Websites that draw the £1.25 charge

System

It's a charge for using a overseas registered retailer.
It's specific to to debit card issuers such as NatWest / RBS.

Paypal (at least) can be sent up for payment via direct debit, bypassing the charge.

Mrs_Ryan wrote: »

I have noticed that when I use my A&L Visa Debit on Amazon they authorise a bit extra (about a £1) and it drops off 10 days later. I also had this on my Capital One Visa so I dont think its to do with what kind of card you use - is it a NatWest thing?!

DGJsaver

hmmm , i have a Natwest Maestro and dont have this charge , does that mean when they updat me with the visa debit i have read about , i will suddenly start paying £1.25 ?!

sooty57

As it is now September, this fee is being charged by RBS even when Paypal is directly linked to your bank account & not just a debit card. I had posted on another thread about this a number of months ago, that it is only Visa Debit cards that this happened with at the time, but as of Friday I was charged £1.25 + £0.03 for a transaction through paypal of £1.13 thus more than doubling the cost of the item (it was for some beads)

I gave up asking either party who was charging the fee as both continue to deny it even though, as someone has pointed out on here, its in the new terms & conditions of the bank.

Wonder if it gets charged with a Mastercard debit card as issued by Clydesdale Bank & Yorkshire Bank?

zppp

The £1.25 goes to Visa, but is collected by the bank for foreign trasaction charges.

I don't believe Mastercard attracts a charge, neither does Maestro. The only time is when you either are physically abroad and possibly with MC credit cards for drawing foreign currency.

chuckley

interesting. abbey dont do this... any1 know if co-op do?! wonder if its an electron to visa debit issue?!

Fiddlestick

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

It is not a term or condition of Amazon or Play or whoever but a term and condition of the bank issuing you with their debit card.
Ltsb charge it - many others will too - if you are with a bank that does not charge good for you.

No they don't.

I've used a Lloyds TSB debit card on Amazon for years and have never had this charge.

headcoat

I have just been charged this, with A & L (Santander), not been charged it before though, using a Visa Debit card, very frustrating as the payment was only £5.00 plus £1.25 charge.

vada

Does anyone know if this is still going on? I've noticed on two separate occasions that when getting a refund from Amazon, they refund an extra 1.25, even though when they took the initial payment from me it was for the normal amount (i.e., they charged £7, refunded £8.25). I googled it and managed to find this thread. Very baffled by this.

edit: Just thought I'd mentiont that I used a NatWest VISA debit card to pay