I recently switched phone providers and they gave me a digital debit card to “buy out” my device. I didn’t have to buy a new one, woohoo! Quickly, though, I realized I’d have to think of ways to actually spend this. I’d already paid off my old carrier (per new carrier’s annoying bad advice) and all my other bills are on autopay and many require a checking account (not even a debit card) anyway. I also didn’t have any big purchases coming up. And since it’s not a physical debit card I can’t pull cash out at an ATM.
To get the money, I ended up adding the card in my Venmo profile and sending the exact amount to my sister from the digital debit card and had her send it back to me. I then transferred it to my checking account.
I’m glad I figured out a way to do this and access the money freely. Venmo didn’t even charge me a fee because it’s a debit card, not a credit card.
Submitted April 07, 2019 at 01:36PM by 1cecream4breakfast http://bit.ly/2FUj6m3
