approve the external transfer account.

Once my CU approved the external transfer account, I subsequently moved $40 from my CU checking account into netSpend.

The $40 took about two or three days to appear in my netSpend account. At the same time $20 appeared instantaneously from being referred by tys90. After alexyoung59 did his, the additional $20 came in and I now had $80 in my netspend account.


After reading the T&Cs, it seems like netSpend takes $1 per transaction. So I linked my netSpend debit card to my Serve account and moved $79 from netSpend to Serve. $1 was for the transaction charge taken by netSpend so balance on netSpend is now zero.

$79 in Serve, now moving back to CU checking account. Overall $39 profit for adding $40 into account, though it did took a while from start to finish, almost 3 weeks. I'm sure others could do faster depending on how fast the mail arrives for the debit card and choosing a faster route like PayPal to fund your initial $40.

Holiday Bonus
 

Just received an email from Netspend that says use the link below for a holiday bonus. It is actually the same deal, i.e. whoever uses the link to sign up and then adds $40 to her card, will receives a $20 bonus (me too).

BTW, I finally received my $20 referral bonus!

I just received a second referral bonus!

Used yeditepeli86, thanks!

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=4599790533 (bradcc) <-- use next!
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=1565555876 (hulagrrl210)

Used bradcc, thanks!

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=1565555876 (hulagrrl210) <-- use next!
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=6323424186 (vodkashine)

Used hulagrrl210.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=6323424186 (vodkashine) <-- use next
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=1111150706 (marata28)

Used vodkashine.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=1111150706 (marata28) <-- use next

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=2621729338 (MClab)

Used marata28.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=2621729338 (MClab) <-- use next

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=3211232164 (myndreamland)

Used mclab.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=3211232164 (myndreamland) - use next
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=2979421039 (bensim)

Used myndreamland.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=2979421039 (bensim) <- use next
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=7317594244 (mikey1688)

Used bensim.

http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=7317594244 (mikey1688) <- use next
http://www.mynetspendcard.com?uref=2681705092 (guoguo914)

Activated card and loaded today with debit. Instant $20 referral deposit showed up. Thanks, myndreamland!

Yep I'm just waiting on the ACH to deposit over at NetSpend.

Thanks again to LumixFan for the detailed explanation of the process.

It's been very straightforward and easy.

You're welcome!

Anyone having problem with adding NetSpend as an external account? My Chase account got locked up and PayPal doesn't even send a trial deposit. Luckily, there are other ways to add money :D