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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-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.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
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #741 on: July 28, 2014, 01:08:28 PM »
Is the only way to close BB  PUTPAC?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #742 on: July 28, 2014, 02:22:12 PM »
Got my serve ! Loaded $200 from a cc. Unloaded a vanilla @family dollar!

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #743 on: July 28, 2014, 02:31:51 PM »
Any way to sign up to isis with straight talk or iPhone?   

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #744 on: July 28, 2014, 02:44:43 PM »
Got my serve ! Loaded $200 from a cc. Unloaded a vanilla @family dollar!
Did you load the $200 from a cc @ Family Dollar or online?
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #745 on: July 28, 2014, 02:54:21 PM »
Got my serve ! Loaded $200 from a cc. Unloaded a vanilla @family dollar!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/07/28/336053276/dollar-tree-to-buy-family-dollar-in-8-5-billion-deal

Maybe we'll get more locations now. Family Dollar is really useful for me now, what with being in a Walmart desert.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #746 on: July 28, 2014, 03:49:39 PM »
it will probably be suspicious to load my serve with say united explorer and then use serve to pay it back?

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #747 on: July 28, 2014, 04:29:06 PM »
Got my serve ! Loaded $200 from a cc. Unloaded a vanilla @family dollar!
I haven't hit family dollar yet, so:  It works like a cashier load at Walmart? 

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #748 on: July 28, 2014, 04:39:22 PM »
it will probably be suspicious to load my serve with say united explorer and then use serve to pay it back?
If thats something you're worried about you could always pay off a different card with Serve and just pay the UE normally, or withdraw the money you loaded online free via a moneypass atm and then deposit it to your bank account and pay the cc bill normally.
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« Reply #749 on: July 28, 2014, 04:42:47 PM »
I haven't hit family dollar yet, so:  It works like a cashier load at Walmart?

no a bit different. u walk in to family dollar and you head over and get a Vanilla Reload! Thats correct a VR (at least thats how they did it for me) This VR is not like a reg VR. The front of it looks like the old VR that we use to be able to buy with a cc. However the back has NO scratch off or anything of the sort ONLY a bar-code. Bring that to the register and ask them to load your AMEX serve card. Just to note it says $3.95 load fee @ the top right corner but there is no fee.

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« Reply #750 on: July 28, 2014, 04:57:40 PM »
no a bit different. u walk in to family dollar and you head over and get a Vanilla Reload! Thats correct a VR (at least thats how they did it for me) This VR is not like a reg VR. The front of it looks like the old VR that we use to be able to buy with a cc. However the back has NO scratch off or anything of the sort ONLY a bar-code. Bring that to the register and ask them to load your AMEX serve card. Just to note it says $3.95 load fee @ the top right corner but there is no fee.
and then u cud load more than $1500/month from cc??

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #751 on: July 28, 2014, 05:02:27 PM »
and then u cud load more than $1500/month from cc??
it is not considered a CC load so you can do the max.
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« Reply #752 on: July 28, 2014, 05:03:12 PM »
Hey Dan... I thought u said u not posting serve on the main site!!???

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #753 on: July 28, 2014, 05:03:48 PM »

Hey Dan... I thought u said u not posting serve on the main site!!???
That was only because he wasn't familiar with the ins and outs but now that he got it for himself...

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« Reply #754 on: July 28, 2014, 05:06:16 PM »
he pick all your brains first then it hit DDMS. don't you all feel used?  :)
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he pick all your brains first then it hit DDMS. don't you all feel used?  :)
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« Reply #756 on: July 28, 2014, 05:10:46 PM »
i applied for isis already. but i have iphone if i buy a case can i upgrade to load $1500 a month?

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« Reply #757 on: July 28, 2014, 05:14:13 PM »
i applied for isis already. but i have iphone if i buy a case can i upgrade to load $1500 a month?
u mean u applied for serve already??

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« Reply #758 on: July 28, 2014, 05:16:01 PM »
u mean u applied for serve already??

ye sorry.

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« Reply #759 on: July 28, 2014, 05:18:24 PM »
u mean u applied for serve already??
you might want to read the new wiki.  ;)

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