sonycard (Mastercard by MBNA)

Lopo

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone makes use of the following card and if you receive the pulsebeats catalogue for getting sony products, if it contains anything half decent in it !?

  http://www.sonycard.co.uk/

At a brief glance,...the card itself is by MBNA, has 0% for 6 months (bal trans with max £35 fee or 2%) and you receive 2000 pulsebeats to get you going...

Thanks in advance...

Lopo

reehsetin

since this thread was made has anyone got one? are they any good ive never used MNBA, only a bog standard HSBC! but i do buy a lot of sony stuff and theyre giving 4,000 points to start
right now ive got my CC set up with a direct debit so it pays it as soon as i get the bill, should be able to do the same with this shouldnt i? any difference to my standard hsbc card?

not to concerned with rates pay everything off straight away and very little chance of me going over the limit, i know theres prob better cards that will give me money or freebies but theyre got to be amazing to tempt me away from this

King_Of_Fools

The pulsebeats catalogue is available online:
http://www.sonycard.co.uk/members/categories.asp

prestatyngirl

reehsetin wrote:

since this thread was made has anyone got one? are they any good ive never used MNBA, only a bog standard HSBC! but i do buy a lot of sony stuff and theyre giving 4,000 points to start

As highlighted by Martin in his credit card freebie article, they're now giving away a Sony MP3 player with the Sony Card. And you can get £4.50 cashback if you apply through Rpoints: http://www.rpoints.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=1077486

AgentOrange

Has anyone actually used the offer of the free MP3 player? How much do you have to spend to receive the 8,200 points needed to get it?

C_Ronaldo

im waiting for a call from them about the card, the mp3 player will arrive when you make your first purchase

xzibit

C_Ronaldo wrote:

im waiting for a call from them about the card, the mp3 player will arrive when you make your first purchase

Do you not have to order it from the catalogue online then? As they give you 8,200 pulse beats, you don't HAVE to have the mp3 player, you can keep the pulsebeats and wait until you have some more surely? As it says you can use the beats against mp3 player, or cds/dvds.

Does anyone know what the ratio of money spent on the card to pulsebeats earnt? Is it 1pb for every £1?

I applied for this card yesterday, so am waiting for them to contact me.

King_Of_Fools

xzibit wrote:

Does anyone know what the ratio of money spent on the card to pulsebeats earnt? Is it 1pb for every £1?

Yes it is 1pb per £1 spent.

Looking at the catalogue it appears that each pb is woth about 0.5p so it is equivalent to a 0.5% cashback.

C_Ronaldo

xzibit wrote:

Do you not have to order it from the catalogue online then? As they give you 8,200 pulse beats, you don't HAVE to have the mp3 player, you can keep the pulsebeats and wait until you have some more surely? As it says you can use the beats against mp3 player, or cds/dvds.

Does anyone know what the ratio of money spent on the card to pulsebeats earnt? Is it 1pb for every £1?

I applied for this card yesterday, so am waiting for them to contact me.

i havent looked into that,

cazarol

I've applied and been accepted for this card as I wanted the MP3 player for a Christmas present. I am wondering now if I will have to wait for my first statement to start to claim the free MP3 player, if this is the case I am thinking that I probably wont be able to get it in time for Christmas. Has anyone else had any experiences of the procedure to claim etc and the time scales.
Many Thanks

AgentOrange

So does anyone know how much your initial spend has to be to qualify for the 8,200 points?