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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 Apr 17, 2014, 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by drdrew450
anyone tried an ach pull?
anybody try? Should be as its blackhawk
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 6:35 am
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Has anyone bought a usps MO with this card? I was hoping that may fly under the radar but with some cards (MVD) usps shows up more as a cash advance.
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 3:16 pm
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon
the closest wally is far, far away.

guess I will hit it as hard as I can presuming I can buy rlits w/ccs.

and then they are free to close the account.

at this point it is quite worthless anyway.

between Scylla and Charybdis, local shops not willing to sell rlits, the card getting blocked.
I got the call too, so am going to go the "hit it hard" method. I see that there is a 2500/day loading limit and 5k bill pay. I'm trying to be strategic, so wondering how much I can load and unload before the system locks me out.
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 7:45 pm
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What type of volume were you doing?
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 7:55 pm
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Originally Posted by ChuckMango
anybody try? Should be as its blackhawk
ACH pull does not work.
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 8:07 pm
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Thanks... works on other blackhawk products
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Old Apr 17, 2014, 11:01 pm
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Regarding self checkout - I have got better luck there for RLs.
Cashiers seem to ask around and it is always cash only.
It is becoming a lot harder to buy these.
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 2:53 am
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Anyone have multiple T-mobile cards opened? Have 1 card open right now, but thinking of getting additional cards, just in case my first T-card gets closed/blocked.

Anyone know how many T-mobile debit cards can be registered to one SSN?
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 8:26 am
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Originally Posted by sangkancilguru
Anyone have multiple T-mobile cards opened? Have 1 card open right now, but thinking of getting additional cards, just in case my first T-card gets closed/blocked.

Anyone know how many T-mobile debit cards can be registered to one SSN?
- yes
- 2 AFAIK
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 8:59 am
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Originally Posted by MaineCoon
- yes
- 2 AFAIK
Just signed up for my 2nd one. I'll use it as a backup, hope they don't shut the first one down
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 9:11 am
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when they shut you down, they shut both down. it was the case at least for me.
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 1:23 pm
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Is the reloadit (blackhawk) network down right now? I cannot use a reloadit I purchased and when I call the reloadit support number it says try again in 30 minutes. Just wanted to see if others have the same problem right now.
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 1:46 pm
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reloadit

I have no luck buying reloadit with CC. I tried several different places but no luck yet. Can someone PM me where I can get it? I live in Richmond, VA. Thanks.
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 1:52 pm
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Originally Posted by ramamosn
I have no luck buying reloadit with CC. I tried several different places but no luck yet. Can someone PM me where I can get it? I live in Richmond, VA. Thanks.
Here you go.

https://www.reloadit.com/StoreLocator
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Old Apr 18, 2014, 2:01 pm
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I've been having trouble finding stores, too. That web site only shows Safeway and Home Depot near me (SMF). The Safeways I've tried said cash only. FT posts say HD is hard coded. Are the cards sometimes found at gas stations, etc, so I need to check every place that sells gift cards to see if they might have reloadits? Or, is the web site accurate and I'm out of luck?
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