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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 #420 on: October 29, 2014, 09:14:38 PM »
Got this too. Upload what they want and call them 20 minutes later they will approve it right away

he said he's missing a doc.
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #421 on: October 29, 2014, 09:27:04 PM »
he said he's missing a doc.

All i have is a passport. No ss card. It says I need both.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #422 on: October 29, 2014, 09:28:17 PM »
All i have is a passport. No ss card. It says I need both.

did you enter in a SS# at target? (I think it was mandatory when I did it)
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #423 on: October 29, 2014, 09:33:53 PM »
did you enter in a SS# at target? (I think it was mandatory when I did it)

Yes but now they want a copy of the card....

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #424 on: October 29, 2014, 09:33:59 PM »
I can get a target card from someone.  So I want to know when I get one where can I activate it?  Online, or I have to go down at a location?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #425 on: October 29, 2014, 09:36:53 PM »
I can get a target card from someone.  So I want to know when I get one where can I activate it?  Online, or I have to go down at a location?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #426 on: October 29, 2014, 09:38:30 PM »
What is WIKI?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #427 on: October 29, 2014, 09:38:38 PM »
I can get a target card from someone.  So I want to know when I get one where can I activate it?  Online, or I have to go down at a location?

i don't see your answer in the wiki -- It seems that people who were sent cards were able to bring them to a Target and activate them via cc at a non-participating location.. YMMV...
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #428 on: October 29, 2014, 09:40:36 PM »
So to activate the card I definitely have to go down to a target location?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #429 on: October 29, 2014, 09:43:38 PM »
So to activate the card I definitely have to go down to a target location?

yes, that makes your temporary card active (that's where the REDcard originates --- IN the store. So, in reality it's not a separate trip...) Charge up to $500 via cc.

Then, you go home and register online with the 15 digit number. The permanent card is supposed to come in 7-10 days.
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #430 on: October 29, 2014, 09:46:05 PM »
Aha.  One more question.  Can I activate it even in locations  not selling  these cards?  Or only in the locations who selling them card?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #431 on: October 29, 2014, 09:47:31 PM »
Aha.  One more question.  Can I activate it even in locations  not selling  these cards?  Or only in the locations who selling them card?

in this thread, some DDFers said that they did it. Some places the cashiers knew what to do....  (you can check what they wrote a few pages ago...)
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #432 on: October 29, 2014, 09:56:43 PM »
I can get one.  For money the question is if it pays to take the risk.  Some people had success activating it in a location where they are not selling it?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #433 on: October 29, 2014, 10:09:41 PM »
I can get one.  For money the question is if it pays to take the risk.  Some people had success activating it in a location where they are not selling it?

On the wiki theres a link to about half your answers.

As for this questions, yes you can. I dont think a single person here has had an issue with doing that (and many people here have).

I myself did that.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #434 on: October 29, 2014, 10:11:22 PM »
I'm ashamed to ask.  But what is "in the wiki"  where do I go to the wiki what is it?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #435 on: October 29, 2014, 10:14:16 PM »
I'm ashamed to ask.  But what is "in the wiki"  where do I go to the wiki what is it?
On top of the top post is the wik8. It's visible on the first page and has to be hidden in other pages.
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #436 on: October 29, 2014, 10:16:12 PM »
Explain please a bit more.  What top post?

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #437 on: October 29, 2014, 10:36:09 PM »
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« Reply #438 on: October 29, 2014, 10:36:59 PM »
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #439 on: October 29, 2014, 10:43:13 PM »
Got it