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Since October 12, 2015, the prepaid REDcard (Redbird) can only be loaded at Target with cash. It can still be loaded online with a bank-issued debit card, up to $200/day and $1K/month.

Therefore, for MS (manufactured spending) Redbird is now considered dead. RIP!

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3140 on: January 07, 2015, 04:27:39 PM »
Anyone try loading a redcard with another Prepaid Redcard?
My friend did it.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3141 on: January 07, 2015, 04:45:47 PM »
Can I load CC on mine and my wife's at the same time or will they start asking for ID on CC and on the redcard to make sure they match etc?

Did anybody try it in Target, Monsey? how di it go?
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3142 on: January 07, 2015, 04:51:25 PM »
Can I load CC on mine and my wife's at the same time or will they start asking for ID on CC and on the redcard to make sure they match etc?

Did anybody try it in Target, Monsey? how di it go?

Not sure about Monsey, but people do it all the time. If they ask, you can just say that you're loading up your wife's card...love the 5% deals.
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3143 on: January 07, 2015, 05:01:26 PM »
Can I load CC on mine and my wife's at the same time or will they start asking for ID on CC and on the redcard to make sure they match etc?

Did anybody try it in Target, Monsey? how di it go?

Ive done it many times in Monsey, not once have I been asked for ID.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3144 on: January 07, 2015, 08:28:01 PM »
Ive done it many times in Monsey, not once have I been asked for ID.
+1, although the FT method is YMMV. Sometimes i get a cashier who doesn't want to try something different
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3145 on: January 07, 2015, 09:14:43 PM »
Ive done it many times in Monsey, not once have I been asked for ID.

By CS or reg cashier? and did the FT method work?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3146 on: January 07, 2015, 11:01:21 PM »
I was just by target in queens mall and the cashier didn't let me do it only by the customer service is it always like that ?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3147 on: January 07, 2015, 11:12:04 PM »
I was just by target in queens mall and the cashier didn't let me do it only by the customer service is it always like that ?
YMMV i had CS telling me that i cannot load more then 2000 a day :P

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3148 on: January 07, 2015, 11:14:14 PM »
YMMV i had CS telling me that i cannot load more then 2000 a day :P
so I did it by  cs $2500

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3149 on: January 07, 2015, 11:48:56 PM »
Someone earlier had the idea of using up small GCs to load the RC.  How would I do that? "I want to load 1K" and swipe each card.  It will automatically drain each card and keep a running tally of what I still have to pay. Then the rest I pay with a cc swipe.
Correct so far? 
How many cards can I use in one transaction - is there a limit? If there is, I could just do more transactions - $500 load instead of 1K.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3150 on: January 08, 2015, 02:42:30 AM »
Someone earlier had the idea of using up small GCs to load the RC.  How would I do that? "I want to load 1K" and swipe each card.  It will automatically drain each card and keep a running tally of what I still have to pay. Then the rest I pay with a cc swipe.
Correct so far? 
How many cards can I use in one transaction - is there a limit? If there is, I could just do more transactions - $500 load instead of 1K.
no limit, I swiped 24 swipes for one (x3) load
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3151 on: January 08, 2015, 02:44:09 AM »
Not sure about Monsey, but people do it all the time. If they ask, you can just say that you're loading up your wife's card...love the 5% deals.
What you referring to?
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3152 on: January 08, 2015, 03:37:22 AM »
no limit, I swiped 24 swipes for one (x3) load
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3153 on: January 08, 2015, 07:15:42 AM »
Can I load CC on mine and my wife's at the same time or will they start asking for ID on CC and on the redcard to make sure they match etc?

Did anybody try it in Target, Monsey? how di it go?
One thing to keep in mind it u could always make urself a secondary on her account

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3154 on: January 08, 2015, 08:36:26 AM »
What you referring to?
Purchases made at target using the RC, get a 5% discount . That's why we keep loading them up. ;)
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3155 on: January 08, 2015, 09:50:42 AM »
Purchases made at target using the RC, get a 5% discount . That's why we keep loading them up. ;)
Yup. Thats the whole reason. We DDFers easily spend 5k to 25K per month on target merch
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3156 on: January 08, 2015, 10:14:12 AM »
Yup. Thats the whole reason. We DDFers easily spend 5k to 25K per month on target merch
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3157 on: January 08, 2015, 10:24:33 AM »
Ive done it many times in Monsey, not once have I been asked for ID.
Same here. I go to CS desk

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3158 on: January 08, 2015, 10:25:22 AM »
does the bank account has to match to the name on the red card ?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #3159 on: January 08, 2015, 10:30:46 AM »
Yup. Thats the whole reason. We DDFers easily spend 5k to 25K per month on target merch
That's exactly what the CapitalOne CSR asked my friend when he called about being flagged for fraud. :D
does the bank account has to match to the name on the red card ?
My friend added his own account to his mother's card and successfully withdrew.