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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-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.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: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #280 on: February 28, 2014, 02:47:10 PM »
Anybody is able to load the daily limit of $500 via cc? Mine keeps maxing out after $200 per week...

https://www.serve.com/help/?intlink=us-serve-partner-isis-marketing-lpq4launch-faq#/use-your-card-5


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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #281 on: March 04, 2014, 08:25:41 PM »
Get $20 when you have your federal tax refund deposited directly into your Serve account.

https://www.serve.com/help/#/#add-money-1
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #282 on: March 09, 2014, 09:01:36 AM »
I know its possible to load with debit card $1000 per month, has anyone been able load with a visa or mastercard gc?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #283 on: March 09, 2014, 09:19:45 AM »
I know its possible to load with debit card $1000 per month, has anyone been able load with a visa or mastercard gc?

It worked for me over a year ago, but not since then.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #284 on: March 09, 2014, 11:11:19 AM »
I know its possible to load with debit card $1000 per month, has anyone been able load with a visa or mastercard gc?

You can use gift cards but Its a known riskfactor... Serve does spot checks on credit and debit cards

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #285 on: March 09, 2014, 02:46:03 PM »
It worked for me over a year ago, but not since then.
Why, is it because you used to be able to add it to your account and now you cant? or you could still add it but you just cant charge it?

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« Reply #286 on: March 10, 2014, 01:43:22 AM »
You can use gift cards but Its a known riskfactor... Serve does spot checks on credit and debit cards
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Why, is it because you used to be able to add it to your account and now you cant? or you could still add it but you just cant charge it?
Can't add it.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #287 on: March 20, 2014, 06:42:26 PM »
FYI, if they close down your Serve account, you can't open up a BB account either.
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« Reply #288 on: March 20, 2014, 07:40:21 PM »
What is the monthly limit to a bank account?
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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« Reply #289 on: March 20, 2014, 09:17:17 PM »
What is the monthly limit to a bank account?
What do you mean, to withdraw into? or do you mean to fund from debit card?

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« Reply #290 on: March 20, 2014, 09:21:40 PM »
What do you mean, to withdraw into? or do you mean to fund from debit card?
What is the monthly limit to transfer to your savings/checking account?
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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« Reply #291 on: March 20, 2014, 09:32:31 PM »
What is the monthly limit to transfer to your savings/checking account?
Not sure. Their limits say 'send money-2500' but I think that is to another card holder, not to your bank. what is bb limit? (I don't think there is one.)

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« Reply #292 on: March 20, 2014, 09:35:28 PM »
Not sure. Their limits say 'send money-2500' but I think that is to another card holder, not to your bank. what is bb limit? (I don't think there is one.)
BB I pay CC or checks. Serve must be between 9-10k.
Only on DDF does 24/6 mean 24/5/half/half

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« Reply #293 on: March 20, 2014, 09:37:45 PM »
BB I pay CC or checks. Serve must be between 9-10k.
serve has billpay as well, You can pay up to 10k a month (only 5k if unregistered billers)

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« Reply #294 on: March 20, 2014, 09:40:44 PM »
serve has billpay as well, You can pay up to 10k a month (only 5k if unregistered billers)
I was testing paying different bills not matching accounts (Serve/Biller). Some were reversed and that's how I got more than 10k in the Serve account.
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« Reply #295 on: March 20, 2014, 10:35:00 PM »
I was testing paying different bills not matching accounts (Serve/Biller). Some were reversed and that's how I got more than 10k in the Serve account.
Can't advise. Why don't you make withdrawals to your bank. if you go over the limit, they'll be the first to tell you  :P

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It looks like you can have the same benefits as you have with bluebird here, convenient if you are having trouble with limits.

https://www.serve.com/

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It looks like you can have the same benefits as you have with bluebird here, convenient if you are having trouble with limits.

https://www.serve.com/
See http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=6437.msg769789#msg769789
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #299 on: April 02, 2014, 09:28:47 PM »
Now that CVS CC loads are dead, does anyone know of alternative load methods?