Please help MSE test new tool: Cardsgone.com (for lost and stolen cards)

Former_MSE_Dan

Hi folks,

We've been working on a new tool for the site, which helps people find the lost and stolen phone numbers for credit, debit and other cards, and if you've got 5 spare minutes to test it that would be great.

The problem as we saw it is that - among the other stress and hassle - having to remember what was in your bag, purse or wallet can be difficult, so we have designed this tool to help people without storing any information at all.

I won't say too much more as hopefully you should be able to figure out how it works (if not we've gone wrong somewhere!). Only couple of notes are that the text isn't finalised yet, and the phone numbers themselves are not yet up to date - we are doing that update right now in fact.

Here's the link:

Cardsgone.com

Thanks for your help!

Dan

Savvy_Sue

BRILLIANT! One suggestion, will it have 'store cards', eg Debenhams - I'm guessing that's going to be the 3rd option. And what about prepayment cards for foreign currency, will they be there too?

Also will it do anything 'historic'? My 'main' visa card is now supplied by MBNA but used to be A&L, so if on the day I can't remember that it's an MBNA card will it give me the 'right' phone number for the 'new' provider? (I hope I'm making sense!)

bexster1975

Hi

Works great and is a really handy tool. Email link work fine too. Im just wondering whether storecards could be added to the tool? I know they are the devils work but, used sensibly, they offer a number of benefits. Don't know if this is feasible.:o

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PROLIANT

Spot on!

Could code an RSS feed for this as it would be useful as mobile app?

Could you add the Sygma Bank stable of cards e.g. Flybe, Silver Card, JJB, World Card etc please?

scottishlass

Looks good and currently matches against the numbers I have stored on my mobile - agree about the Store Cards bit though.

bexster1975

I notice Savvy Sue beat me to the storecards one while I was writing!

Former_MSE_Dan

Yep storecards are planned - they will probably go in credit cards list

Other is going to be things like Driving Licence, Tesco Clubcard, EHIC card etc etc

ormus

ah thats great. done it and stored the page.
thx.

Jaynee999

Great idea, worked really well and yes as the others, my Debenhams card was not on there - not that i use it.....honest, its there for just in case...:)

DarkConvict

That tools throws up alot of non-geographic numbers.

AA Credit card for example is 0845 300 0344, but using SAYNOTO0870.COM you get 0131 549 8050.

I would add a recommendation to use http://saynoto0870.com/ to reduce costs for the calls before ringing.

Or if you have the time add in a colm for potentially cheaper numbers to ring, national/local/freephone. But i think a link to http://saynoto0870.com/ would be quickier to add.

verybigchris

I agree with DarkConvict - if you're going to do this you might as well add the non-geographic numbers. In many cases you can just use the overseas number, and just replace the "0044" at the start with "0".