Guys, if you use Visa (debit or credit cards), then you'd better take some cash with you instead!!
See here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...6?ncid=webmail
Marco.
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Massive network outage for Visa - take cash with you this weekend!!
Guys, if you use Visa (debit or credit cards), then you'd better take some cash with you instead!!
See here: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ent...6?ncid=webmail
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Got my missus to go and do the Aldi shop on her way home for a change because I didn't have time. And then she couldn't use her card at the till. So I'm going to have to do it in the morning insteadSent from my SM-G920F using TapatalkOriginally Posted by Marco
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Yes, I saw that Marco. Fortunately I stocked up for the weekend today. Should be OK.
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Had the car serviced and MOT'd today. It was a large bill as amongst other things the cam belt was changed. I tried to pay using my Visa cash card, but to no avail. I used a Mastercard instead.
We are going to have more of this sort of thing happening in the future, as banks close their branches and expect eveyone to embrace the 'cashless society'. The problem is the software systems in use have changed little in thirty years, are hopelessly out of date, and completely need replacing. Unfortunately with increasing globalisation the system (and problem) is so large that this task is impossible to achieve. The banks and financial institutions all know this but they are not letting on - they just hope they can "muddle on" through.
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Had trouble using my Tesco card for a contactless then worked weird
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I'm Paul.
Yeah, tried to buy something today and had to run round to the cash machine to draw the cash out.
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Visa debit fell over at Waitrose for me tonight, I had to use a Mastercard credit card.
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I'm Martin.
Always have cash on me, never pay on card unless it is more than a couple of hundred quid, which is very rare. Cash is anonymous. if we get rid of cash how is the black economy supposed to work? Barter?
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was at tesco in afternoon as i needed stuff although i could have done without the pain it caused me. i used my visa debit and sons.. both worked first time. looks like i just missed the issue
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