Santander Amazon opening offer x2

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trickydicky14 said:

onlyalex said:

Done 40 transactions just to be safe, will probably do a few more over the next few months but for now will go back to using my main bank account. I noticed Apple Pay was tagged differently to card which says 'purchase' so I made sure I did all my shopping by using contactless or the physical card. I note that I did have a Santander account back in 2022 but I did get a different Santander OLA reference so fingers crossed I'll be okay. 

Why do you feel the need to make 40 transactions to be safe? The T&C's clearly state you only need to make 30.

Because some of the transactions were showing as Apple Pay instead of Purchase and I have received a few refunds on some transactions, so wanted to be safe. I know the T&Cs clearly state that I only need to make 30 transactions, but it doesn't mention anything about Apple Pay.

MABLE

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

grandadgolfer

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Why not just do normal shopping or small shops like coffees / lunch breaks etc buying 14 individual carrots is taking the p

danny13579

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Well done. I am very impressed. 

MABLE

grandadgolfer said:

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Why not just do normal shopping or small shops like coffees / lunch breaks etc buying 14 individual carrots is taking the p

Possibly but we had a great carrot soup last night so nothing was waisted.  I prefer to think i was being inventive rather than taking the P.

trickydicky14

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Well done Mable, I had to smile visualising these 14 carrots all with there own bar codes. I always feel a bit uncomfortable doing stuff like this. What I hate at Tesco’s is every time I put a single item through the scanner it shouts out, ‘Tesco card excepted’ when this happens twenty times I glance over my shoulder thinking I’m being looked at. What we do to make a few bob.

goatfaced

grandadgolfer said:

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Why not just do normal shopping or small shops like coffees / lunch breaks etc buying 14 individual carrots is taking the p

I for one can't afford to buy coffees or get lunch out every day. That is the opposite of moneysaving for me. I take a packed lunch to work and pack drinks or refill water. 14 carrots would make enough soup for a few days 😁

MACKEM99

trickydicky14 said:

MABLE said:

Well made headway yesterday with my 30 purchases. I went into Tesco and purchased 14 single carrots and each had attached to them their own barcode with price.  Went to the self service tills and just put them through as separate transactions.  Also 2 purchases from B and M. 

Only 14 to go and still have 5 weeks left. 

Well done Mable, I had to smile visualising these 14 carrots all with there own bar codes. I always feel a bit uncomfortable doing stuff like this. What I hate at Tesco’s is every time I put a single item through the scanner it shouts out, ‘Tesco card excepted’ when this happens twenty times I glance over my shoulder thinking I’m being looked at. What we do to make a few bob.

There's a lot of bobs in £100!😃

UndergroundSaxClub

gwiddecommbe said:

Going to be 30 x 50p debit card payments to Octopus (via app) for me. Challenge complete 15 mins later

Apologies this may have already been answered. Do these "count" as I've seen other posts that some online payments are classed differently by the bank? I'm happy to antagonise everybody in my local Tesco going the carrot route, but if Octopus payments do indeed count I'd much prefer this.

trickydicky14

UndergroundSaxClub said:

gwiddecommbe said:

Going to be 30 x 50p debit card payments to Octopus (via app) for me. Challenge complete 15 mins later

Apologies this may have already been answered. Do these "count" as I've seen other posts that some online payments are classed differently by the bank? I'm happy to antagonise everybody in my local Tesco going the carrot route, but if Octopus payments do indeed count I'd much prefer this.

To date no one has been paid out yet so no one really knows what works and what does not. Like others, I have gone down the road of making debit card payments to other savings accounts and the like for other bonuses with other banks and it's worked but no one can say 100% it will work with Santander.