I went to Falls Church, VA Target to load the RedBird and I saw signs of "Target Red Card Debit 5% off all purchases" all over the place and I thought maybe it was THE Red card and asked more info about it but it turned out the "Target Red Card Debit" is still different from the awesome "Target Red Card Prepaid." They do have a "Target Red Card Credit" and those three all look the same except for the word Debit vs Credit vs Prepaid on it on one side.

I asked them for the Target Prepaid Red card and I was given the Amex for Target which I didn't recognize. I thought it was the Red Prepaid and went ahead with the registration and then I realized that it was the $3 load fee Amex for Target. The cashier was able to load $500 on it (from my CC) without any issue. Another guy came in asking about the Prepaid card and I told him that some stores in Maryland have it, he already knew and said he was headed to Laurel, MD in a few days :)

I will be happy to update that Racetrac listing to Central Florida region.

Your username is so fitting in this scenario :p.

MD does have several stores that carry it. The only VA stores are all in the greater Richmond area.

So after a week now they still won't tell me why they closed my AFT. They say I have to call when the prepaid resolution team is open (during the day) and then those people say that they have to email some other team that doesn't have a phone number and that no one can talk to. They said it'll take another week and that they'll contact me....yeah right.

Anyone else had their card closed and not given a warning or a reason? I never tried anything crazy - just went to target, loaded, unloaded through ATM. I had ONE load not go through in target for $1k and I had to fax in my receipt and ID and card, etc, they fixed it, now they closed my account. Thank god it only has a $1 balance, I can't get my money.

So I guess, buyers beware.

Hey..... I reloaded in Gastonia today

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Wow, thanks for the data point. Normally I skip over localized data points, but this one is actually beneficial to me! Good to hear good news from NC. I've been show down (by associates, not system) at 2 locations in Charlotte. Maybe I need to make the 20 minute trek to Gastonia.

Discontinued?
 

I stopped by a Target in Cleveland tonight. They had half a dozen of these on a rack. I took one up to the register, the cashier scanned the bar code, the computer recognized the product for a fraction of a second then the screen went blank. Repeated a few times, with a two different products. Cashier asked manager, he said they must have discontinued the product after xmas. He scanned something from his pocket and said that no other Target store is selling these anymore. Not sure if this is really the case? I'm feeling like my MS options are disappearing on me, so I figured I'd join the site (longtime reader, first time poster) and ask some help from the experts :cool:

Welcome to FT, A092125!

Thanks for the datapoint. Many have speculated that with the rise of Redbird, AFT would be discontinued.

Is this really surprising if it is true? With RB it was only a matter of time before they discontinued AFT registration. You should have locked some in when RB was first announced.

The big hope now is that they don't neuter AFT like they did the Campus card. The 120K TYPs a year I was getting from my Campus cards is nothing compared to the volume I do through all my AFTs.

Are people still able to reload the AFT cards if they already have some?

I reloaded some of mine this past weekend.

ATM WD Is the only viable means to liquidate AFTs, right?
If you're doing volume with your AFTs, how are you handling all the cash?
I'm a little concerned about what my banks might say if they start seeing a bunch of cash deposits on top of all the MOs I do.

uhh you CANT buy mo with AFT.....IT IS NOT debit