@Repo-ed wrote:
@navigatethis12 wrote:
@gettnthere wrote:
Im sorry but i agree with repo-ed. The OP referencing low income individuals with Walmart then stating thats "low social status" is quit frankly ignorant. Im not trying to be a dick, but i mean c'mon, OP just insulted probably half the members here. And bragging that your too good to shop at walmart bc you "push 3k a month" through Amex is ridiculous. There are people here that push 3x that amount through Amex and still shop at walmart.I did not see the post as bragging or putting anyone down. The card is indeed for low income individuals. When they released it they said so themselves. Most prepaid cards are for low income individuals who have screwed up with regular chequing accounts, so have no other option. I do not shop at Walmart either because I think everything in there is rubbish, but that does not make me a bad person. Have you not seen People of Walmart?
We have another 1% here folks!
The ignorance is strong in this thread
There have frankly been a lot of stupid comments in this thread so far, starting with the OP's 3k per month through an Amex? Really? That may not make you "lower class", but it doesn't make you a lot more than middle class either.
By the time I got to the 4th page I couldn't stop shaking my head. This is something that concerns me quite a bit, with regards to the tone this country is taking towards "us (99%) and them (1%)". There seems to be a villification and instant dislike among many targeted at those who are wealthy, for whatever reason justified or not. In many ways once you're identified as such, it's like the flood gates open to condemnation and more. As someone who was born into (and will almost certainly die in) the 1%, don't typecast everyone in that group as being ignorant even if individual people make ignorant comments. It's no better than saying everyone in the 99% isn't as successful because they're lazy. Both are stupid and neither are true.
Bluebird was originally designed as a product mainly for those in the lower socio-economic brackets, but it has evolved to become more than that. Just because that's how it was originally designed doesn't mean that it's limited to that target audience only. VRs + Inks opened up a new group who wanted to maximize points, many of whom are definitely not "lower class". As others have pointed out there are even more reasons to use it like no forex, etc.
Last week we were walking through some shops and my financee wanted a cat statue she saw sitting in a Salvation Army thrift store (yes she's a crazy cat lady and collects cat statues). We went inside, bought it and left. It's not somewhere I would shop regularly, but I'm definitely not "above" walking into a thrift store when it's warranted. Were the most of the people shopping there poor? Definitely, we stuck out like a sore thumb. Do you need to be poor in order to shop there? Nope, we walked in like everyone else.
The same is true with Bluebird. Was it originally designed and targeted at people in the lower socioeconomic brackets? Probably. Are the only people who use Bluebird poor? Definitely not.
Since this thread has been revived, I might as well ask: how do you set up MS with Bluebird? I've considered trying MS in the past, but I'm paranoid of getting shut down.
@kkapdolee wrote:
Nobody on this thread seems to understand the true benefit of Bluebird and I hope you guys stay that way.
OP, yes it is for "low income" people like me. I only put 5k a month on my bluebird card (monthly maximum) and I hope they raise that limit so I can put in some more or else I'm gunna have to open another BB account somehow cuz I can't get enough of it.
+1 MS p.s. i just noticed this thread is about a year old lol.
Oh, I apologize. I wasn't aware that it was frowned upon on the forums. Thanks for the heads up. 
@grinlikechelsea wrote:
Oh, I apologize. I wasn't aware that it was frowned upon on the forums. Thanks for the heads up.
It isn't really frowned upon by all, but a community leader recently asked us not to, so ....