REDbird credit card loads: here today, gone tomorrow? Developing…

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Note: As of 10/13/15 the Target REDcard (REDbird) can only be loaded with cash in-store at Target. Gift cards and/or debit cards no longer work to load REDcard. For more info, see: Here is the REDbird memo, “Cash is the only tender guests can use”

As of May 6, 2015, Target no longer accepts credit cards for in-store REDbird reloads. For more information, please see “REDbird Post Memo Answers“, and “REDbird grounded. Now what?

I hate spreading unconfirmed rumors, but this one is important, if true.  A few people via comments on this blog have reported a memo that supposedly went out to all Target stores saying that credit cards will no longer be an allowed form of payment as of tomorrow May 6.  Honestly, I didn’t think much of it at first since it is common for memos to be described as corporate wide when they are store specific, but then Dan of Dan’s Deals claims to have confirmed the memo himself.

Assuming this is true, there is no word yet on whether this will be hard coded in the register or left to employees to enforce.  There is also no word yet on whether or not debit card payments will be allowed.

I tried to verify this memo at my local Target, but the overall store manager knew nothing about it.  Maybe there’s hope?  Maybe the memo is store specific, after all?  I’ll post again once more is known.

Why publish now, without proof?

I wanted to give everyone a heads up in case this is true.  If you can, it would be worth running out to Target today for what might be your final credit card load.

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