Contactless debit cards

andrew-the-cat

How old do you have to be to get one of these? I really want to get one and so far I have had no luck despite several banks now offering them.

I opened a silver current account with Lloyds (£6.50 a month and has benefits over the classic account) and specifically requested a contactless card. I did not get one. After many phone calls and emails I now have a collection of four (yes 4!) standard Visa debit cards, not contactless.

http://www.lloydstsb.com/debit_cards/contactless_debit_cards.asp

It says on their site you can just ask in branch to get one, however none of the staff at the two branches I have visited even know what a contactless card is and claim they don't exist.

Recently I opened an account with Barclays as I have read that they automatically give out these cards to all new customers. I was less than excited when I opened the envelope to find that I did not get one. After a big rant in a branch earlier today I closed the account.

So has anyone on here actually managed to get one of these or are they a thing of myth? I only ask as I've heard so much about them and I'm desperate to get one but it seems I just can't. I saw a guy in Mcdonalds a few days ago with a Barclays debit card which looked like the one I had except his had the Visa paywave logo on it. He tapped it on the card reader and it paid automatically. I told him I thought it was awesome and asked how he got it, he said it was sent to him without him even asking.

What the hell can I do?

Lith

Wasn't aware that TSB had these ? 0_o

chivers1977

I also saw this on the Lloyds website and went to the branch who didn't know anything about it. The manager went away and told me that it was a pilot - assume in London branches?

Chorlie

Both my Barclays Debit Card and Barclaycard are Contactless and have been for at least 2yrs, I didn't ask for them its just what was sent to me when my old cards expired; but have never used them once contactlessly, don't ever recall seeing anywhere I could use them.

nomoneytoday

McDonalds and Pret use it, and at the O2 Dome Barclays were giving away Tennis balls to use the facility..

Bloomberg

andrew-the-cat wrote: »

How old do you have to be to get one of these? I really want to get one and so far I have had no luck despite several banks now offering them.

I opened a silver current account with Lloyds (£6.50 a month and has benefits over the classic account) and specifically requested a contactless card. I did not get one. After many phone calls and emails I now have a collection of four (yes 4!) standard Visa debit cards, not contactless.

http://www.lloydstsb.com/debit_cards/contactless_debit_cards.asp

It says on their site you can just ask in branch to get one, however none of the staff at the two branches I have visited even know what a contactless card is and claim they don't exist.

Recently I opened an account with Barclays as I have read that they automatically give out these cards to all new customers. I was less than excited when I opened the envelope to find that I did not get one. After a big rant in a branch earlier today I closed the account.

So has anyone on here actually managed to get one of these or are they a thing of myth? I only ask as I've heard so much about them and I'm desperate to get one but it seems I just can't. I saw a guy in Mcdonalds a few days ago with a Barclays debit card which looked like the one I had except his had the Visa paywave logo on it. He tapped it on the card reader and it paid automatically. I told him I thought it was awesome and asked how he got it, he said it was sent to him without him even asking.

What the hell can I do?

I would not be too bothered about a contactless card if I were you. I use my Barclaycard for all my purchases and as far as I can recall the only places I have been able to use the contactless feature have been in McDonald's and Pret A Manger (Amounts under £15). Unless you frequent either of these establishments the contactless feature will offer little in the way of extra convenience.

I know that the Oxford branches of these shops offer the contactless feature but am unsure if it is a nationwide scheme for either. All the best.

benjus

My new Barclaycard is contactless - although I have yet to use it.

If you're not eligible for a bank account that does one, you could always get one of these: http://cash.orange.co.uk/what/

meer53

You really want one ? Why ?

ChiefGrasscutter

meer53 wrote: »

You really want one ? Why ?

Like you, I'm just awaiting (dreading rather) the threads on MSE once these things start to be commonplace....you can just see it: "My bank debited my contactless card - but I didn't make any purchase".

As per the poster above, my Barclays debit card has had the facility for some time now.

pmduk

Orange offer a prepaid debit card with contactless technology.However as a prepaid card there are some fees attached. I've never seen anywhere to use mine.

Mikhail

I tried to buy a bottle of water in LA Fitness but they told me that I have to buy 6 bottles, because of the minimum payment.