Problem with TSB contactless?
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My TSB contactless works in every store I have used it in except would you believe Waitrose!
This store is the only place in which I have a problem in reading the contactless on a 50-50 occasion. This is over 2 stores.
The cashier in one of them, said that she has seen a notice on their notice board saying they are updating their readers this month.
I await in anticipation.
This is happening to me more and more at Waitrose and particularly in the last week.
It doesn't ask for PIN, it appears to be working then the card reading screen freezes and has to be reset. Just tried two TSB cards five times, then tried Co-op card worked first time!
So could be Waitrose ancient card readers or TSB or both:(?0 -
Seeing as this thread seemed to have morphed into a discussion on the TSB contactless card shenanigans:-
I have two debit cards that I use to spend my £100 each month and neither of them have been rejected once in six months.
The reason is, before I go in and do my spend, I put them in an ATM and use 'PIN unblock'. That satisfies their (suspiciously over-frequent) PIN use requirement and saves me time at the tills.0 -
Mine asked for card insert in Lidl the other day, I used my 123 instead for the 1%, then used it successfully in Aldi 15 mins later so it seems it is not always TSB asking for PIN.
I have found £20+ purchases appear as pending on my account [STRIKE]and Brewers Fayre always shows as pending.[/STRIKE]
edit: just disproved that bit0 -
Mine asked for card insert in Lidl the other day, I used my 123 instead for the 1%, then used it successfully in Aldi 15 mins later so it seems it is not always TSB asking for PIN.
I am doing a low value C&P transaction just before I hit the £50 mark and that seems to be working well for me.0 -
Just how much money are TSB saving by not having to pay cashback for contactless payments. My card is rejected for 80% of my transactions- the dreaded two bleeps and please insert your card. Therefore I cannot claim my promised cashback and have only once managed to reach the full £5 once.0
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Just how much money are TSB saving by not having to pay cashback for contactless payments. My card is rejected for 80% of my transactions- the dreaded two bleeps and please insert your card. Therefore I cannot claim my promised cashback and have only once managed to reach the full £5 once.
Perhaps TSB will adopt Andoid pay. Between that and Apple pay, most people would then be able to avoid this situation in the future.0 -
Not sure why there is so much variability in peoples experiences.
This is speculation, but if the amount that a person can spend using contactless before they are asked for their PIN is determined by a formula and that formula takes as inputs something like that person's total contactless spend in the past year and/or or their average spend per contactless transaction and/or what percentage the transaction is of their current balance, that would explain why we are getting such different results.0 -
My card is rejected for 80% of my transactions- the dreaded two bleeps and please insert your card. Therefore I cannot claim my promised cashback and have only once managed to reach the full £5 once.
Several times I have had the card rejected and had to use the chip & pin facility- that payment still seems to be recorded as contactless on statement and clocks up towards the £100.
Proof of that will be later this week! My £11 spend in Aldi required my PIN input.........Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything! --
Many thanks
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MarkFromCornwall wrote: »This is speculation, but if the amount that a person can spend using contactless before they are asked for their PIN is determined by a formula and that formula takes as inputs something like that person's total contactless spend in the past year and/or or their average spend per contactless transaction and/or what percentage the transaction is of their current balance, that would explain why we are getting such different results.0
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Katiehound wrote: »Several times I have had the card rejected and had to use the chip & pin facility- that payment still seems to be recorded as contactless on statement and clocks up towards the £100.
Proof of that will be later this week! My £11 spend in Aldi required my PIN input.........0
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