I got a Wal-Mart Prepaid card a couple of weeks ago so I could donate to the server.??I generally just keep wads of cash hidden around the house usually forgetting them and finding them later.??Woohoo!??50 bucks - score!
So, anyway, I go onto Paypal and register my card with my account.??It takes a buck out to verify the card, which all companies do with the intention of putting it back once the deal has gone through.??I never got that dollar back.??As a matter of fact, I was only able to send Panda 30 bucks instead of 40 because of that... And I still haven't gotten that dollar back (That was a month ago)...
Then I come to find out they charge you a five-dollar Maintainence fee every month on top of charging you 5 bucks to reload it every time you reload it (unless you reload it as you are cashing your check at Wal-Mart or unless you load your card with 1000 dollars each month... then they so appreciatively and generously waive this $5 fee).
And finally, this... I finally got the permanent card in the mail and went to load it when I got paid.??I put 500 of my 600-dollar paycheck on the card yesterday (technically two days ago with it being tomorrow morning right now).??I only have 19 cents on my card now, though.??Yet, I bought PGR4 for 65 bucks with my card at Wal-Mart ten minutes after loading it.??I need to pay bills, my brother wants to borrow 100 dollars for weed (friggin pothead), I need a new pen for my tablet PC, and I still need to give Panda 30 bucks for this and last month's donations.??Yet, I only have 19 cents on my card after putting 500 dollars on it two days ago and only spending $65!!
So, I call the number on the back of my card to talk to somebody and they want $2 just to allow me to talk to a Customer Service Representative (CSR)!!!
WTF D:
Like Wal-Mart doesn't make enough money.??Now they're charging me to talk to their CSR's about something wrong - or at least SLOW - about their system.??I'm going to close the account and just open a real bank account now.
So, yeah - this is my least eloquent editorial ever.??I don't care, I'm pissed.??I work 8 hours a day for Directory Assistance 411 to make that money.??People shouldn't f*** with it.??That is not prudent.
Don't buy a Wal*Mart card unless you like getting raped by a whistling happy face.??"Who's got the lowest prices???Yeah, that's right. Keep on rollin' back, bitch."
Dogs.