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punkies07
Tue
03
Jun
2008
just about online stuff
It so much freaked me out when I lost my ATM card for salary last month. The theif who went in my room while I
was sleeping (yep, he's that confident!) took my newly bought wallet (sigh), taking with him all my essential cards and IDs. The next day thereof, I had to rush to the HR dept to have my account
number and also rush to the bank to have my Debit ATM card blocked.
I was doing OTC (Over-The-Counter) Withdrawals since last month. It was too tedious and such a hassle since
they will still have to email the main Manila branch and wait for the reply before I could withdraw my salary. And for the 'not so patient' me, I amazingly surpassed 5 OTC withdrawals until I was
able to get my new Unionbank E-Wallet Card today!
So what's new with this E-wallet thing? Unlike my old Unionbank ATM Card, this E-wallet is a VISA card.
It could be used for electronic banking and online transactions like a credit card! The only difference it has with a credit card is that you must have a remaining balance on the account so that you
could use such balance for any transactions that you will be doing. I have heard many testimonies about those other people getting too addicted to buying anything using their credit card and end up
with nothing during salary days, all because they have to pay their credit card bills. At least, with the online debit card, I could control my expenses and keep track of my remaining balance and
won't be slopped with UTANGs during pay periods.
So then the hype began. I don't understand why I feel so excited about this card that I just couldn't stop
staring at it during my entire shift at work - maybe because I was used to carrying a light wallet with no hard cards inside it. After work hours, I stayed late at the office trying to organize all
my online accounts. Just got myself registered to unionbank online banking so I could check my balance online. I also had registered this new card to PAYPAL so I could transact online stuff securely.
I also had registered to BLOGGERWAVE, a site which pays for every post that you make about their products! Also created new accounts in auction.ph and bestbuy and maybe in amazon so I could start
searching for those things I'd like to buy using my paypal account.
These are some of the things I have done so far with this one day old E-wallet card. Imagine that?
(geez)
And heck, yeah, I'm sleeping with my wallet now. =)
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