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solo / electron card?

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Miss_Cinnabon
Miss_Cinnabon Posts: 19,481 Forumite
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I am looking for a bank that does solo cards as i had this last year but the halifax changed it to electron for the chip and pin.

I am finding it hard as not many people accept electron especially tesco delivery.

Any help please?
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  • tattooed_lady
    tattooed_lady Posts: 1,591 Forumite
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    I had the same problem with Halifax and Tesco, ended up shopping with Sainsbury's at Home cos they took electron! I've read on here that Nat West Step account comes with a solo card ;)
    Mortgage-free wannabe!
  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    According to the Solo Card website the only banks that issue them are NatWest & HSBC.
    http://www.solocard.co.uk/index2.asp
    NatWest's basic Step account has solo cards but I've had a quick look at HSBC and the only accounts I could see with a Solo were the accounts for under 18's.
    Dum Spiro Spero
  • virgin_moneysaver
    virgin_moneysaver Posts: 1,286 Forumite
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    Natwest step account has solo card and facility for paying s/o & d/d but no cheque book & no overdraft
  • JoseChungsDoomsday
    JoseChungsDoomsday Posts: 823 Forumite
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    you should complain to tescos... lot of people yap about electron cards but if they complained to places like tescos it wouldnt take long for them to change things!
    :santa2:
  • Curry_Queen
    Curry_Queen Posts: 5,589 Forumite
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    Tesco's don't give a damn!!! :mad:

    I was with the Halifax until about a year ago and originally had a Solo card until they changed it to Electron back in May/June last year. This meant I couldn't get my shopping at Tesco online anymore (and also made life hell buying almost anything online until people slowly started accepting Electron) but because I'm disabled I can only do my shopping online, so I spent months bitterly complaining to Tesco about it but they just didn't care! :confused:

    I also requested an account upgrade with Halifax to get a Visa debit card which they also refused, so in the end I told them they could stick their account where the sun don't shine and opened a Lloyds TSB account, whereby I was immediately given a Visa debit card! :D
    "An Ye Harm None, Do What Ye Will"
    ~
    It is that what you do, good or bad,
    will come back to you three times as strong!
  • tgirltina
    tgirltina Posts: 2 Newbie
    Solo and Electron Debit cards should be accepted in everyplace other cards are taken. These cards are just as good if not better as they do not let you gett into debt. So lets stop the snobbery of platinum cards and start a pressure group to make all retailers take them .
    Is there any such groups? I HAVE writen and phoned to complain and had many silly excuses. Please help me fight this cause.
    Tina.
  • JoseChungsDoomsday
    JoseChungsDoomsday Posts: 823 Forumite
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    try contact solo and visa directly?

    https://www.solocard.co.uk

    http://international.visa.com/ps/products/electron/

    the should be able to give you tips
    :santa2:
  • tgirltina
    tgirltina Posts: 2 Newbie
    Lets Start a Pressure group to make all shops take ,electron and solo. Sainsburys won,t take solo or electron on line. Wh smiths ,woolworths,next and many more shops refuse to take them. This must stop. PLatinum cards should be banned.
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    tgirltina wrote:
    Solo and Electron Debit cards should be accepted in everyplace other cards are taken.... lets stop the snobbery of platinum cards
    Well, 'platinum' does not mean anything now. Usually this term is used with some credit cards. Many shops do not accept credit cards (ALDI, for example). Let's start campaign?
    Many shops do not accept any cards (newsagents, Bonkers, charity shops...). Let's start campaign?
    Many don't accept Amex. Let's start ...?
    Visa-electron is more difficult (and, probably, slow, costly) to process. I think it is up to retailers to decide what cards to accept. If they don't accept some cards it is their decision and they just lose some customers. And you can always withdraw cash and pay cash, besides on-line purchases, of course.
  • ukbill69
    ukbill69 Posts: 2,790 Forumite
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    Barclays Business card terminals and electron do not mix, you can only use electron if the customer is present. And guess what barclays are the main provider for card terminals.
    Kind Regards
    Bill
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