Comments on: Wal-Mart’s Digital Money Card

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:07:02 +0000

Please do not buy this cards for gifts. Unless u read the microscopic print on the back on the card you will not know that u need an “activation” code. U have to call or go online to activate these. God forbid if you did not know this, your receipt gets thrown away, it’s not legible or u spill your diet coke on it. There is no way to talk to anyone at the “custonmer service” (yeah-right) number or register a complaint online…because…you guessed it…you haven’t activated your card. The store rolls their eyes and says call the number, they claim they can not pull a copy of the receipt. Basically…your money is gone, the recipient of your “gift” is embarrassed and walmart/GE Money Bank has devised a clever way to provide no recourse to you while stealing your money. Keep your info though…I have the transaction on my checkings account statement and will keep the useless card and other info. Please someone….class action suit? Better Business Bureau? I’m only out $38.00 but with Christmas coming up can you imagine the number of people who will buy these thinking they are gift cards? By the time the recipients get them and try to use them the Pre-Christmas Walmart receipt with the activation code is in the landfill.

By: Big

Big — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:23:07 +0000

Walmart money card is the best prepaid credit card.

By: Meka

Meka — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:41:52 +0000

Wal-mart money cards aren’t so horrible in the aspect that they don’t work. Or at least it worked for me. But you have a limit on the number of cards you can buy. If you buy more than 2, they will tell you your third account is closed, and they will send you a check for the “full refund”(Minus the money you paid for the card itself). My check took 2 months, but only got it that soon as I called every number I could find constantly. After finally getting my check, I tried to cash it. Ironically, Wal-Mart will not cash these checks. Nor will Kroger or pretty much any other place. I finally had to have my boyfriend deposit into his bank account.
As for Wal-Mart, the quality is low. I agree with that. All the bakery stuff comes in frozen, even the dough for stuff they bake. But it’s priced cheap as well. Not many places can compare to the prices. And they will comp prices if you find something cheaper at another store. Plus, as much as people complain about stuff there, they give a lot of for free.
This is America…you get what you pay for.

By: aNN

aNN — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:04:20 +0000

I have two cards, 1 w/ direct deposit. I was paid today, but they are holding it (system error- supposedly) for 2 more days. I’m so upset, will no longer be a customer after this. I called and got a person in the Phillipines, who could not understand english but also could not speak clearly. Any questions I asked, she replied by reading off a policy card which had 0 to do with what I was calling about. What a waste!!! I will find a local bank in the US near my home this time. I’m sick of the outsourcing to other countries!

Walmart – Shame on You – look hom many American people you could have hired at the call centers instead of outsourcing it to the Phillipines!!!!!!!!

By: cheryl duckworth

cheryl duckworth — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:28:57 +0000

I bought a $50 walmart gift card and needed to change it to a money card. The upgrade is $3, why is my balance $37 ? I haven’t used it and having big problems trying to use it at Netflix, says zipcode is wrong and problems with using temp gift card. It won’t let Netflix use it

By: S Johnson

S Johnson — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:11:04 +0000

To all of you who have had no problem with this card:
I recommend you attampt to call customer service.
See if it is at an acceptable level like you would do your full banking at.

Then think of the areas for corruption.

By: S Johnson

S Johnson — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:03:32 +0000

how did you ever get anyone on the phone at all?

I can not get a soul.

What # did u call?

I called my prepaid legal counsel.
They will write a letter to them.
Fat chance that will do any good.

By: eric

eric — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 02:26:04 +0000

this is not a scam its easy to activate the card i have one and thay only ask for your name ssn b day and address to send the card i got my activated and i got my persinalied card

By: okraider

okraider — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:37:20 +0000

My 85 year old grandmother was wanting to get $20 visa gift cards for 3 of us for Christmas, but was sold these money cards. $90 for $60 worth of cash, plus all the fees and $5 penalty if you didn’t use it by Jan 16! Shame on you Wal-Mart. Your clerk should have clarified to the poor old woman and NEVER sold her 3 money cards. I’ve gotten 2 of them refunded after 4 hours of reaming. We’ll see if the refunds ever get delivered.

By: Paige

Paige — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:13:32 +0000

oops! …Wal-mart! They seriously screwedd me over. I had a bill to pay online bu midnight that night, and my bank account was overdrawn so I went to Walmart to cash a check and saw the prepaid care advertisements. They brought a woman from a register to the money center (obviously she knew nothing about anything) and she started blubbering on about how I could cash my check and load it onto one of the prepaid cards and it would not charge me the $8.94 or whatever to buy the card. But I told her my check was not enough money for my bill so I would need to add more to the card after I cashed it, which she said I could do. The idiot. I loaded my check, then handed her the rest of the money and she said “oh, but these aren’t reloadable. And oops! it did actually charge you the $8.94″. I was irate. I asked her if I could buy another card so that at least i could pay the bill with two cards; she told me sure. So I buy the other card and have enough between the two to pay my bill. When I get home and activate the first card, I start to activate the second and they tell me I will be refunded the amount of the second card within ten days because you can ONLY POSESS ONE CARD AT A TIME!!! Nevertheless, I want to go hunt this woman down and punch her in the face for screwing my shit up. I couldn’t pay my car insurance bill that night, and had a lapse in coverage thanks to that dumbass! She should be fired, and no one should ever fall into the bullshit trap that is the Wal-Mart Money Card!!!