When I shared my manufactured spending report earlier this week, I got a lot of questions about the GoBank prepaid card. This card has been around for a while. I actually got it six years ago and did nothing with it, so it eventually got deactivated. I think I was […]
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PayPal Business Debit Card: A great backup tool for manufactured spending
You’ve probably come across Paypal My Cash Reload cards and you may even have heard of the PayPal Business Debit Card. Basically, you can load up to $4,000 worth of PayPal My Cash Reload cards to your account per month and then liquidate the balance via money order purchases made […]
Bluebird vs. Serve: Which prepaid card should you switch to?
It’s been three weeks since the demise of Redbird and already some people are switching back to the American Express Bluebird or Serve card. Up until recently, I had decided not to bother switching to either card, since I was content liquidating Metabank Visa gift cards through money orders, but […]
Free Redbird card when you make a charitable donation
Winner: Since there are three cards available, I selected three people via Random.org: Carol, Isaac, Jade please feel free to reach out to Tim via Twitter Direct Message to finalize the transaction. If you don’t have a Twitter account, email me your contact info and I’ll pass it along to Tim. Update: Tim […]
Is this the end of Redbird credit card loads?
I’ve been driving around all day, unloading the last of my Amex gift cards and finally got around to checking my email. Reader Brian sent me a link to a post stating that starting tomorrow, Target will no longer allow Redbirds loads with a credit card. Apparently there’s been a lot of […]
Where to buy Target Prepaid REDcards aka Redbirds
Perhaps the most exciting thing we’ve seen in manufactured spending since Vanilla Reloads, the American Express Prepaid REDcard (aka Redbird) is very in-demand right now. Unfortunately, not everyone has access to them at the moment. Until recently, they weren’t even available in California and I had to get mine in […]
American Express Serve discontinues credit card loads
Man am I glad I switched over to Redbird because according to Points with a Crew, American Express Serve will no longer allow credit card loads. Serve has always restricted online credit card loads to $200 per day/$1,000 per month. However, it was an easy way to generate miles with […]
My experience loading my Target Prepaid REDcard (aka Redbird)
As of May 6, 2015 Redbird can no longer be loaded with credit cards or Amex gift cards. I’ve been getting lots of emails lately about whether I’ve had success loading my not-so-recently acquired Redbird. I picked up the card last month when I was in Michigan and found out […]
Adventures in Redbird hunting
Many of you know that I live near the Bay Area, where we have yet to see any Target Prepaid REDcards (aka “Redbird”). So when an opportunity presented itself for me to tag along with my sister on a trip to Michigan, where manufactured spending is apparently super easy and […]
Vanilla Reloads and MoneyPaks to de discontinued April 1, 2015
Many of us haven’t purchased a Vanilla Reload card since CVS stopped accepting credit cards for them last year. Others have found alternative sources and continued to load the maximum $5,000 each month on their Serve or Bluebird cards. Unfortunately, that gravy train is ending for good, with American Express […]