Visa Electron and Solo cards

[Pete]

I had to sign on a digital pad in Gateshead

[marksi]

On a kind-of-related note, I sometimes have problems when buying things online with my Switch/Maestro card... the issue number of my card is 0. Zero. But entering zero into some online transaction forms results in it thinking you haven't entered anything into it.

Phone up and say your card is cracked and they'll post you "issue 1".

*Ta-da*

Edit: Oh shite.

It's the fifth card in a row which has been "Issue 0".

[Gareth]

Why... if you're spending under £5 you can't have much anyway and most shops will put stuff back for you if you like. It's common sense. You're mad to pay less than £2 with a card, especially in a small chain/independent shop. Have you got any idea how much it costs to put these transactions through?!

Don't forget it'll cost shops money to put the cash in the bank too.... the joys of Business Bank Accounts - they charge you to put money in, they charge you to take it out!

[nidave]

I pay for most things with a card now - then I can inmprt the statement into Money from online bankig and see where I spend - and try to cut down - if its possable.

[DJGM]

If you were ahead of me me at a til paying for £1.76 worth of goods on
plastic, I would have made my feelings known - never mind the shopkeeper.

You're mad to pay less than £2 with a card, especially in a small chain/independent
shop. Have you got any idea how much it costs to put these transactions through?!

Please re-read the second sentence of the second paragraph in my earlier message:

Usually if I'm only buying only a few quids worth of stuff, I'll pay for it by cash . . .

It was one of those very rare occasions when I was a few pence short of the necessary amount of cash. And anyway, if a
shop accepts plastic, and I'm buying over £5 worth, I'll always use my debit card. I hate carrying too much loose change.

[tillyoshea]

I ordered a chequebook from a cash machine in Guildford, but that didn't arrive at all.

About 2 weeks later, I try another one in another location and in another town - and guess what - it worked. I got a chequebook within the week - the only snag being that they sent me 2 instead.

I had a problem with NatWest some considerable time ago, where they wouldn't stop sending me chequebooks. It got to the stage where they were arriving on an almost daily basis. In the end, I had to close the account to stop them.