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Open Serve: Do 1 of the following:
1) Buy a temporary card. (free in cvs in NJ won’t take cc)($3.95 fee), or
2) Open online. They’ll send you a card. (free)
Note that you COULD have more than one of these: Bluebird (BB), Redcard and serve. 

Loading Serve: Serve does not have any fees to load money.
a) At CVS, 7-11, and Rite Aid ONLY CASH can be loaded.
b) At Walmart GCs …uh Debit Cards (besides Vanilla cards) can be loaded onto Serve just like onto BB. Load limit: $2500/day up to $5000/month
c) At Family Dollar max $499.99/Day, not hard coded, YMMV, Cash or Debit/Gift Card.
WARNING: There are reports of debit cards being drained at FD, and not loading onto Serve, so FD is not recommended.
d) An Amex CC of the serve cardholder can be linked and used to fund your Serve ONLINE. Load limit: $200 per day/$1000 per month
Amex cc loads are not considered cash advance. They DO NOT earn points, or count towards a spending threshold.
e) Debit Cards linked to Serve: $200/day up to 1000/month ONLINE.  But only a permanent DC with your name on it. (NOT GCs)

So your total loading limit per month, if using all 3 methods is $7K.

-Serve has a $1 monthly inactivity fee (waived in VA, NY and TX) that is waived if you use Direct Deposit OR add $500.
-If Serve has a bonus for using direct deposit, use AP.

Using the funds on Serve:
-Free ATM use/withdrawal at MoneyPass ATMs. $2 elsewhere.
-Serve has a Bill Pay feature – same as BB.  You tell them who to pay, and they send a check for you.  You can pay up to 5k of unregistered billers, but 10K of registered ones (registered= those on their bill pay list). Pay your Credit Cards bills as well as many other bills or any person!
WARNING: Do not use the bill pay feature to pay the Credit Card that is linked for online loads.
-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.
Withdraw to your bank https://secure.serve.com/Actions/WithdrawMoney

Make sure the name, address and phone number on your profile match your credit card billing address, or you may get declined.  When linking your credit card at serve.com, the website will only show you the address on your profile, but not the phone number, so this is easy to overlook.  Go to profile, and check/update your phone number there.

Error likely with the Serve account:
When you create a new account and add a credit card, you will be allowed to do the first transaction. After that, your account will probably go into system lockdown until you verify some information. Likely error message for this case is "Risk declined operation" when you try to add money on to the account. You will need to send in (online, fax or mail) a photo ID and a copy of your credit card or statement. Upload your documents here -
https://secure.serve.com/User/SecureFileUpload. Then Call up AMEX Account Protection Services at 1-800-555-4318 and tell them you uploaded the documents and ask them to verify it for you.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3940 on: October 14, 2015, 09:54:18 AM »
Would have been classier just to say that you were wrong and apologize after calling me out for posting bad info than to deflect and change your argument.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3941 on: October 14, 2015, 10:00:01 AM »
Point is simple, don't call people out point blank for being wrong unless you're darn sure.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3942 on: October 14, 2015, 10:03:42 AM »
Point is simple, don't call people out point blank for being wrong unless you're darn sure.
You've got thin skin for a person that's been doing this a long time and has been accused of much worse. This is a minor obscure issue. Settle down. Go look for some more tissue deals.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3943 on: October 14, 2015, 10:06:04 AM »
The post is incorrect on that point - they no longer accept those cards.
ur wrong, as long as they r linked to ur acct with serve/softcard before it still works. no fee charged, unless it changed during october

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3944 on: October 14, 2015, 10:06:34 AM »
You've got thin skin for a person that's been doing this a long time and has been accused of much worse. This is a minor obscure issue. Settle down. Go look for some more tissue deals.
Common he is trying to teach you to have some class... And your proving his point that you ain't got it at all

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3945 on: October 14, 2015, 10:09:00 AM »
ur wrong, as long as they r linked to ur acct with serve/softcard before it still works. no fee charged, unless it changed during october
Hi again its me

So it changed? The rule of only amex cc loading to serve changed?
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3946 on: October 14, 2015, 10:09:38 AM »
Point is simple, don't call people out point blank for being wrong unless you're darn sure.
How about this? http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=6437.msg1283777.msg#1283777
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3947 on: October 14, 2015, 10:10:02 AM »
ur wrong, as long as they r linked to ur acct with serve/softcard before it still works. no fee charged, unless it changed during october
Yes, Dan corrected me on that point. My problem was that I view softcard as a way to easily meet spending thresholds, so for my purposes there's no benefit to use an old card that was linked in april. I'd rather make $1K+ through loading $9K over 3 months than the 1-2% that I would get from loading it from an old mastercard/visa.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3948 on: October 14, 2015, 10:10:47 AM »
Hi again its me

So it changed? The rule of only amex cc loading to serve changed?
i dont know if it has but it hadnt at the beginning of oct. so my pt is unless it changed in the interim it should still be going

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3949 on: October 14, 2015, 10:13:27 AM »
Yes, Dan corrected me on that point. My problem was that I view softcard as a way to easily meet spending thresholds, so for my purposes there's no benefit to use an old card that was linked in april. I'd rather make $1K+ through loading $9K over 3 months than the 1-2% that I would get from loading it from an old mastercard/visa.
Well it is a totally free 1-2%, so why not? Less useful I agree than to meet thresholds but free is free :)

I just not sure why you can't add a new visa/MC.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3950 on: October 14, 2015, 10:25:57 AM »
Well it is a totally free 1-2%, so why not? Less useful I agree than to meet thresholds but free is free :)

I just not sure why you can't add a new visa/MC.
Haven't tried adding a new Visa/MC in a while, not sure if it even lets you put it in. Even if it does, you generally cannot load from a new CC without it getting approved by a rep at serve first and they won't approve a Visa/MC.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3951 on: October 14, 2015, 10:27:03 AM »
How about this? http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=6437.msg1283777.msg#1283777
What post are you referring to? Link just leads me to the previous page of this thread.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3952 on: October 14, 2015, 10:27:05 AM »
Yes, Dan corrected me on that point. My problem was that I view softcard as a way to easily meet spending thresholds, so for my purposes there's no benefit to use an old card that was linked in april. I'd rather make $1K+ through loading $9K over 3 months than the 1-2% that I would get from loading it from an old mastercard/visa.
Not everybody has a hard time hitting thresholds. Inexperience doesn't equal Dan being wrong.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3953 on: October 14, 2015, 10:29:06 AM »
What post are you referring to? Link just leads me to the previous page of this thread.
A post where Dan called me wrong, and i don't know if he was darn sure.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3954 on: October 14, 2015, 10:29:47 AM »
Not everybody has a hard time hitting thresholds. Your inexperience doesn't equal Dan being wrong.
Oh geez, now I have the minions attacking me. Everybody has their own perspective I guess. To me serve is best utilized hitting thresholds but if you want to use it to make $15 a month then more power to you.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3955 on: October 14, 2015, 10:31:56 AM »
A post where Dan called me wrong, and i don't know if he was darn sure.
I was brought up to only call someone wrong if I was darn sure and it's a cold day in gehenim when I have egg on my face in those situations.

BTW, to link to a post you need click on the thread title immediately above the post in question.
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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3956 on: October 14, 2015, 10:35:01 AM »
Wait so I can't add a new Visa/MC to my SoftServe now? I haven't tried in awhile.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3957 on: October 14, 2015, 10:36:21 AM »
Oh geez, now I have the minions attacking me. Everybody has their own perspective I guess. To me serve is best utilized hitting thresholds but if you want to use it to make $15 a month then more power to you.

Serve is for thresholds all the way, easily done online.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3958 on: October 14, 2015, 10:37:00 AM »
Wait so I can't add a new Visa/MC to my SoftServe now? I haven't tried in awhile.

According to this from 2 months ago, you should be able to - http://milestomemories.boardingarea.com/softcard-serve-credit-card-loads/.

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Re: Amexserve/Softcard
« Reply #3959 on: October 14, 2015, 10:39:04 AM »
According to this from 2 months ago, you should be able to - http://milestomemories.boardingarea.com/softcard-serve-credit-card-loads/.
+1, changed mine a couple of months ago.