PayPoint that will accept Amex?

planteria

superstud wrote: »

the point I was getting at was:

Could the shop have taken my CC but the man just chose not to??

it sounds as thought that is exactly what he did.

planteria

jonesMUFCforever wrote: »

Have you looked at the Paypoint website to see if you can do it with an Amex online?

yes. it's not very helpful, and includes the following in the FAQs:

"Do I have to pay in cash?
Yes, unless you are paying for your TV licence, when it is also possible to use a debit card."

which is definitely, i am pleased to say, incorrect.

Dr_Cuckoo3

People who are "in the know" won't tell you on this forum (the most popular UK personal finance forum in the world)

Don't you have a "hidden forum" on the stoozing website for this type of query ?

planteria

not sure what you mean.

if there was anyone on here who can confirm that they have used Amex successfully in a PayPoint terminal, that would be great. the volume of traffic here is why i asked here..:)

jonesMUFCforever

planteria wrote: »

yes. it's not very helpful, and includes the following in the FAQs:

"Do I have to pay in cash?
Yes, unless you are paying for your TV licence, when it is also possible to use a debit card."

which is definitely, i am pleased to say, incorrect.

My local SPAR shop accepts credit cards when I pay for my electric and gas and mobile top ups. They do not make a charge for this but I am using a credit card not Amex.:cool:

planteria

it's an Amex credit card that i want to use, ideally.

do you ever get to pay more than £200 in a single transaction?

System

Firstly, AMEX isn't standard on card terminals and needs to be setup in addition to normal credit/debit cards; most smaller shops wouldn't bother.

Secondly, they would make a loss as the card charge will be more than the money they make from paypoint.

For both reasons, I doubt they will .

jonesMUFCforever

planteria wrote: »

it's an Amex credit card that i want to use, ideally.

do you ever get to pay more than £200 in a single transaction?

LOL no usually £20 or so.

You still haven't said why you need to use your Amex card.

planteria

i have.

"a cashback generating and, importantly, cashback tier-breaking exercise"

jonesMUFCforever

In other words a potential scam when found out will result in you losing the cashback but hey ho what do I know?