I don't want a solo card!

mab2000

I'm pretty sure that national rail do accept solo cards now, i know they never used to but i noticed a few months back that it was listed at one of the self serve ticket machines as one of the card payment methods you can use. I do still have a solo card for my savings account with natwest, and i have to say, ive not found any place that doesn't offer solo payments nowadays. The only place i know that doesn't accept solo is WH Smith, but that may have changed since its been about 7 years since i last stepped foot in a branch.


Seeya23, how did you hear that natwest are offering visa debit cards soon? I do hope this is the case as it will be handy to have some sort of visa card (not that i've had any problems using my maestro or mastercard anywhere).

[Deleted User]

Applying for an account with abbey (visa) and some of these questions are stupid. I select that I'm self employed and they ask me for my employers telephone number, they then ask for my monthly income without the option to specify that it varies, I work freelance, I don't want to enter the wrong number and mislead them, if I did what sort of problems could it cause? Some months I can be doing £300, some it can be £1000.

Silly online applications.

digitalphase

citricsquid wrote: »

Applying for an account with abbey (visa) and some of these questions are stupid. I select that I'm self employed and they ask me for my employers telephone number, they then ask for my monthly income without the option to specify that it varies, I work freelance, I don't want to enter the wrong number and mislead them, if I did what sort of problems could it cause? Some months I can be doing £300, some it can be £1000.

Silly online applications.

Why not ring them and do the application over the phone, or go into a branch?

Innocent_Guy

Natwest do offer Maestro with CG feature from 16 onwards. I had one of these cards. I filled in a form, the branch manager then had to review it and then they issued me with it. Also HSBC cave me a £100 CGC at 16 HTH

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digitalphase wrote: »

Why not ring them and do the application over the phone, or go into a branch?

as pathetic as it sounds, I'm incredibly incapable of putting my point across with words and I'm extremely shy, I'll go in for an account with a card and come out with a new bicycle. I much prefer to fill in forms online, it gives me a record and it's impossible for someone to misinterpret what I want.

I will however phone tomorrow and see what they say, I'll just ask for some information on the whole process and what they expect of me, then I can fill in online properly. I don't know why I didn't think of that at first, too tired

digitalphase

citricsquid wrote: »

I will however phone tomorrow and see what they say, I'll just ask for some information on the whole process and what they expect of me, then I can fill in online properly. I don't know why I didn't think of that at first, too tired

Good idea. Ask what you should put in for your employer/wage details and then do it online. Good luck!

Kavanne

Innocent_Guy wrote: »

Natwest do offer Maestro with CG feature from 16 onwards. I had one of these cards. I filled in a form, the branch manager then had to review it and then they issued me with it. Also HSBC cave me a £100 CGC at 16 HTH

How old are you NOW?

I work for natwest and I can assure you it is not something we offer presently.

seeya23

mab2000 wrote: »

Seeya23, how did you hear that natwest are offering visa debit cards soon? I do hope this is the case as it will be handy to have some sort of visa card (not that i've had any problems using my maestro or mastercard anywhere).

Natwest are doing away with the maestro/solo card in June/July and replacing it with a visa debit card.

wrangler5

But how did you hear about it?

seeya23

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