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Old Jan 22, 2014, 3:27 pm
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Warning: The T-M website contains an apparent Bill Pay function. Attempting to use it to pay credit card bills, or probably any significant $ amount bills of any sort, will get your account frozen. Ditto large scale ATM or MO withdrawals. The one method of unloading likely to keep you under the radar is small scale WM BP. Also likely to get you shut down, according to consensus reports, is running much more than $5K a month thru your account. You ignore this advice at your own risk.

SUMMARY

1. FAQ's
2. Free to use for TMo customers.
3. Issued by Bancorp
4. Load at T-mobile store (Registers are HARD CODED not to accept anything other than cash.)
5. or Reloadit, (find a grocery store that sold reloadit cards with a cc)

List Stores hard coded for cash or Credit Card accepted
T-Mobile (cash only)
Home Depot (cash only, hard coded)
Harris Teeter - Bought with CC on 2/16/14, hard coded denied CC on 5 APR 2014
Winn-Dixie - Hard coded for cash (debit may work, untested) as of Oct-2015
Meijer (Cash/Debit including VGC)
Giant Eagle/GetGo (Cash, Debit including VGC )
Safeways/Vons/Pavilions in California - most only Cash
Food Lion - Manager override now required. Many stores cash or bank debit only, but registers are not hard coded.
Save-A-Lot: Hard coded cash only
BigY: At least some stores have gone cash only as of 1/8
Acme in PA: Hard-coded cash only (Source)

Note on ReloadIt Cards
These come in two main flavors, up to $500, and up to $950 (there are ones that go up to $50, too). Both are $3.95 load fee. The older grey cards, have CASH ONLY on them. Even if the cash register is coded to accept it, many cashiers will be hesitant to even try, or get shut down by manager.
The maximum value reload will be $2,500.00. There is no maximum number of times you may value reload your Card Account per day; however, the maximum dollar amount of value reloads you may make to your Card Account in one day is $2,500.00. We will accept direct deposits larger than $2,500.00, but any direct deposit value reloaded to your Card Account will count against the $2,500.00 daily limit.
Value Reload Fee: Each time you value reload $300.00 or more to your Card Account in a single transaction, you will receive a credit for any fee you paid. If you are a T-Mobile Wireless Customer and value reload your Card Account at a participating T-Mobile Wireless location, you will receive a refund at the register (and will pay no fee for your value reload). If you value reload your Card Account for $300.00 or more via another method, we will issue a credit to your Card Account in the amount of the fee you paid.

In practice, a ReloadIt >= $300 loaded via the safe will receive credit for the fee. However, the terms formally state "Please note: Value reloads made from Reloadit Packs that have been placed in the Program Manager’s Reloadit `Safe' are not eligible for any fee credit." so this is not guaranteed.

The Limits:
Daily limit: $2500 during a rolling 24 hour period
Monthly limit: ?
Annual Limit: ?
Max Bill Pay (per transaction): = $5000 (tested March 6th, can do 'at least' a second for the same amount to the same payee momment later).
Daily ATM limit: $500 (rolling 24 hr rather than calendar day)

Total monthly bill pay limit: ?
The maximum value of your Card Account is restricted to $10,000.00

T-Mobile Prepaid Customer Service Email: [email protected]

If you need to escalate to the FDIC, Bancorp's registered FDIC# is 35444.
If you want to try to open an FDIC complaint or investigation you can send one in electronically at
http://www2.fdic.gov/IDASP/DIRSInfoRequest.asp

Alternative FDIC link to file complaint
https://www2.fdic.gov/starsmail/index.asp

FAQ
  • My fee did not get refunded. Has there been a policy change? ReloadIt Fees are processed overnight and could take 24 hours after you reload the card. As of 9/2015, ReloadIt cards added to the safe prior to loading on T-Mobile will still get the $3.95 refunded.
  • What is a safe transaction amount? There is no definite safe or unsafe amount. However, starting the last week of Jul 2015, people have been reporting the account frozen after transactions larger than $1K.
  • Can I use the BP Feature? It works well for some people. Many have reported getting shutdown after using it. A few have reported having the payments lost. Like all MS activity, use at your own risk.
  • Should I mix in some regular spending to make it look like this is my primary card? If it makes you feel better, go for it. However people who do this still get shutdown.
  • I can't log in. Did I get shutdown? Possibly. But more likely the website is having technical issues. Call in, o try to make a swipe purchase and test it out.
  • If I pay my taxes with this card, will I get shutdown? Large purchase raise red flags. Taxes are no different and there are reports of people being shut down for doing this.
  • What is a T-Mobile wireless customer? A qualifying T-Mobile wireless customer can be either a postpaid or prepaid customer. Source: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/24790705-post3703.html
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by mooper
Reloadit available several places near me. Haven't checked yet to see if CC purchase is available. Has anyone reported CC success with the new Reloadits yet?
I did. See post 158
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by mooper
Reloadit available several places near me. Haven't checked yet to see if CC purchase is available. Has anyone reported CC success with the new Reloadits yet?
Is there a way to find a list of business around U that sell these 'reloadit' cash or otherwise?
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 3:36 pm
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Is there a way to find a list of business around U that sell these 'reloadit' cash or otherwise?
https://www.reloadit.com/store_locator.aspx
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 3:57 pm
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They sell them at my walgreens, but cash only. Also have them at -4 and at the grocery store, HyVee. Haven't tried to buy so don't know about CC. Kansas City area.
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 7:10 pm
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one of my local Home Depot's pops up on the store locator for Reloadit. Anyone tried that?
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 7:14 pm
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Originally Posted by RamboAroundTheWorld
one of my local Home Depot's pops up on the store locator for Reloadit. Anyone tried that?
Yes, they are hard coded for cash only, for the 100th time.
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by BigDawgFT
I did. See post 158
Thx. None of those here, but have Sfwy, so gonna check that out tomorrow.
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 8:16 pm
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Originally Posted by heyeaglefn
Yes, they are hard coded for cash only, for the 100th time.
Double checked today. Not even debit.
Self checkout wanted nothing but cash. When cashier helped to get to payment choise screen, all other payment options had cross on them. (Though I saw some strange option available in addition to cash....)

Regular cash register also needed cash. I pressed paypal option on pinpad in the process of discussing payment methods available with cashier Didn't help.
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 9:05 pm
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Originally Posted by RamboAroundTheWorld
one of my local Home Depot's pops up on the store locator for Reloadit. Anyone tried that?
Few Albertsons and Walgreen are around me Anyone tried that? is it hard coded for cash only?
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 9:07 pm
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Few Albertsons and Walgreen are around me Anyone tried that? is it hard coded for cash only?
No go at Walgreens.
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Old Feb 2, 2014, 9:39 pm
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No go at Walgreens.
what do U mean? explain?
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Old Feb 3, 2014, 12:09 am
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just received today
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Old Feb 3, 2014, 6:59 am
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Originally Posted by prasha11
what do U mean? explain?
Walgreens was hard coded as cash only.
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Old Feb 3, 2014, 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by prasha11
Few Albertsons and Walgreen are around me Anyone tried that? is it hard coded for cash only?
Tried once at Albertsons; it appeared to be hard coded for cash. Two cashiers tried their best to get debit to work, but they could not. I will try again once new style cards hit Albertsons. Different cards could have different skus.
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Old Feb 3, 2014, 10:33 am
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Sfwy nearby had the old version of the cards, which are clearly marked "cash only". Waiting for these new versions to arrive.

Sorry. Image is blurry. But if you look closely, says "cash only" at upper-right.

EDIT: My wife took this pic. Upon closer inspection, now I'm seeing some other (different) Reloadits above the main ones she photographed. Are they the new ones? Only the bottom is visible. Can go back and check again.


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