Get a $25 statement credit when you sign up for a new Serve account and use your card for one purchase of $50

i have money on my serve account and have tried to use the card at pizza hut safeway and it does not work either place..been meaning to call and ask them whats up..anybody got any ideas why?

sue2000 said:   i have money on my serve account and have tried to use the card at pizza hut safeway and it does not work either place..been meaning to call and ask them whats up..anybody got any ideas why?

It works for me. The only I have had is paying in-person. The cashiers look at the card and cannot tell that it is an AMEX. The new cards solve this problem by putting AMEX on the front of the card and a name on the bottom. They look like regular AMEX CC and prepaid.

PrincipalMember said:   Just buy an Amazon gift card from those funds - so much easier - can be done from the comfort of your home without having to deal with cashiers who have no clue on how to process anything new.People keep speaking as if Amazon Gift cards are worth 1:1 cash. Even though they are not traded on PlasticJungle et al, that's not the case! OMax was just selling Amazon gift cards 90c/$ last month. If you shop a lot on Amazon, you should have a Citi Forward for the 5% (worth 6.67 with TY Premier & flights), so Amazon gift cards are worth at most 95c/$.

Serve was an interesting concept, but from skimming through the data, people got shut down even if the loaded up just the $100/day & $250/month limit. That's not even considering whether, or how, they unloaded their Serve.

This deal is good for a one-time perk if you're new to Serve, but as a continuous use account, I doubt you can do much with it due to the low monthly limits and high risks of shut-down.

centrifuge41 said:   People keep speaking as if Amazon Gift cards are worth 1:1 cash. Even though they are not traded on PlasticJungle et al, that's not the case! OMax was just selling Amazon gift cards 90c/$ last month. If you shop a lot on Amazon, you should have a Citi Forward for the 5% (worth 6.67 with TY Premier & flights), so Amazon gift cards are worth at most 95c/$.

You can start making similar cases for everything. Don't spend the serve at restaurant where you can get 5% during the Discover/Chase promotion period. Or don't buy gas with it since there is a card that gives you 5%. And don't do groceries/drugs - since there is another card that gives you 5%. And the list goes on.

TheDealMaker said:   is this a nationwide or a targeted deal? I didn't get any $ from the last AMEX prepaid deal.

Read my post. Found a better deal than this for only a $25 spend. Not targeted. At least not the link at the site I found. Has to be a new Serve account.

I signed up to try it out and funded with a debit card. The FAQ for the promotion says that the $25 credit is instant when the first $50 purchase is made. Now I just have to wait to get the card.

Update : Today I got a new serve card and activated. I logged into my account and 25$ available in my account. I did not do any purchases yet but got $25.

MrMBS said:   Update: I have received the $25 after my $50 purchase posted.

- I funded with $51 from a debit card in case there was a $1 hold for my purchase.
- Made a $50 purchase. (Turns out there was no $1 hold)
- Then waited for the charge to post
- A few days later, the payment posted along with the $25 credit at the same time
- Now I'll make a $26 purchase to clear the account.

Thanks, OP!

Can balance be withdrawn in some way or needs to be spent using the card ?

For kishoreranger and/or MrMBS did either of you get the Serve card during the last promotion?

Yes. In December 2011 I got a serve card and using till I saw this promotion. After seeing this , I closed my serve account and in next 5 minutes, I opened new account using this link.

The best strategy is to use any prepaid cards on items where you earn the lowest from you other cards. For me (with 6% AMEX for groceries, Forward, etc.) any prepaid cards are used where I would otherwise use my 2% Fidelity.

kishoreranger said:   invisible said:   MrMBS said:   Update: I have received the $25 after my $50 purchase posted.

- I funded with $51 from a debit card in case there was a $1 hold for my purchase.
- Made a $50 purchase. (Turns out there was no $1 hold)
- Then waited for the charge to post
- A few days later, the payment posted along with the $25 credit at the same time
- Now I'll make a $26 purchase to clear the account.

Thanks, OP!

Can balance be withdrawn in some way or needs to be spent using the card ?

You can transfer the amount to your bank account with out fee.

Now that I do have $25 added, the option to withdraw seems missing! Under Transaction History it shows the waiting circular dots graphic constantly https://secure.serve.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/loading-icon.... -- where I expect withdraw option to be from last time, not sure if any other place now or am overlooking the obvious elsewhere. Anyone else have this ?

Edit:

Figured out. It needed a strange mindless action to click - and + under MyAccount on right side for add/withdraw button to appear magically. had tried in Chrome and Firefox both latest. Anyhow, works now

So the process to get the $25 is -

Sign up for an account
Link it to a credit/debit card
Wait in the mail to get a serve card
Use the serve card to spend $50
Wait 7 days to get $25 credit

Is that right?

I made my purchase with the serve card over the weekend and rec. the 25 dollar credit today. I had a previous account that got closed a few months back. I might have just closed it because of the anticipated fees.

maddybeagle said:   I made my purchase with the serve card over the weekend and rec. the 25 dollar credit today. I had a previous account that got closed a few months back. I might have just closed it because of the anticipated fees.
What fees were you anticipating?

jfharper said:   maddybeagle said:   I made my purchase with the serve card over the weekend and rec. the 25 dollar credit today. I had a previous account that got closed a few months back. I might have just closed it because of the anticipated fees.
What fees were you anticipating?

https://www.serve.com/legal/#Services_and_Charges

"There are no fees to set up a scheduled transaction. Serve is also waiving credit card and debit card load fees until March 15, 2013. Please note that your credit card company may charge you a cash advance fee for loading money from your credit card. Please check with your credit card issuer for details."

winsome said:   Got an email asking for a copy of my license and proof of my social. Considering this is a prepaid card I am not prepared to send anyone a copy of my license. Weird they did not ask for that before they withdrew the money from my account.

I received the same email on Tuesday. I am not sending that information.

Thanks for this .. After reading through the terms of my AMEX prepaid card i had to load with 200.00 for the last deal. I dont see any fees for cash advances or anything so I am going to load 25.00 on this card from that.

I am using Chase freedom card to load the funds to my server account. It was appearing as purchase. My wife is using Citi Dividend card and posting as purchase.