Bill paying 23 September 2017 at 9:26AM in Over 50s MoneySaving 12 replies 4.5K views

rexel

How do pay you every day buys in supermarkets etc by cash debit card or credit card

ibizafan_2

A mixture. As we mainly shop in Sainsburys, we have one of their credit cards which is only used in there. On the rare occasions we shop elsewhere, it would probably be debit card, or cash for very small amounts.

Farway

Always credit card, only because I have cash back credit cards, which I pay off every month

Cash for small, under a quid, amounts

Silvertabby

Always credit card, only because I have cash back credit cards, which I pay off every month

Cash for small, under a quid, amounts

....Ditto.

Arthurian

At my local Aldi, I noticed the till operators have to calculate the correct change in their heads, rather than let a more sophisticated till work it out for them. So I always use my debit card there - usually contactless, since the bill is small - which also helps speed up the process. Otherwise, cash or credit cards.

SevenOfNine

Farway wrote: »

Always credit card, only because I have cash back credit cards, which I pay off every month

Cash for small, under a quid, amounts

Another 'nearly' ditto. But anything up to about £10 is paid in cash. Have NEVER missed a payment in full of the cc card bill.

teddysmum

Arthurian wrote: »

At my local Aldi, I noticed the till operators have to calculate the correct change in their heads, rather than let a more sophisticated till work it out for them. So I always use my debit card there - usually contactless, since the bill is small - which also helps speed up the process. Otherwise, cash or credit cards.

My contactless debit cards (4 of them used) rarely work in Aldi.


I'm convinced that the TSB ones wanted PIN so often because they didn't have to pay the 5% bonus and now the offer is nearly over they have reduced the number of requests. However, Aldi's machines didn't just 90% of the time want the TSB PINS, but also rejected my Co-op card which has never failed contactless use anywhere else( Lucky I know its PIN.)

seven-day-weekend

rexel wrote: »

How do pay you every day buys in supermarkets etc by cash debit card or credit card

Debit card or cash

enthusiasticsaver

Credit card which is cleared monthly as we get cashback on supermarket spends.

badmemory

enthusiasticsaver wrote: »

Credit card which is cleared monthly as we get cashback on supermarket spends.

Ditto - since Aldi & Home Bargains have started doing contactless my cashback has more than doubled. I've never had trouble in Aldi/needed to put my pin in. It is a fairly new branch though.

missile

Nationwide credit card