Visa Electron and Online Shopping

anita1

Hi

Does anyone know what particular shopping websites accept Visa Electron, as i find alot dont, like Empire, la-redoute

Would appreciate any info

Loretta

Amazon does

WILS_2

https://www.asos.com
https://www.play.com
https://www.next.co.uk (i think)

sulliebear

Also Sendit.com

ukbill69

Any business that uses barclays to do there card transaction (about 80% off businesses) they all do not accept visa electron over phone/internet, they can only be used if your at the terminal.

cougar_3

It's worth changing to a solo if you can...

It's much more widely accepted.

purple-smartie

https://www.boots.com
https://www.woolworths.co.uk
https://www.toysrus.co.uk
https://www.fragrancedirect.co.uk

Curry_Queen

ukbill69 wrote:

Any business that uses barclays to do there card transaction (about 80% off businesses) they all do not accept visa electron over phone/internet, they can only be used if your at the terminal.

I think you will find that is incorrect and Barclays Merchant Services DO in fact accept Electron payments for online/telephone transactions, as you will see on this website.

All the major banks including Barclays, Lloyds, Natwest, Midland and RBOS, have the ability to accept Electron payments if the correct card identifying and processing software is installed and updated, which is down to the individual retailer/company.

I recently noticed Argos have made the necessary upgrades to accept Electron now, but as far as I know Tesco have failed to, because basically they don't give a stuff about their customers :mad:

I had this problem 18mths ago when the Halifax switched from Solo to Electron and had to change banks and apply for a credit card to use online to get around this problem, so I'm amazed there are still some retailers not accepting it!

Curry_Queen

cougar wrote:

It's worth changing to a solo if you can...

It's much more widely accepted.

It used to be the most popular basic card but Electron appears to be taking over and, as far as I know, you can only get a Solo card from Natwest and HSBC now.

hel8itch

i also have a visa electron.
Although more places are starting to accept it its really annoying when you get right to a checkout online and they say they cant accept it.
I can only pay via paypal or visa electron.My bank offers no alternative card type either
this site is very useful
http://www.ukorbit.com/Information.htm
click on shopping up the top chose your category and although not every single shop that accepts the card is listed theres alot to get you started.

hel8itch

http://www.ukorbit.com/shopping-centre.htm