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Monday, November 17, 2008

Rush Card & Baby Phat Rush Card - Review

By Dan Moskel

The baby phat rush card is a prepaid credit card. It was created by Russell Simmons he co founded the popular Def Jam record label.

The rush card works like this; you deposit money into your account, then you use your card to make purchases. This card guarantees approval for everyone.

There is no credit or chex systems check. The baby phat rush card is issued in a pink design and the rush card is issued in a black design.

With this card you have free direct deposit. To enroll in this you only have to fill out a form and turn that into your employer or payroll department.

Then you checks will be deposited into your rush card. You will still get a breakdown on your hours and how much the deposit was.

This card can be used at ATM's over 800,000 locations throughout the world. In addition you get free online account access.

You can make purchases using your rush card online and over the phone. You can also use your account and write physical paper checks.

To use this feature you visit the website and input the person or business that you want to write a check to. This includes name, amount of payment and address.

Then a physical check in your name is sent to the payee. This is a great way to pay your bills, no more buying money orders.

With bill pay you can save money on buying money orders. If you use direct deposit you will no longer have to pay check cashing fees.

However, we do not recommend the baby phat rush card. This is because they have many fees that other prepaid cards do not have.

An example is the convenience fee. This is a fee you are charged every time you use your card.

You will be charged $1.00 with a maximum charge of $10.00 a month. However during a month you will be charged $1.00 for every transaction you make using your card.

Only at the end of a full calendar month will the extra convenience fees be refunded to you.

This can work out to you waiting almost a full two months before you are refunded for your extra charges. This is insane, furthermore who only uses their card ten times in a month?

I don't know how they get away with charging these fees it seems unfathomable. In addition making their card holders wait so long before being reimbursed.

Also with the rush card in order to use bill pay you must pay $2.00 and then an additional $1.00 for every check you write. There are many prepaid cards that offer this service for free.

The rush card claims there are no hidden fees however that seems to be a very contradictory statement. Especially when you are forced to read the fine print to discover that you will be charged one dollar for every purchase you make.

In sum, look at some other prepaid cards. They have fewer fees and better benefits for being a card holder.

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