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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 #680 on: November 04, 2014, 03:03:18 PM »
wife just tried to load in brooklyn and cashier sent her to cs and they said cant load with a cc since its loading a cc with a cc...

Uh-oh....

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #681 on: November 04, 2014, 03:06:46 PM »
wife just tried to load in brooklyn and cashier sent her to cs and they said cant load with a cc since its loading a cc with a cc...
Well your supposed to answer that 'you can' and if you don't believe me try it ;-)
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #682 on: November 04, 2014, 03:10:07 PM »
wife just tried to load in brooklyn and cashier sent her to cs and they said cant load with a cc since its loading a cc with a cc...
You also don't need to say its a cc b4 you swipe, just tell them you want to load it, the system will say you need id bc it's a cc, it will also request the last 4 digest, all these things don't happen when your using a debit..
Obviously you CAN use a credit card, they just don't know,
We need to educate them on there job :-p
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #683 on: November 04, 2014, 03:11:05 PM »
Well your supposed to answer that 'you can' and if you don't believe me try it ;-)
Right. Only she doesn't like these things. I didn't mean to uh oh, rather just point it out...

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #684 on: November 04, 2014, 07:24:31 PM »
....
We need to educate them on there their job :-p

it's not their job, yet. They are in Brooklyn. NY & NJ aren't on the RED card map yet..
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #685 on: November 04, 2014, 07:26:33 PM »
it's not their job, yet. They are in Brooklyn. NY & NJ aren't on the RED card map yet..
Yes it is, at the end of the day, every target is supposed to load...
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #686 on: November 04, 2014, 07:30:17 PM »
Yes it is, at the end of the day, every target is supposed to load...

true, but that's at the 'end of the day'. It may not even be "noon" yet (of 'that' Target day) and they will need to teach their thousands of cashiers, step-by-step, along with policy, FAQs, etc...
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #687 on: November 04, 2014, 07:31:41 PM »
true, but that's at the 'end of the day'. It may not even be "noon" yet (of 'that' Target day) and they will need to teach their thousands of cashiers, step-by-step, along with policy, FAQs, etc...
I think end of day is coming sooner than some of us think

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #688 on: November 04, 2014, 08:01:50 PM »
true, but that's at the 'end of the day'. It may not even be "noon" yet (of 'that' Target day) and they will need to teach their thousands of cashiers, step-by-step, along with policy, FAQs, etc...
So let's help them out and teach them now ;-)
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #689 on: November 04, 2014, 08:27:46 PM »
So I received the card from a friend yesterday.  Registered it online.
Today I went to target in LA.  The cashier asked her manager for help.  The manager got all excited,  said I was the first customer she saw that has it. Showed it to all the nearby cashiers so they would recognize it.  Asked where I got it from because she really wants one....
She said she heard that it should be coming to California in a month or so.
Loaded cc and then gc.
Only issue was that the second cashier asked the same manager for help and she told me I can only do 1k a day,  so I couldn't do the full 1.5k.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #690 on: November 04, 2014, 08:36:03 PM »
I'm happy it's a show roll out I'm getting to teach multiple cashiers how to do it before they get overwhelmed.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #691 on: November 04, 2014, 09:22:40 PM »
So I received the card from a friend yesterday.  Registered it online.
Today I went to target in LA.  The cashier asked her manager for help.  The manager got all excited,  said I was the first customer she saw that has it. Showed it to all the nearby cashiers so they would recognize it.  Asked where I got it from because she really wants one....
She said she heard that it should be coming to California in a month or so.
Loaded cc and then gc.
Only issue was that the second cashier asked the same manager for help and she told me I can only do 1k a day,  so I couldn't do the full 1.5k.
Something doesn't make sense,
Was it the temp card?
You can only load $1,000 after it was registered,
B4 it was registered you can do 500
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #692 on: November 04, 2014, 09:24:23 PM »
What's with this 1G limit?
On line it says $2,500 a day
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #693 on: November 04, 2014, 09:36:26 PM »
1K at a time 2.5K daily.

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #694 on: November 04, 2014, 09:53:35 PM »
1K at a time 2.5K daily.
That's not what 'ganizzy' said, and others, people are reporting that target only allowed $1,000 a day
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #695 on: November 04, 2014, 10:06:15 PM »
is there a limit on the temporary card?

Yes, $500 then $1,000

Something doesn't make sense,
Was it the temp card?
You can only load $1,000 after it was registered,
B4 it was registered you can do 500
I initially loaded 400 on the temp card.  Then wanted to do an additional 1k but manager limited me to 1k total

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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #696 on: November 04, 2014, 10:12:48 PM »
I initially loaded 400 on the temp card.  Then wanted to do an additional 1k but manager limited me to 1k total
You registered the card online after you activated and put $400 while in the store, and then wanted to ad an additional $1,000 and the guy only let $600??
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #697 on: November 04, 2014, 10:42:18 PM »
That's not what 'ganizzy' said, and others, people are reporting that target only allowed $1,000 a day
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #698 on: November 04, 2014, 10:44:51 PM »
Dropr?
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Re: The Target Prepaid REDcard
« Reply #699 on: November 04, 2014, 10:48:41 PM »