Nationwide 5% cashback on supermarket spending

flaneurs_lobster

km1500 said:

I have not seen any definitive proof that if you have n accounts you can get n amounts of £10 cashback
 

May have missed it of course.

I guess the only definitive proof would be someone receiving the reward into multiple accounts. 

But that isn't going to happen for another six weeks.

badger09

Strange card rejection today  when I tried to use my Nationwide FlexPlus debit card in Aldi. Card not used for a while but I tried contactless (£80 approx) & message was Card type not supported. Then tried with PIN, but it requested a 5th digit for PIN😏. Tried one more time with same result so gave up & used usual credit card. 

I’m convinced I used correct PIN 

but have requested reminder just in case. 

I also noticed Nationwide seem to have withdrawn their secure message function in favour of a chatbot🙁

AlwaysLearnin

badger09 said:

Strange card rejection today  when I tried to use my Nationwide FlexPlus debit card in Aldi. Card not used for a while but I tried contactless (£80 approx) & message was Card type not supported. Then tried with PIN, but it requested a 5th digit for PIN😏. Tried one more time with same result so gave up & used usual credit card. 

I’m convinced I used correct PIN 

but have requested reminder just in case. 

I also noticed Nationwide seem to have withdrawn their secure message function in favour of a chatbot🙁

I had the same issue trying to pay with the (unused for quite a while...) card via contactless in Tesco today.  I'd added the card to Google wallet and payment via my phone worked fine.

Katiehound

I have an old card which is due to be replaced later this year and it does not have the contactless facility!
So it came as a shock when I tried in Aldi yesterday and it was rejected (hadn't realised that it wasn't contactless until that moment!) ......but it worked fine with the PIN
.....and worked in Tesco today

Vortigern

km1500 said:

I have not seen any definitive proof that if you have n accounts you can get n amounts of £10 cashback

I haven't seen any rule that says you can't.

km1500

I haven't seen any rule that says you can't keep crocodiles in your bathroom either but it doesn't mean you can

IanManc

km1500 said:

I haven't seen any rule that says you can't keep crocodiles in your bathroom either but it doesn't mean you can

I have.

It's illegal to keep crocodiles in the UK unless you have a licence - which you won't get if your accommodation for your crocodiles is your bathroom as it won't meet the necessary criteria:

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/38

wmb194

km1500 said:

I haven't seen any rule that says you can't keep crocodiles in your bathroom either but it doesn't mean you can

Apparently you can but first you need a wild animals licence.

https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/blog/crocodile-as-a-pet-in-the-uk/

IIRC, the usual principle in English law is that if something isn't expressly forbidden it's allowed. If the terms don't state  the promotion only applies to one account per person then it must apply to all relevant Nationwide current accounts. For instance, it's not as if we've been asked to nominate an account where we have more than one - at the very start of the promotion I had/have two.

IanManc

wmb194 said:

km1500 said:

I haven't seen any rule that says you can't keep crocodiles in your bathroom either but it doesn't mean you can

Apparently you can but first you need a wild animals licence.

https://www.intotheblue.co.uk/blog/crocodile-as-a-pet-in-the-uk/

IIRC, the usual principle in English law is that if something isn't expressly forbidden it's allowed. If the terms don't state  the promotion only applies to one account per person then it must apply to all relevant Nationwide current accounts. For instance, it's not as if we've been asked to nominate an account where we have more than one - at the very start of the promotion I had/have two.

That's right. In common law jurisdictions - such as England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Ireland - basically you're allowed to do anything unless the law prohibits it; whereas in Roman law / civil law jurisdictions you can't do anything unless the law permits it. Scotland was Roman law until 1707 and is now a hybrid of both.The US is a common law jurisdiction except for Louisiana which is a Roman law one, a legacy of its French colonial origins.

CSH1

I got an email about this today, I didn't know anything about it as I don't log into Nationwide that often as I only use it for savings, I have a basic Flex account but really just for getting money out of savings accounts, I get a weekly online shop from Tesco so will put the card on there to use until the end of April, that should cover £200 a month and I don't need to know the forgotten PIN number.