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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-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.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 #1180 on: August 15, 2014, 04:48:53 PM »
remember its only worth it IMHO for spending thresholds due to $4.95 fee.
I don't think it will go out of hand like TD GO which was so much cheaper.
Also Moneypak with cc might not be available in every city.


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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1181 on: August 17, 2014, 01:01:29 AM »
remember its only worth it IMHO for spending thresholds due to $4.95 fee.
Although I agree with that, most people here seem not to.
Thats why many people here are busy buying OV and going to WM or getting MO's.

I don't see how it's worth it for the $5 earnings per each $500 card (assuming you value the points a 2 cents or use Arrival card).
Now if your using a 5% bonus category card, thats another story..

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1182 on: August 17, 2014, 01:09:48 AM »
remember its only worth it IMHO for spending thresholds due to $4.95 fee.
You need to get out more.
I just found a new supply of forks!

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1183 on: August 17, 2014, 01:10:26 AM »
 I'm doing it for thresholds.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1184 on: August 17, 2014, 01:44:14 AM »
I'm doing it for thresholds.
I understand that but it is also used in other ways.
I just found a new supply of forks!

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1185 on: August 17, 2014, 01:52:47 AM »
You need to get out more.

+100

I would pay a pretty penny to find a nearby place that sells with CC.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1186 on: August 17, 2014, 02:03:01 AM »
+100

I would pay a pretty penny to find a nearby place that sells with CC.
Sold! PM me. :P

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1187 on: August 17, 2014, 04:37:41 PM »
+100

I would pay a pretty penny to find a nearby place that sells with CC.
If you're willing to change your full time job, it may be worth it to move.

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« Reply #1188 on: August 17, 2014, 04:39:42 PM »
If you're willing to change your full time job, it may be worth it to move.
Maybe this is his full time job. :P

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1189 on: August 17, 2014, 10:59:55 PM »
I purchased a NFC case for att 5s on ebay but i get the message: the attached sleeve is not meant to be used with this version of the isis wallet.
anyone knows if there is any way to get it to work?
thanks.

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« Reply #1190 on: August 18, 2014, 02:35:14 AM »
I purchased a NFC case for att 5s on ebay but i get the message: the attached sleeve is not meant to be used with this version of the isis wallet.
anyone knows if there is any way to get it to work?
thanks.

It can probably work if you jailbreak and use Flex to allow it.
But it's likely that you won't know how to use Flex.
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1191 on: August 18, 2014, 05:05:49 PM »
From what I understood I can use my Cc[British airways] to load my serve card in family dollar.
When I went into the store they said it has to be a debit card ( gift card :p)

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1193 on: August 18, 2014, 06:03:31 PM »
Can I pm you too?
LOL, I was kidding, hence the :P.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1194 on: August 18, 2014, 07:55:38 PM »
From what I understood I can use my Cc[British airways] to load my serve card in family dollar.
When I went into the store they said it has to be a debit card ( gift card :p)
Loading with c.c is done online

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1195 on: August 18, 2014, 10:24:50 PM »
Quick question:

Do we need to add $500 per month to AU cards also to avoid the monthly fee, or just for the main card?

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« Reply #1196 on: August 18, 2014, 11:35:08 PM »
Quick question:

Do we need to add $500 per month to AU cards also to avoid the monthly fee, or just for the main card?

Thanks.
never heard of someone adding an AU to their Serve or BB card, interesting! lol. but i would imagine its just $500 load per account.

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« Reply #1197 on: August 18, 2014, 11:54:34 PM »
never heard of someone adding an AU to their Serve or BB card, interesting! lol. but i would imagine its just $500 load per account.

It's per account.
AUs are good if you take advantage of the amex offers.
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« Reply #1198 on: August 19, 2014, 12:03:10 AM »
AUs are good if you take advantage of the amex offers.
ah. true that!

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« Reply #1199 on: August 19, 2014, 11:37:02 AM »
Thanks for the replies. Only reason I got AU was to take advantage of AMEX offers.

yuneeq: When you say, it's per account, does that mean main account or the AU accounts too? Sorry if I didn't understand you.

Thanks.