I appreciate the opportunity to review the following product courtesy of CARD.com. All thoughts & opinions are my own.
When I received the opportunity to review a Prepaid Visa Debit Card that I could customize, I was super excited! I have always wanted a super fun & girly debit/credit card to use for all of my purchases, but bank preference & interest rates always took priority over style.
With CARD.com I can have the best of both worlds! After browsing through the thousands of designs they offer, I ultimately chose the Colors option #25.
It’s PERFECT!
There are also these cool, unique card designs to choose from, including brands like:
Garfield, Popeye, Betty Paige, James Dean, Care Bears, Walking Dead, Star Trek, Autism Awareness, Breast Cancer Research, Shark Week, Where’s Waldo, Doodle Jump, Three Stooges & Nancy Drew!
Ok, so they have super cute designs, what about the money?
- Free to order, activate and load
- Free app and check deposits from your smartphone
- Free direct deposit
- Free card-to-card transfers, any time, anywhere, in seconds
- No overdraft fees — never goes negative!
- Safer than cash – 24/7 support, Visa fraud protection and 100% FDIC insurance on funds
- No debt, financially responsible, no interest/credit/APRs
- No credit check and approval in seconds
- 22,000 in-network ATMs
I was able to request my card online in about 10 minutes after I decided on a design with a super easy sign-up form.
Within less than a week, I received my card & was able to activate online or via phone. I chose online, which was super easy.
Once you activate your card, you can add money to your account several ways:
- Green Dot or Money Pak
- Load Cash at Western Union
- Link your bank or PayPal account
- Easy direct deposit with a simple form
Fees
- Free for 30 days, then $5.95 monthly {unless you load at least $800 in the prior 30 days through direct deposit.}
Since this was part of a review, CARD.com provided me with $25 to spend. I had to wait a few days after activation for the money to be deposited, but once it was, I had to decide what to spend it on!
My computer mouse decided to die on me & since I had not budgeted for that this month, especially after my recent Birthday gift/Christmas shopping spree, I used my pretty pink CARD to buy myself a pretty pink mouse on Amazon. I loaded the CARD information into my Amazon account like I would any other debit/credit card & purchased my new mouse! Easy peazy!
What do you think?
Since my husband has access to the bank & credit card accounts, it makes it IMPOSSIBLE to hide Birthday & Christmas present transactions FOR HIM from him. I think I will transfer a little bit of money each paycheck into my CARD.com account so I can truly surprise him this Christmas! It also wouldn’t hurt to use for budgeting my spending on clothes, shoes, makeup & purses better.
I think this would be awesome for anyone, especially if you are having to strictly budget your money!
Have you tried CARD.com?
What design would you choose?
