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stimulus
« on: January 11, 2021, 06:12:53 PM »

Now I haven't received my stimulus check yet but I got a call from my sister who was very angry about getting hers.
What the hell is this crap of the second stimulus being sent out in debit cards to something called MetaBank? My sister and BIL just called me and thats how theirs came to them. You can only use it a certain ATM's so they looked on line and found one near their home. They went down to draw the money out but first checked the balance. That deducted .25 from the $1200! When they tried to withdraw the money the ATM said there was a $100 daily limit. If you go to your bank and try to "cash" the card in over the counter there is a $5 fee. You apparently can use the card to make purchases like a regular debit card without fees, which seems to be the purpose, they don't want you to just put the money in the bank and hanging on to it.
My sister ended up having to go on-line and create a MetaBank account and then transfer the cash from there into their regular bank.
If my stimulus comes that way I will not open a Metabank account! Maybe, just to spite the Gov't, I'll just use like a debit card and buy guns and ammo! So which one of the asses in DC owns stock in MetaBank?
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2021, 06:23:25 PM »
Ours was deposited directly into the account we have on file with the IRS for tax refunds (when we get one)

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Re: stimulus
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2021, 06:32:13 PM »
Direct Deposit into IRS account for us also.  Uncle Sam bought me some back up iron sights from Ozark Armory.

I have no doubt that some Congress Critter has ties to MetaBank.  Quite a few of them also got huge PPP loans for their family businesses.  Self enrichment seems to main thing the both parties agree to. .
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2021, 06:51:34 PM »
Direct deposit for us too. I have been shopping islands to buy with this unexpected windfall they gave us.
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2021, 07:04:20 PM »
I usually get my refunds by paper check and that's the way our first stimulus payments came. Our SS are direct deposit. What's funny is my sister & BIL have had their tax refunds direct deposited for years, his Air Force pension is also direct deposit and they can't figure out why now they get an debit card.
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2021, 07:08:16 PM »
On-line tax programs and even paid preparers that use TurboTax programs misdirect the Stimulus. 
You list a direct deposit account with the preparer, not the IRS.
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2021, 07:17:15 PM »
For only $1.65 per day you can sponsor an American in need.



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Re: stimulus
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2021, 07:21:45 PM »
You could sponsor me for just a $1 a day :)
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2021, 07:43:13 PM »
I hear Pakistan got their gender study millions direct deposited right into their checking account.

Easy peasy.

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Re: stimulus
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2021, 07:55:33 PM »
Direct. PAX
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2021, 07:58:41 PM »
What the hell is this crap of the second stimulus being sent out in debit cards to something called MetaBank?

I'm told many tax prep software companies make extra money on the "float":  They hang onto your tax payment for a couple extra days before forwarding onto .GOV.  Same with the refunds.  They often bundle the payments together going into and out from .GOV in temporary accounts.

It could be that's what happened here.  .GOV puts your stimulus money into the an account at MetaBank (since that's the account they have on file), and then MetaBank issues you a debit card instead of a check.  I wonder how many folks will be out some portion of their stimulus money when the cards expire and MetaBank pockets the remaining balance?

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Re: stimulus
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2021, 08:02:14 PM »
That reminds me (thanks) I've got $10.15 left on a Lowrance Rebate Card.
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2021, 08:20:01 PM »
I wonder what sort of security is involved.  Reckon some wealthy porch pirate has a stack of stimulus cards?  I'm sure there are safeguards to prevent this.

I use H&R Block software for taxes.  There's a small charge, but it imports my data from years past.
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Re: stimulus
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2021, 08:51:52 PM »
Umm . . . If anybody isn't using some sort of locking mailbox, they're kind of asking for all sorts of trouble.  For more information see: http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=148320.0.

As for porch surfers, we're all now home all day due to the pandemic and the dog is trained to bark when someone leaves a package at the door.  But even previously, my wife was at home mostly all day -- plus I've got cameras watching the front door and driveway.

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Re: stimulus
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2021, 12:54:16 PM »
You could sponsor me for just a $1 a day :)

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