Visa Electron and Online Shopping

cougar_3

Curry_Queen wrote:

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.

I think that it's only taking over because they're stopping offering solo so people can't get them. In practice, Solo is much better so I've changed banks just to get one.

muddyfox470

https://www.cdwow.com

sometimes try to use your electron card where it says VISA, it sometimes worked for me

There are a lot of stores out there that accept visa electron!

Ian

anita1

Thanks for the suggests

alot of the time I will search through untill i find something i want to buy, then find out I cant purchase with Visa, a Big waste of time

Ive tried choosing visa credit C.as my payment , this has worked once for me but have tried a few times and didnt work then

Halifax changed all thier debit cards from solo to Visa electron, No points there !!!

hel8itch

yeah iv done the same selected visa then inputted my electron card and it worked but only a few times.
Im with woolwich a and have asked them if theres another card i could use because the electron was quite limited but they said no.
More and more places though are starting to accept it from when i first started online shopping.their also starting to accept paypal alot more so i dont think itll be long until its accepted as much as the other cards

stressedoutmumof1

https://www.argos.co.uk :xmassign:

anita1

Ill write all the links down, its a pain as when a bargain has been posted I cant bennifit, Sob,sob

Any more? :xmassmile

I know Kays.co.uk does Visa electron but i that was as far as i got

its like the bank is making their customers lose out by banking with them, it doesnt make sense really

ddavis

I thought that electrons were for electronic use only - hence why most sites don't take them? We always had to swipe them manually where i used to work - got told by visa that if we took them online and it bounced etc we weren't covered because the card hadn't been used how it was supposed to be. Never had any trouble with solo though.

Loretta

purple-smartie wrote:

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

I would be surprised if Boots do as they do not even accept visa electron in their stores

AMO

ddavis wrote:

I thought that electrons were for electronic use only - hence why most sites don't take them? We always had to swipe them manually where i used to work - got told by visa that if we took them online and it bounced etc we weren't covered because the card hadn't been used how it was supposed to be. Never had any trouble with solo though.

Electron is VISA's cheaper version of the card designed for lower rated or high risk customers (read that as non-profit).

Solo is Switch's cheaper version of the card designed for lower rated or high risk customers (read that as non-profit).

Most international students will for example be given these as they cannot really be traced to an address in the U.K.

AMO

mum26

boots do accept electron online, i've used it a few times

the book people do too

lush.co.uk does