AmEx prepaid card (many benefits) + $25

clearanceman said:   corporateclaw said:   ahsq said:   o hell, i dont want to give my SSN away for $25....

It's AMEX. If you are posting on FWF either you are lost or they already have your SSN.

Every time I send in a quarterly estimated payment to the IRS and write my SS on the front of the check as instructed, I wonder who DOESN'T have my SS.

Rememeber too that you give your bank account number to anyone you write a check to. Yet I've somehow been able to avoid identity theft...

I just did it, with the promotion code, and I funded it at the same time. I saw no acknowledgement of the promotion. Is that what happened with you guys too?

=> Never mind, somehow I missed a whole page of comments... damn you 40's

melikefree said:   I enter the code and it says nothing about the $25 promotional offer? same for everyone else?
Going to order a $25 card and hope the other $25 comes in eventually? Same here. There is no acknowledgement of the promo code or $25 bonus anywhere. Anyone else???

Just noticed that this week, CVS ad says the Green Dot cards can be purchased with no fee. So theoretically, you can buy a Green Dot card and load it with cash, then fund this AE card. A little easier than paying the fee first and getting a refund from AE later.

Vanil said:   Thanks OP, in for three!!

I love American Express, first the pass card bonus and now these.

Functionally, this appears the same as the Pass card.

If you got a Pass card (or cards) are you eligible for this?

Prepaid cards do have uses, such as limiting the problem if stolen (card in car with a few dollars on it for emergencies, for instance), or a card to carrying a disposable wallet (to give to robbers on demand) when traveling in the Philippines.

While you have protection against unauthorized use in any case, I suspect it is a lot easier to deal with the problem when the sum in issue is low, than when it is in the thousands. A regular card is likely to be canceled if there is unauthorized use, and this can be a problem if one is traveling.

gremln007 said:   Is anyone getting any email response more detailed "Your Order has been received"?

Received the promo email & code the other day. Thanks to OP & this thread, realized I should go back and give it a try (free money). Got the "Your Order has been received" email. Waiting for the rest.

In for 3, fingers crossed.

sherap2 said:   i won't sell my SS Number for $25.

What about $75?

Just talked to an AMEX rep at the 866 number on the website. She said this $25 bonus gift card offer is by invitation only, that you have to have received an email. If you have not been invited even with the promotion code you will not get the bonus gift card. Anyone heard anything different?

the way i see it is you have nothing to loose.. if no bonus just spend your original deposit. if there is a bonus! we win..

Got email today from AMEX to confirm 2 small deposits in my checking account before they transfer funds to the cards I ordered. 2nd step accomplished. They way I see it is that at least I will get the cards I ordered with the funds I authorized them to load. If I get the bonus, icing on the cake.

mindbowels said:   Relaxing said:   Got email today from AMEX to confirm 2 small deposits in my checking account before they transfer funds to the cards I ordered. 2nd step accomplished. They way I see it is that at least I will get the cards I ordered with the funds I authorized them to load. If I get the bonus, icing on the cake.

How did you confirm the deposits? Did you create a new AMEX account? Had your cards already arrived?

Had to set up an account with social security number and name of who ordered the card. Go to www.Americanexpress.com/prepaid

Then you will be asked to verify the deposits which should be showing in the bank account you used to fund the cards. Mine showed 4 deposits since I ordered 2 cards from same bank account, but AMEX also withdrew the deposits in 2 transactions so I was able to figure out which 2 belonged to which card I ordered.

Whew, good luck

Page where you verify trial deposits failed for me & skipped the step. Using Chrome. Ughh calling customer service.

I had to use IE to get the trial deposit page to appear. CSR said she'd report that error on FF (yeah, sure).

Ordered 2 cards but only got the trial deposit verification email for one. Verified easily on the website.

What is the URL to get online to verify small deposits for card ordered?

Same here. I checked the bank account this morning and the two small deposits that went in yesterday were retracted by AMEX this morning after I verified the deposits. Although I signed up for three cards, there was only one set of deposits. Not sure if they only need to verify the bank account once or for each card, so I cant tell if I will get three cards each with a $25 deposit or one card with three $25 deposits on it. Keep you posted.

is the deal still alive?

hellotheworld said:   is the deal still alive?

Maybe or maybe not after Lmalau alerted operations about FWF's attempt to cash in on the bonus . We're not sure if the deal will work and I don't anticipate anyone posting results for a while since there is a delay between when you load money to the card and supposedly get the reward. Give it a try or give it a pass.

cKGunslinger said:   drsauce said:   Ordered 2 cards but only got the trial deposit verification email for one. Verified easily on the website.

The trial deposit is just verifying a valid bank account owned by you. When signing up, there was a note saying they would only do this once per bank account. Signing up for cards 2 & 3 (wife and daughter) auto-filled my bank info (I was logged into AMEX account at the time.)

I only mentioned it because of the message below

Thisiswhaticanafford said:   Mine showed 4 deposits since I ordered 2 cards from same bank account, but AMEX also withdrew the deposits in 2 transactions so I was able to figure out which 2 belonged to which card I ordered.

Whew, good luck