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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 Mar 1, 2014, 6:50 pm
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Originally Posted by john doe iii
I go a little overboard. I keep the receipt which gives me the cashiers name and make sure they are working before I go. LOL
I REMEMBER them by face/name, good ones and bad ones alike.
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Old Mar 1, 2014, 10:16 pm
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon
24 hours.
Originally Posted by skitch23
A day.
Thanks for the information. They have posted.
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Old Mar 1, 2014, 11:27 pm
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How much do you guys load per week?
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Old Mar 2, 2014, 7:26 am
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon



Seriously speaking, I'd try to avoid middle/old aged career cashiers, both boys and girls.
My go to cashier at Safeway is in her 50s and works the early morning shift. And she's a front end "manager" with her own override card. She'll ring up anything I ask her to.
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Old Mar 2, 2014, 7:43 am
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Originally Posted by AnInfrequentFlyer
My go to cashier at Safeway is in her 50s and works the early morning shift. And she's a front end "manager" with her own override card. She'll ring up anything I ask her to.
good for you man. I didn't say it was the rule, just my experience.
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Old Mar 2, 2014, 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon
good for you man. I didn't say it was the rule, just my experience.
Yes, it is generally accepted rule, then every rule has exceptions?
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Old Mar 2, 2014, 4:14 pm
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My SO happily brought today her Rlit for $495.

I looked at the card, and the number was totally scratched and unusable.

I called Blackhawk, and they applied the amount to my T-Mo w/o problems.

But..lesson learned.
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 8:45 am
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Hey guys,

If you could help a fellow ms'er out, I've been hunting for these reloadit cards for about a month now with no luck

Anyone can point me in the right direction?

I'm in Queens NY
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 9:50 am
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I'm pretty sure the new REloadits are only in California, but they are definitely getting more difficult to be had since there does actually seem to have been a memo sent out saying cash only. My favorite stores have been affected :/ if you can get past the cashier, you're fine.
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 10:55 am
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Originally Posted by SwiftMoney
Hey guys,

If you could help a fellow ms'er out, I've been hunting for these reloadit cards for about a month now with no luck

Anyone can point me in the right direction?

I'm in Queens NY
The reload it cards with new design and without cash only are not available
in NYC/NJ area at the moment. They may be releasing them region wise so we can just wait and watch
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 11:09 am
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Originally Posted by recklessmax
The reload it cards with new design and without cash only are not available
in NYC/NJ area at the moment. They may be releasing them region wise so we can just wait and watch
I continue to have luck purchasing the old "cash only" cards on CC. You just need to get a cashier to ring it up ... I have tried 3 different stores and all went through so they are not hard coded. Keep trying!!
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 11:22 am
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Originally Posted by recklessmax
The reload it cards with new design and without cash only are not available
in NYC/NJ area at the moment. They may be releasing them region wise so we can just wait and watch
+1
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 12:38 pm
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Originally Posted by hitman1420
I'm pretty sure the new REloadits are only in California, but they are definitely getting more difficult to be had since there does actually seem to have been a memo sent out saying cash only. My favorite stores have been affected :/ if you can get past the cashier, you're fine.
So true. It's all about the cashier now. Wife and I went to the same store at the same time, but we went to a different cashier. We both tried to load $495 using a CC. Mine went thorugh without a hitch, but she was turned down after being told cash only by the cashier who then confirmed the same with the manager.
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by recklessmax
The reload it cards with new design and without cash only are not available
in NYC/NJ area at the moment. They may be releasing them region wise so we can just wait and watch
can't get here fast enough. in the meanwhile, i'm doing my part to get rid of the old style reloadits.
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Old Mar 3, 2014, 1:14 pm
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Originally Posted by hitman1420
I'm pretty sure the new REloadits are only in California, but they are definitely getting more difficult to be had since there does actually seem to have been a memo sent out saying cash only. My favorite stores have been affected :/ if you can get past the cashier, you're fine.
Guess I'm shopping in the wrong stores, I have yet to see them in so cal.
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