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Think about all the things these days that you need a credit card for–like purchasing things online or paying for gas at the pump. I could simply continue to add cash on to the card at virtually any Walmart cash register. With Bluebird I have something that looks like and functions like a credit card–but I don’t need to have a bank account or any credit check to get it. So stop and think about that for a minute. When you flip it over there is a place for your signature and even that three digit “security code”. It’s got a regular raised imprint with the account numbers, my name etc. It looks like a real, honest to goodness credit to debit card! You can see the temporary card here on the top and my permanent card there on the bottom (yes, I blocked out the middle numbers with a green rectangle). I could have used the temporary card to make purchases, but I waited about a week/10 days for my regular card to show up in the mail.
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After filling in all the info (including my mailing address, name, social security number etc for my permanent card) and logging on, there was my account with the $20 loaded. I took the card home and logged on to to register the account.
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I just took the little box up to the register and paid $5 to activate the card and then loaded on the minimum of $20. Well, it’s a month ? As you remember, I bought the Bluebird card in store. They asked me not only to tell you all about the card, but to use it for a month and then talk about the experience.
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So a month ago I told you all about the Bluebird card–a new debit card alternative from Walmart & American Express.