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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 Managers 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 18, 2014, 6:58 pm
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Originally Posted by pointnoob
Were these the old reloadits that say cash only or the new ones that dont say that?
The two Harris Teeter locations had the old ones, the Food Lions I tried had the new ones that don't say cash only.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 8:00 am
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Tried to bill pay a new account last night, said it completed but the balance didnt change, did it again, said it completed but no balance change, woke up and money was paid, balance did change.
Posted in case it happens to you.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 8:09 am
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Originally Posted by wake1027
The two Harris Teeter locations had the old ones, the Food Lions I tried had the new ones that don't say cash only.
Find an HT that doesn't keep the cards behind the customer service desk and you should be good.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by ericdabbs
What did you expect them to say? Loading 20K in 2 months is not "everyday spending". People take this too far and try to justify it which is why this Tmobile thing is shutting down sooner than we expected. The risk dept are not robots they can see you loading 2K/day and then do immediate BP.
Au contraire from at least what I was told.

I was told it was not human, shutting down the accounts but the system.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by atxtravel

The sad truth about these cards is, any one of us can potentially bring in much more revenue to these dumb prepaid companies than their usual low income customer who at best spends 500-1000 per month. If they turned a blind eye on the MS activity, I would have gladly put a lot of regular spending on it.
please explain to me how we are profitable when everything is free at least for the t-mo customers.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon
please explain to me how we are profitable when everything is free at least for the t-mo customers.
I saw we have potential to be profitable. If we put all or most of our regular spending on these, in exchange for being allowed to also do MS activities (which don't cause them a loss), they'd make as much or more from swipe and load fees as from their target low income customer.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 2:45 pm
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trying to bill pay, getting an "invalid information" error, so am I on my way to getting shut down?
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 2:55 pm
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Originally Posted by fangtl
trying to bill pay, getting an "invalid information" error, so am I on my way to getting shut down?
What were your stats? How long have you been doing this, and how much did you load/unload?
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 3:20 pm
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loaded ~8k in the last month, paid $6500 in bp, tried to bp today and got the message
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 3:32 pm
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Originally Posted by fangtl
loaded ~8k in the last month, paid $6500 in bp, tried to bp today and got the message
Sounds like a suspension. Based on this thread, those that received the "Invalid Information" when trying to BP = suspension. Are you doing any regular spend on it or are you just doing pump and dump to CC?
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 3:34 pm
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T-Mobile Visa Prepaid - Bluebird Competitor for MS! (May not load w/CC)

Called and got reopened today. Promptly drained.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 3:37 pm
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Originally Posted by haloseven
Called and got reopened today. Promptly drained.
You were suspended and they released the hold and you promptly drained account?
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 6:50 pm
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Safeway limit?

Is there a Safeway limit per day on cc reloadits?
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 6:54 pm
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Originally Posted by member7777
Is there a Safeway limit per day on cc reloadits?
I don't think so. You would be nuts to try to do $5K in a day though especially since you have to do individual $495 transactions if you want to stay under the radar.
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Old Mar 19, 2014, 7:07 pm
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Correct. They questioned my spending, told them I was using it for bp at krogers. I wait tables and don't like to hold into abuncha cash. She reinstated my card and told me my purchasing habits would trip the computer system agian. I might just go one more round with them. I was getting lazy and not unloading after reload, might skate for anther 10k
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Originally Posted by haloseven


Called and got reopened today. Promptly drained.




You were suspended and they released the hold and you promptly drained account?
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