Prepaid money card for NI residents

motorguy

RikM said:

Ikea knew how to handle that - split the bill into three transactions, two of 100, plus the remainder

Any retailer would.  They can facilitate multiple cards for one transaction.

snowmen

motorguy said:

RikM said:

Ikea knew how to handle that - split the bill into three transactions, two of 100, plus the remainder

Any retailer would.  They can facilitate multiple cards for one transaction.

Any retailer should - but you'd be surprised at the amount that will tell you they can't.

motorguy

snowmen said:

motorguy said:

RikM said:

Ikea knew how to handle that - split the bill into three transactions, two of 100, plus the remainder

Any retailer would.  They can facilitate multiple cards for one transaction.

Any retailer should - but you'd be surprised at the amount that will tell you they can't.

I'd imagine many have been caught in the past with "can you take £12 off this card, £4.20 off this card, £14 off this card and £22 off this card please?" scenarios (no doubt with a queue of people behind them) but i cant see any business declining the use of a £100 card like this, just because it splits the transaction, especially if you ask / confirm in advance.

We did it with both our cards, no issues at all.

Money_Grabber13579

motorguy said:

Old_Git said:

motorguy said:

redped said:

As expected, the deadline to use the card has been extended by a fortnight - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59139979 - so much for them wanting to finish the scheme in November, and then have people spend more money in December.

My card (ordered the day after the scheme started) arrived 2 weeks ago; my wife's card (ordered several days after mine) still hasn't arrived.

If only they had more time to organise the scheme they could have done it properly ... oh that's right, they only had a year 

Usual farce by our "government".

Now its just going to be money spent that was going to be spent anyway at a time of high spending, not helping businesses through the lean months as we were coming out of lockdown and before christmas.

It will still help local businesses as it can’t be spent online . 

The point being, people are buying stuff they'd otherwise have bought anyway, so little or no extra revenue at an already busy time.  

Yep, my oven packed in so I spent it on replacing that. I’d have had to buy a new one anyway but the upshot is that I’ve now got £100 more in savings than I would have had. So it’s pointless from my perspective. I did spend it in a local retailer rather than a chain though so at least it’ll make the statistics look good.