Amazon and Visa credit cards

born_again

squirrelpie said:

Yes but I don't have a mastercard credit card and I don't want to use a debit card (reduced protection!)

No explanations anybody?

What protection is reduced? 

Cisco001

born_again said:

squirrelpie said:

Yes but I don't have a mastercard credit card and I don't want to use a debit card (reduced protection!)

No explanations anybody?

What protection is reduced? 

section 75

RG2015

squirrelpie said:

emmajones1976 said:

This is now the 6th thread on this subject.

Thanks I did a search before posting and didn't see anything!

This is the 5th on on this board today and the other was on the Praise, Vent and Warnings board.

I have always avoided that board just because of the name.

squirrelpie

northwalesd said:

The email I've received from Amazon is quite clear why theyre (potentially) doing it - ""due to the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions."

As above, it might all be sorted before then.

That I wouldn't have minded so much, but my email from Amazon included no such hints and the page on their website that I linked to included no such explanation either. So minus marks for Amazon.

squirrelpie

The_Green_Hornet said:

Or get an Amazon Mastercard?

Well, no. I certainly won't be giving Amazon any more insight into my financial life than they already have.

emmajones1976

squirrelpie said:

northwalesd said:

The email I've received from Amazon is quite clear why theyre (potentially) doing it - ""due to the high fees Visa charges for processing credit card transactions."

As above, it might all be sorted before then.

That I wouldn't have minded so much, but my email from Amazon included no such hints and the page on their website that I linked to included no such explanation either. So minus marks for Amazon.

The reason is irrelevant really, its the execution that is important (assuming it happens).

As already said, plenty of Mastercards out there you can choose from.

squirrelpie

RG2015 said:

squirrelpie said:

emmajones1976 said:

This is now the 6th thread on this subject.

Thanks I did a search before posting and didn't see anything!

This is the 5th on on this board today and the other was on the Praise, Vent and Warnings board.

I have always avoided that board just because of the name.

Thanks to you as well for pointing this out, but I just did another search and didn't see any relevant results.

emmajones1976

squirrelpie said:

RG2015 said:

squirrelpie said:

emmajones1976 said:

This is now the 6th thread on this subject.

Thanks I did a search before posting and didn't see anything!

This is the 5th on on this board today and the other was on the Praise, Vent and Warnings board.

I have always avoided that board just because of the name.

Thanks to you as well for pointing this out, but I just did another search and didn't see any relevant results.

Just look on the 1st page of the Credit Card board, they are all there...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/credit-cards

squirrelpie

born_again said:

squirrelpie said:

Yes but I don't have a mastercard credit card and I don't want to use a debit card (reduced protection!)

No explanations anybody?

What protection is reduced? 

As somebody else pointed out, there is the section 75 protection for credit cards (and yes I sometimes do spend over £100 on Amazon). Also, giving them my debit card details exposes me to more varieties of hacking attacks against my bank account.

squirrelpie

emmajones1976 said:

squirrelpie said:

RG2015 said:

squirrelpie said:

emmajones1976 said:

This is now the 6th thread on this subject.

Thanks I did a search before posting and didn't see anything!

This is the 5th on on this board today and the other was on the Praise, Vent and Warnings board.

I have always avoided that board just because of the name.

Thanks to you as well for pointing this out, but I just did another search and didn't see any relevant results.

Just look on the 1st page of the Credit Card board, they are all there...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/categories/credit-cards

Thanks, at last I can see them. Why doesn't the search facility return them, I wonder?