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Does anyone know who accepts under £1 debit card transactions

KJ2009
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Strange question I know but I have discovered a little blip with my debit card. Any transaction under £1 doesn't register for 48 hours and I am really skint this week. I know ASDA and TESCO accept under £1 transactions. Does anyone know any others? I only have 99p on my card but can spend that over and over again for 2 days (Its deducted when some money is paid in.
Chhers
Chhers
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I did in M&S the other week for some milk (was around 78p!)David
£1 of debt is too much for me!0 -
Coop, but I really think youre pushing your luck.make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
and we will never, ever return.0 -
Love this attitude towards money.
I hope you don't shout at the poor Bast£rd on the phone when you get charged more than £1 for going overdrawn due to poor management of money.0 -
AFAIK, anywhere that accepts debit cards will accept a transaction of under £1, unless there's an explicit minimum limit set. The only places I've seen impose minimum limits are places like pubs/bars and small businesses. I don't think I've ever seen a major retailer impose a limit.
Not really convinced about this while 48 hour thing as a way to manage money.Let's settle this like gentlemen: armed with heavy sticks
On a rotating plate, with spikes like Flash Gordon
And you're Peter Duncan; I gave you fair warning0 -
Primark does.
It's only a game
~*~*~ We're only here to dream ~*~*~0 -
Yes, you do have to be careful with this one... Not all places will do Offline transactions with Offline debit cards..
And if you ask Mary on Checkouts I doubt she would know either...David
£1 of debt is too much for me!0 -
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It can also be classed as fraud, as you are knowing spending money that you 100% dont have in the account.0
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Strange question I know but I have discovered a little blip with my debit card. Any transaction under £1 doesn't register for 48 hours and I am really skint this week. I know ASDA and TESCO accept under £1 transactions. Does anyone know any others? I only have 99p on my card but can spend that over and over again for 2 days (Its deducted when some money is paid in.
Chhers
I think this is a fantastic idea and with such a responsible attitude to finance I do not see any downside from this whatsoever.
Protip: set up 2 paypal accounts and then use some automated program to send yourself 1,000,000 99p transactions.
Make £1,000,000 in a day.
Problems?0 -
lidl does too
hmm if i spend under £1 it appears in 3 working days time and reflects the avaliable balance (unless if i were overdrawn for spending money i didnt have)0
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