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[News] Visa cards are currently NOT working
- Thread starter TomandJerry
- Start date
My visa didn’t work yesterday
And how would that solve a line out issue in a shop ? Also what about those of us without a credit card ?
studio150
Well-known member
If you don't have a credit card use cash
ManOfSussex
We wunt be druv
Very interesting! Look at his face! Just look at his face
So you're suggesting everyone without an alternative card should carry enough cash to cover what they plan to purchase on their card just in case ?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I don't know what a line out issue is, but our Visa card worked in two places yesterday teatime, but then failed in Morrison's. My other half also has a MasterCard credit card, so he used that instead, which worked.
Does it mean no telephone lines working?
That wasn't the issue yesterday.
It does indeed mean telephone/broadband lines down. Some of the problems yesterday were down to Visa but some were down to the Talk Talk network having a major outage. Many traders with PDQ machines on a Talk Talk line couldn't take any card payments not just Visa. Talk Talk issued a MSO notice to telecoms providers - although we knew before they sent that as we were taking hundreds of calls each hour from traders.
studio150
Well-known member
So you're suggesting everyone without an alternative card should carry enough cash to cover what they plan to purchase on their card just in case ?
Nothing wrong with carrying cash around.
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
There is when a pensioner still walks to the post office, collects their pension, gets shoved to the ground and their handbag taken, as happened to a good friend of mine in her 80s.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You got your weekly shop for under £30
We spent £17 in Lidls, £20 in the garage, and then usually use Apple watch in Morrisons which is contactless but linked to our bank account via a Visa debit card.
Other customers were able to use chip and pin, some contactless. It was very random.
PS Would you like my DOB too?
The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
I was just impressed you got your weekly shop done for less than £30 !!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Sadly no, It was more than double that.
450g water, 500g chicken, Tesco IS Satan, Waitrose is expensive, you have not been charged for this service
studio150
Well-known member
Unfortunate but an extremely rare occurrence. On the same basis you could argue don't carry cards in case you are mugged or subject to on line fraud
Contactless limit is £30 but my I've used Google Pay for shopping up to £100 and probably more with no problem
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Not so rare unfortunately, but a lot of pensioners now get their pensions paid in directly to their banks. Post Offices didn't like taking delivery of large sums of cash either.
Yes, Apple pay works the same way.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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So you're suggesting everyone without an alternative card should carry enough cash to cover what they plan to purchase on their card just in case ?
certain should carry some cash, if only a £10. this is at least 3rd major payment network outage in past 10 years or so.