Greendot vs. New Bank Account

[alphaversa]

How many green dot accounts can you open without them shutting you down? I have never used them before but I am considering trying them out as extra bank accounts for Paypal. If I opened say 3 or 4 at once would that be a huge red flag? Anyone who has actual incite on this please respond.

[littleredengine07]

I found some information regarding Alley bank, they formally GMAC bank. I also talked to customer service, its the same as INC direct electric orange account. But instead once you sign up you can open up as many checking accounts you want that what online customer service said. I think it would be a good resource to check out for all those who are using stealth accounts

[littleredengine07]

They also don't carry monthly charges either.

[nobody999]

Originally Posted by First Edition

A new bank account is by far the easieast way to go. A greendot card is basically a bank account... but it is not a good idea to use with paypal

Bank Of America, US Bank, Chase, and suntrust work very well for me.

us bank good for stealth purpose?

[qvyhnl]

So can we get a greendot bank account/card with false information?

[doughboykilla]

No greendot must be real info cause they verfiy ssn's

when greendot first came out about 3-4 years ago i was able to open one with a made up ssn and it worked but them days are long gone.

[alphaversa]

Again, I ask...

Is there a limit to the # of green dot accounts you can open without getting shut down? If I open 3 at once will that be a problem?

[doughboykilla]

Originally Posted by alphaversa

Again, I ask...

Is there a limit to the # of green dot accounts you can open without getting shut down? If I open 3 at once will that be a problem?

Greendot is a very picky card so i can bet if u have to many cards u will have problems.

[newtools]

i had a problem trying to cashout transfer to greendot card. it kept rejecting it!

which prepaids, or bank accts. can you have ⊗⊗⊗⊗ name and address and still get your money out to the card or bank acct.?

If you have to use real infos for the bank acct. or card.... which will accept the transfer with different infos?

[cardfelon]

I read the TOS that were printed in the little packet that comes with the card while I was standing in line at Wally World the other day. It said that each person was limited to 2 accounts. Now if that is true or not I do not know for a fact. I do not have a account with them. Just passing along what I read to answer your question.

Originally Posted by alphaversa

Again, I ask...

Is there a limit to the # of green dot accounts you can open without getting shut down? If I open 3 at once will that be a problem?

[birti]

Green Dot or Walmart Cards Suck ! I had a couple of them .

I went to do withdrawals on mine and couldn't get any cash out the atm. So I called the 1800 number. They had frozen all my accounts because all my legit info was correct, but on 1 of my cards my first name was shortened from Bobby to Bob (example).

But my SS # and everything was legit, as was everything else. The 1800 person was in Guatamala.

On a different occasion, a paypal employed removed the green dot from 1 of my PP Accounts. He told me to add a different bank info. 3 days later that acct was limited,$ 800.

I would stay away from Green Dot for accepting $$$ for me.

All the funds that were suppose to end up in my GDot- card acct. was reveresed by them and the funds already in the G-Dot Accts were frozen until I called them on the 1800 line.

They released the funds on the 6 Gren Dot accounts, but they also told me to go else where to do my banking.

After they freeze, then release your funds after speaking with them, . They will give you, 3 weeks to withdraw all the funds before closing the accounts. Any remaining balance after the closure will be sent to you by check.

The checks came in the mail to me 2 weeks after closure.

1 week ago , I received 6 New G-Dot Card Accts, for use. But i'm not going through that again.....

Just my experience. You make your decision....


Birti

[411guru]

Is Greendot the same company as Walmart cards?

[birti]

Yep

[HurricaneHuntr]

Ally is so easy. i now have 3 of them, all 3 i can send money to each other, and then just deposit it from there to my high interest checking account elsewhere... Ally is WIN

[cardfelon]

It says in the TOS you are only allowed 2 accounts with them so yeah if you have 6 I would imagine they have a problem with that.

Originally Posted by birti

Green Dot or Walmart Cards Suck ! I had a couple of them .

I went to do withdrawals on mine and couldn't get any cash out the atm. So I called the 1800 number. They had frozen all my accounts because all my legit info was correct, but on 1 of my cards my first name was shortened from Bobby to Bob (example).

But my SS # and everything was legit, as was everything else. The 1800 person was in Guatamala.

On a different occasion, a paypal employed removed the green dot from 1 of my PP Accounts. He told me to add a different bank info. 3 days later that acct was limited,$ 800.

I would stay away from Green Dot for accepting $$$ for me.

All the funds that were suppose to end up in my GDot- card acct. was reveresed by them and the funds already in the G-Dot Accts were frozen until I called them on the 1800 line.

They released the funds on the 6 Gren Dot accounts, but they also told me to go else where to do my banking.

After they freeze, then release your funds after speaking with them, . They will give you, 3 weeks to withdraw all the funds before closing the accounts. Any remaining balance after the closure will be sent to you by check.

The checks came in the mail to me 2 weeks after closure.

1 week ago , I received 6 New G-Dot Card Accts, for use. But i'm not going through that again.....

Just my experience. You make your decision....


Birti

[DaringFool]

Originally Posted by newtools

i had a problem trying to cashout transfer to greendot card. it kept rejecting it!

which prepaids, or bank accts. can you have ⊗⊗ke address and still get your money out to the card or bank acct.?

If you have to use real infos for the bank acct. or card.... which will accept the transfer with different infos?

This is what I'm wondering too.
If I have a greendot account with the same name as the Paypal account, does the street address and zip have to match to verify Paypal?
It would be a real street address, just not the same one as the Paypal account.

[newtools]

I had probs with greendot and PP also. It kept refusing the transfers to cashout
Walmart is greendot but It's GE money bank.

be careful with ING and 3rd party names and transfers. They closed all my orange savings accts because they wanted me to verify the names the transfers were coming in under while being recorded.

[theshark]

hi all .. i just today added my green dot card to paypal as a bank account .. i used the info from the direct deposit sheet (ie) routing and account # .. now i just loggeed in and it says from now on i will have payment holds for atleast 35 days where i have to ship and they have to get the item before i get paid ..

is this normal-- by the way it is a permant card with my name on it .. the bank is columbus bank and savings ..

oh and also .. pp now says they made the deposits .. i guess sometime late afternoon but i dont see them on my greendot history yet .. is this normal .. how lomg does it take to see the 2 deposits on green dot .. thanks for thew help

[jbluntz]

Never heard of a 35 day hold before but after you add bank info it tells you how long it takes to get the deposits, it says 2-5 business days if, I'm not mistaken..

[doughboykilla]

Originally Posted by cardfelon

It says in the TOS you are only allowed 2 accounts with them so yeah if you have 6 I would imagine they have a problem with that.

But what the TOS dosent tell u is u can only load so many money packs a week. If u load to many they will lock your account and tell u to take a hike and they wont do bussiness with u. They also have very s****y customer services and its mostly slumdogs who cant speak much english at all who will give u the shaft. My greendot cards was closed about a year ago and today i just fianly got a check the the remiang $2 that was locked in my account. Think god it was such a small amount.