Update on Tesco's & Visa Electron

Madmonk

I'm wondering if they do a credit check? I've gone back on a few past threads and it looks like most people had them before br and kept them going after br? Has anyone opened one since br?

keith99_2

Update

I am a CO-OP bank customer and having found i cant use my Electron online with Tesco, i phoned them and was told much the same as others that you have to be able to put your PIN in at purchase, which we know now is rubbish. Since this thread is over a year old, it is clear Tesco has done nothing about this matter and doesnt intend to.
I have found through searching that some banks are indeed changing Electron cards to Visa Debit Cards, and i am being sent one by the Co-op, however the card will not be able to be used at Tesco unline still because the information the card holds is the same as the Electron. Whether this will be any different with other online retailers remains to be seen.

curly04

Why dont we just Boycott Tesco's?

newdawn_2

curly04 wrote: »

Why dont we just Boycott Tesco's?

I already am....but in protest of dodgy meat experience!

pinkiceing

:T

Jaynee123 wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I've just had a letter from Tesco's about Visa Electron , this is a direct quote -
"We currently do not take Visa Electron cards, because previously these cards were not designed to take payment where the cardholder was not present. However Visa have changed the rules with Visa Electron cards and they can now be used online. As a result we are planning to change our systems to accept Visa Electron in the future."

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You will note that they do not say when they will be changing their systems. So we will just have to keep a watch on the Tesco's site to see when it happens. I still don't see why lot's of other on line sites accept Electron but Tesco's have been snooty about Electron for so long but who cares as long as they change sooner rather than later

Cheers

Jaynee 123

hi yes i totaley agree they should defiantly b accepting visa electron by know they would get so much more custom it makes me so:mad: that they as a well establishied company cant be bothered to update there system:eek: where the customer service in that:mad: hurry up tesco and update and allow customers to use visa electron;) maybe if everyone sends them a msg on there contact page they may do sumthing about it :beer: sam

Madmonk

Tesco now take the co-op debit card - have done since last year, sorry I did post on a new thread when some of us on mse found out but I must have missed this thread!

MM

cd36uk

Madmonk wrote: »

Tesco now take the co-op debit card - have done since last year, sorry I did post on a new thread when some of us on mse found out but I must have missed this thread!

MM

Apologies for reviving an old thread, but it came up in the search when I googled 'when did tesco stop accepting electron?'
I bank with co-op and have the new style cards which say visa debit and no mention of electron on them, but cannot order my groceries online with tesco. The error comes up that I am trying to use a card they don't accept. But what is really bugging me is I KNOW that I have used this card several times before with Tesco.
I am all too aware of the issue with co-op cards and Asda (ie being charged twice etc) so I cannot use asda for my shopping, and now I cannot use tesco either...totally baffled :mad:

Any thoughts fellow moneysavers?

debtinfo

maybe theri computers are just havig an off day, happens sometimes?

Ineedaname

As DI says.

I had a problem with a First Direct card a few years ago, always used the same card then had problems on one day. Rang Tesco up and sorted the problem - in my case it was because I didn't realise I needed the amount in my bank account on the day I ordered, thought it just had to be there on delivery day, ahem.

But it could be a glitch in the system so well worth ringing them anyway.

tigerfeet2006

Yep! yesterday Tesco were having problems with their systems. I was having a delivery and they rang and said they couldn't take the money and did I have another card. I told them yes I did but it was an electron card and they said sorry no can do.Could I go to town and get the money out, if I wanted to go to town I would have got my shopping there and no I am having a bad health day and can't go out of the house.

The driver arrived and loudly informed me there is a problem with the card and did I have the money. I told him he had been mis-informed and it wasn't my card but the computer system and no I was not walking into town to get the money. He went back and rung customer service and then came back and told me that I could have my groceries and they would take the money when they could.

So try again and see what happens. Oh! and I haven't had double charging problems with Asda in about a year.