Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

Since the woman told me to use the Visa electron card for Amazon and other purchases, yes I believe it is a credit card.
The woman also told me that the Visa electron card is more acceptable than MasterCard in most countries of the world.

I still think it´s really bad that clients have not been informed that their MasterCard can no longer be used.

Edited to add: I should have mentioned that this Visa card is Barclaycard Platinum.

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

He has been in touch with them and you are right he can't any longer use it for Amazon ! Tesco still take it though so he can still get his petrol but he is going to carry another card in case.

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

Hi

Not a problem that I will ever have.

I refuse to use Amazon and will continue to not use them until they start paying tax properly.

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

Thanks for letting me know Julie, it´s somewhat of a relief to know it wasn´t just me having a problem. At least your husband knows why he was having problems now too. Thanks again.

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

1) If it is a credit card you are getting up to 60 days the same as with Mastercard.

2) I wonder what "more acceptable" really means, maybe they have done a 'deal' with Visa that saves money (for them ) maybe it means more places accept Visa than accept Mastercard

3) Whatever the reasons behind this you are right they should have written to you (and all customers) to tell them of the changes.

4) I woud like to know why PayPal would only accept my Visa card and not my Mastercard, there's something going on which we (the customers) are not being told

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

Hi

An explanation of why Mastercard is being dumped by many.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...-compensation/

As I posted earlier, I do not use Amazon.

I have just had 4 emails from a Company called G & S Trading based in Germany.

The emails are in German, thanking me for my order from Amazon Marketplace and telling me that is has been dispatched and is arriving Saturday.

I wonder what it is?

I like surprises.

Re: Barclaycard and Amazon

I agree, it´s all very odd and it all seemed to happen so quickly too, apparently without anyone being informed. Without checking I can´t remember the exact date, but it first happened with me when I ordered flowers for Mr Clumsy´s brother who died, I did post about it. All I kept getting was "payment refused", I couldn´t understand it, I couldn´t contact Amazon at that point either, unless I made a very expensive phone call from here, and I didn´t, I just gave up.

I decided to try again with a small order, and lo and behold, payment refused, but now, for me at least, the "contact Amazon by email" suddenly appeared again, it had completely disappeared the previous time. I sent an email, I got a reply, basically just telling me to contact my bank, so that´s when I gave in and telephoned Barclaycard. Obviously I have now realised I wasn´t the only one having a problem. Very odd that it happened so quickly and nobody was informed of the change.