Proper Prepaid Mastercard

jembie

karlitos_way wrote: »

if u topp it up n then use it arent u better off using ur debit card or juss takin ur cash n buying the damn thing with cash ????

Some people don't have a debit card. RBS still refuse to give me one although I have been a customer with them for 7 years and keep my account in the black.

Volcane

jembie wrote: »

Some people don't have a debit card. RBS still refuse to give me one although I have been a customer with them for 7 years and keep my account in the black.

Can't you go to another bank?

skyrider007

Volcane wrote: »

Can't you go to another bank?

Go to Citibank!

weegie.geek

cifpower wrote: »

There's a £5 activation fee though

Nah, you need a fiver in your account to apply, but it doesn't cost anything to order or activate.

jembie

skyrider007 wrote: »

Go to Citibank!

Well that is what I did do in the end but it is very inconvenient. I have to send my checks to them to pay in my account and if I get any cash I can't pay it into my account as there isn't a branch, added to that when my card wasn't working a couple of weeks ago I was stuck with no way of getting any cash and when I rang up I got some foreign woman in a far away country who couldn't help.

It would be easier if RBS just gave me a card as the branch is just 10 minutes away.

jrrowleyws

Be careful with a prepaid card; a car hire company might "hold" funds on it and you'd have to have that amount available on the card for it to work.

skyrider007

jembie wrote: »

Well that is what I did do in the end but it is very inconvenient. I have to send my checks to them to pay in my account and if I get any cash I can't pay it into my account as there isn't a branch, added to that when my card wasn't working a couple of weeks ago I was stuck with no way of getting any cash and when I rang up I got some foreign woman in a far away country who couldn't help.

It would be easier if RBS just gave me a card as the branch is just 10 minutes away.

Have you received a replacement card? That card should fix all of the problems.

P.S. you can pay-in cash to citibank account at any Lloyds TSB branch

Dannydebt

Just to say I applied for Neteller, applied for the Prepaid card and they have now told me it will take 21 business days (Not inc weekends) and they now use GlobeWallet and not Altair, the GlobeWallet card IS NOT Chip & Pin so I don't know what to do now, and if I withdraw the funds I have put in neteller for the card they will charge me £5 to withdraw it !.

jembie

Oooh that's not good. They should have told you that before you signed.
What is the point of a card without chip and pin these days???