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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-money in your Serve account can be withdrawn directly to a linked bank account, which, if done too much, may be seen as risky by Serve, but in moderation should be fine.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 #1260 on: August 28, 2014, 10:37:44 AM »
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1261 on: August 28, 2014, 11:14:06 AM »
anyways, here's your answer...
Thank you very much.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1262 on: August 28, 2014, 11:56:39 AM »
Looks like NFC is coming to the iPhone, which will make ISIS a possibility on iPhone, we should find out on 9/9.
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/iphone-6-to-use-nfc/?mbid=social_twitter

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« Reply #1263 on: August 28, 2014, 05:09:47 PM »
Looks like NFC is coming to the iPhone, which will make ISIS a possibility on iPhone, we should find out on 9/9.
http://www.wired.com/2014/08/iphone-6-to-use-nfc/?mbid=social_twitter
You can use Isis on the current iPhone if you have an NFC case.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1264 on: August 28, 2014, 05:35:38 PM »

You can use Isis on the current iPhone if you have an NFC case.
You're right. Hopefully it'll now be possible without a case.

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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1265 on: August 31, 2014, 09:16:13 PM »
anyways, here's your answer...
so I did all this gave em all the information then was able to add more money but now again get this message trying to add with cc: You have the following errors. We're sorry, something went wrong! Please try again.  Any ideas what is wrong now?

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« Reply #1266 on: August 31, 2014, 09:26:40 PM »
so I did all this gave em all the information then was able to add more money but now again get this message trying to add with cc: You have the following errors. We're sorry, something went wrong! Please try again.  Any ideas what is wrong now?
Did you max out your daily / monthly load limit? Did you max out the CC?

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« Reply #1267 on: August 31, 2014, 09:43:31 PM »
Did you max out your daily / monthly load limit? Did you max out the CC?
no not at all did not do much.

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« Reply #1268 on: August 31, 2014, 10:19:40 PM »
Did you max out your daily / monthly load limit? Did you max out the CC?
I had something similar that my credit card thought it was fraud, so when I spoke to the credit card, then it went thru smoothly with serve
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« Reply #1269 on: August 31, 2014, 11:26:14 PM »
I had something similar that my credit card thought it was fraud, so when I spoke to the credit card, then it went thru smoothly with serve
yes that's what it was

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« Reply #1270 on: September 01, 2014, 02:04:45 AM »
I kept having the same issue with my Ink. I spoke to Chase and the next 1 or 2 went through, then I started getting the error messages again. At that point I had already met minimum spend on the Ink so I switched to the next card without bothering to iron out with Chase again. But frustrating that they did start flagging it again...
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Re: Amex Serve.com
« Reply #1271 on: September 01, 2014, 02:52:58 PM »
Anyone try closing Serve and reopening through ISIS?

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« Reply #1272 on: September 01, 2014, 03:09:01 PM »
Anyone try closing Serve and reopening through ISIS?

Yes I just did it

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« Reply #1273 on: September 01, 2014, 03:15:18 PM »
Yes I just did it
And did you get the higher limits?

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« Reply #1274 on: September 01, 2014, 05:17:17 PM »
And did you get the higher limits?

I did it too and I got the higher limits.
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« Reply #1275 on: September 01, 2014, 05:22:28 PM »
I did it too and I got the higher limits.
how long do you have to wait after closing to open the new one?
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« Reply #1276 on: September 01, 2014, 05:39:25 PM »
how long do you have to wait after closing to open the new one?

I did it in a few minutes, but make sure your acct is actually closed

I got the higher limits the tmobile sign up bounus and the isis referral bonus
If you don't already have Isis PM me your email address and I can refer you for a $10 Amazon gc
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« Reply #1277 on: September 02, 2014, 09:28:43 AM »
Any sign up bonuses for non isus account opening

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« Reply #1278 on: September 02, 2014, 11:48:41 AM »
Not letting me install app on my phone
How do I find out if its sim or phone was rooted?

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« Reply #1279 on: September 02, 2014, 11:59:21 AM »
Not letting me install app on my phone
How do I find out if its sim or phone was rooted?
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