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They’re now $36.

I haven’t used Citibank’s virtual account numbers in a while.
Years ago I used one and set the limit for $10. I tried to buy an item online that was listed at the wrong price. I forgot what the item was, but it was priced at about $5 in check-out when it should have been $150. After I submitted the order the company emails me stating there was something wrong with my credit card. They were trying to put a charge in for the difference. I didn’t really need the item. I told them to forget the whole thing and refund me the $5, that they did.

There are tons of checking accounts that pay no interest, or so little (like 0.05%) that unless you carry a very large balance you’ll never hit the $10 1099 reporting requirement. Anyway, entering interest earned on your 1040 is the easiest thing to do, and all tax software programs do it. There shouldn’t be any problems.

As far as not having anyone know about your account, that’s separate from the interest issue. You’ll still need to provide the bank your ID information, whether the account earns interest or not.

You could hide your money in some bank out of the country, but if your balances total over $10,000 you still must report the existence of it via a FBAR to the government, even if it earns no interest.

Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I don’t understand how a store in a mall can survive only selling stuffed bears. How many does a kid need, how many would a parent want to buy and how much room does one have for bears?

Getting back to the offer, I don’t blame parents getting upset because Build a Bear didn’t have the capacity for this. If they can’t deliver cheap bears soon, maybe some rioting and overturning police cars will force them. If there are still no results it’s time for class action lawsuits and burning down some stores.
Note: Anyone who knows me knows I’m not serious.

I wonder about all the commotion. Even if the beers were free, it’s not like customers were saving huge amounts of money.

During the promotion, were there any enterprising parents with infants to lease them out to parents with older kids? A whole day of renting the same infant out to the next person in line could have paid for their college education.

My bear would have cost more.