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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 Jul 20, 2014, 9:16 pm
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
I got a Reloadit with $950 on it and it asks how much money is on the card, so I put $950. Will the $3.95 fee automatically be posted on my T-Mobile account or should I have put $958.95?
It's asking how much is actually loaded on the card, which would be $950. The $3.95 may post to your account at a later date.
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Old Jul 20, 2014, 9:20 pm
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
I got a Reloadit with $950 on it and it asks how much money is on the card, so I put $950. Will the $3.95 fee automatically be posted on my T-Mobile account or should I have put $958.95?
wat?? 958.95? 953.95?

Just put 496.00 on the card and you'll be fine!
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Old Jul 20, 2014, 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by Zgirl
wat?? 958.95? 953.95?

Just put 496.00 on the card and you'll be fine!
Sorry, I was thinking it was 955 when I wrote 958.95. I meant 953.95.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 9:48 am
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Any datapoints on people who have been using this card for say... sub $5k and exclusively using bill pay (I'm still afraid to try out bill pay) and ATM withdrawals?

If everyone has been shut down for this amount I might just start using this as my every day card so I can essentially get ~5% back on all purchases I wouldn't normally get it on.

I wish I could just bill pay the rest but I'm afraid after all these horror stories.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 1:29 pm
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Which other prepaid cards are good for loading reloadits?

This is the only one, but I want to stay under the radar so I can load the re-loadits to different card/'s. I have no other prepaid cards beyond BB.

thanks
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 1:47 pm
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T-Mobile Visa Prepaid - Bluebird Competitor for MS! (May not load w/CC)

Check Reloadits partner website but this is the best.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 4:39 pm
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NC Relodit

I was having fun at FOOD Lion but they just changed the policy to cash only. Anywhere else in NC have them. No safeways here. PM if you like. Thanks
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 9:53 pm
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anyone get shut down for loading too much? I want to load 20k over the next few days onto 4 different cards. and plan to unload all at once with bill pay. Don't really care if I get shut down after that tho.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 10:49 pm
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Originally Posted by snowboardpunk
anyone get shut down for loading too much? I want to load 20k over the next few days onto 4 different cards. and plan to unload all at once with bill pay. Don't really care if I get shut down after that tho.
Then do it. Why are you even asking questions? Its obvious that people are getting shut down for loading and unloading large amounts via BP. But you did say you didn't care if you got shut down after that so go for it.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 10:59 pm
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Originally Posted by maddie5218
I got a Reloadit with $950 on it and it asks how much money is on the card, so I put $950. Will the $3.95 fee automatically be posted on my T-Mobile account or should I have put $953.95?
Originally Posted by maddie5218
Sorry, I was thinking it was 955 when I wrote 958.95. I meant 953.95.
The amount you loaded onto the RL .... in this case, $950.
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 7:20 am
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Well one of my Reloadits returned the 3.95 fee...

Either they're really delayed in doing the first one, or just the second one I did got it. I forgot about the returning the fee though, and forgot how much better this card is due to that!
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 8:49 am
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Originally Posted by ericdabbs
Then do it. Why are you even asking questions? Its obvious that people are getting shut down for loading and unloading large amounts via BP. But you did say you didn't care if you got shut down after that so go for it.


The problem is worse then that, people get shut down with the $$$ already loaded 7 held until they satisfy them by submitting x amount of ID and proof. Id hate to have anywhere near $20k being held for a couple of months , even if I can afford to float that amount
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Old Jul 22, 2014, 9:20 am
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Originally Posted by craz
The problem is worse then that, people get shut down with the $$$ already loaded 7 held until they satisfy them by submitting x amount of ID and proof. Id hate to have anywhere near $20k being held for a couple of months , even if I can afford to float that amount
But the OP said the $20K is being spread over 4 separate cards not 1 card which tells me approx $5K/card and the OP gave the disclaimer that he/she doesn't care that they get shut down after the BP is done. Also one of the cardinal sins is to unload entirely via BP for longevity but that is not going to matter for those that want to use this as a 1 time thing.
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 6:30 am
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error message

I am getting this error message when I try to login:

At this time we are experiencing technical difficulties. Please contact customer service.

They have already place a hold on the account and I am preparing the docs that they are asking for. Does this mean that I am shutdown already? Anyone else seeing the same error message
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Old Jul 23, 2014, 6:50 am
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Originally Posted by rambo
I am getting this error message when I try to login:

At this time we are experiencing technical difficulties. Please contact customer service.

They have already place a hold on the account and I am preparing the docs that they are asking for. Does this mean that I am shutdown already? Anyone else seeing the same error message
I've been getting the same error message for weeks. Their mobile app works flawlessly, never giving me grief.
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