Sticky of online stores that accept Laser / Maestro Card?

Basq · 19-07-2006 10:27am #1

Would be useful to have a thread with a collection of online stores that accept either Laser or Maestro debits cards.. yes, pretty much all accept standard credit cards like Visa and Mastercard but finding stores that accept debit cards are proving more and more challenging.

But bear in mind regarding Maestro that although while a lot of UK sites (such as Play.com / BlahDVD.com) state they accept Maestro.. these are UK Maestro cards and will not accept Irish cards.

So start filling this up... i'll start:

Schuh
Buy4Now
CDWOW Ireland
CDWOW UK

I can't sticky it, but I'll compile the list of Laser only (not UK sites that take Maestro) Basquille might update the original post

Automotive
Micks Garage
Motor Tax

Hosting/Internet
Blacknight
Gear
Irish Domains
Novara

Computing/Consumables
Computer Bits
Dabs
MediaWrite
Elara
Inket.ie
IT Direct
Marx Computers
Memoryc/Shop4Memory
Peats
Pixmania

Audio/Visual/Console/Mobile
Apple
Audio City
CD World
CDWOW Ireland
Christy Moore
GamesNash
iAccessorise
Jags.ie/Payless.ie
Legal Sounds
Luka Bloom
Nokia Accessories
Power City
Strings.ie
www.hmv.com

Clothing/Accessories
Bubble Baby
Club Denim
Funky Monkey Designs
Hairy Baby
Nike
Pride
Schuh
Spreadshirt.net

Food/Drink/Cosmetics
Alandia
Booze.ie
Perfume Ireland
Tesco

Photography
PhotoBox
Spectra Photo

Accomodation/Travel
Luas Tickets
1800 Hotels
Aer Arann
Aer Lingus
Cycle Superstore
Hostel World

Books/Stationary
Easons
Hughes & Hughes
Kennys Bookshop

General/Multi
Ann Summers
Buy4Now
Billpay
Natures Way
Pet Bliss
Screenclick
Smart Paddy
Trees.ie
Wooden Toys

Communications
Eircom
Vodafone

Vouchers
Gift Gallery
Gift Master
Gift Vouchers Now

muppetkiller · 19-07-2006 3:12pm

Don't forget WWW.PIXMANIA.COM

This is a good idea...

davehey79 · 19-07-2006 3:58pm

www.iaccessorise.com
www.jags.ie
www.hairy-baby.com
www.funkymunkydesigns.com
www.shop4memory.com
www.clubdenim.ie

Basq · 19-07-2006 4:02pm

Excellent work lads... keep 'em coming!

byte · 19-07-2006 8:37pm

www.marxcomputers.ie
www.itdirect.ie

Nea · 20-07-2006 11:08am

www.smartpaddy.ie

Alter-Ego · 20-07-2006 7:54pm

Play.com accept Maestro. Or, they did.

EDIT: Just read the post properly.

Ticketmaster accept Laser.

Basq · 20-07-2006 11:18pm

Coupla more!

Elara
Peats
Tesco
Aer Arann
Motor Tax
Spectra Photo

Spocker · 20-07-2006 11:51pm

Ahhh Basquille, you left out...
Billpay.ie

nowuckenfurries · 21-07-2006 8:44pm

Any other CD sites that accept Laser also? CD wow is a little limited in the availability of certain genres / artists ...

secret_squirrel · 21-07-2006 8:52pm

www.bangcd.com slightly cheaper than cd-wow and play, less range but faster delivery,

SoBe · 22-07-2006 9:48am

www.gear.ie

handy for car electronics,radios,accessories etc

just picked up a steering wheel remote and ipod connector for my pioneer head unit at a great price

magnumlady · 22-07-2006 11:39am

www.photobox.ie
for digital prints and gifts
accept them, they also take paypal as well.

davehey79 · 22-07-2006 2:02pm

http://nokia-accessories.ie/acatalog/

davehey79 · 27-07-2006 8:11am

http://www.pride.ie/
http://www.1800hotels.ie
www.inkjet.ie

Ruu_Old · 28-07-2006 12:20am

Moved this to Online Buying/Auctions. Maybe the mods can sticky this, good information here.

seinstein · 29-07-2006 4:25pm

http://www.cdworld.ie
http://screenclick.com

cdworld is low quality as I can't seem to buy anything.
everytime I "proceed to checkout" I get Numerous errors on my screen.
Can anyone help?

Spocker · 30-07-2006 12:20pm

Why don't you ring them, the phone numbers on the site...

cdworld.ie wrote:

Address:
CDWorld.ie
Unit 17,
Drogheda Town Centre
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland

Telephone: 00 353 41 98 33879
Fax: 00 353 41 98 33879
Email: sales@cdworld.ie

Basq · 30-07-2006 12:24pm

Firstly seinstein.. you e-mailed them on Friday at the end of a working day... would you give them at LEAST 2 - 3 days to respond?

And secondly you're thread-spoiling..

Basq · 30-07-2006 12:42pm

Nature's Way

(accept Maestro but it's an Irish store so it'll work fine!)

seinstein · 31-07-2006 8:21pm

yeah, thanx Basquille. they e-mailed back, said the site had some 'teething problems'. all is well, guess "patience is a virtue" for some, i;ll have to make it one of mine...lol.:D

HDX · 31-07-2006 9:03pm

What's the deal with our maestro cards not working on uk onlinse sites eg play.com, fragrancedirect.co.uk(great little website)
shoud I make a new thread?

Ruu_Old · 31-07-2006 9:07pm

Fragrance Direct website states that they accept Maestro here. Play.com also lists along the bottom of their webpages that they accept Maestro.

HDX · 31-07-2006 9:30pm

no that's the thing they accept maestro just not Irish maestro cards.

Basq · 31-07-2006 10:05pm

HDX wrote:

no that's the thing they accept maestro just not Irish maestro cards.

Been onto AIB / Laser about it numerous times... they told me something like Maestro in England is the replacement for Switch cards so they don't recognise our cards.

More or less - England Maestro differs from Irish Maestro.

Pile of shee-yat if you ask me! :mad:

PS - thread needs to be cleaned up a bit.. i reckon!

seinstein · 01-08-2006 5:58pm

Yes, Basquille's right, uk laser cards are different, i was trying to www.amazon.co.uk and www.sendit.com, aib said that uk maestros are more 'advanced' than roi ones as the can be used on irish sits as well as their own.
aib also said that irish cards will probably be enable when the uk sites are updated, this is probably bullsh** and she was lieing to stop me being pissed-off.

i know it sucks, but hey, Welcome to Ireland....

smiles · 05-08-2006 4:23pm

Annoying since I emailed Amazon and they said to phone up and give my card details... but it doesn't work that way either.
But I've used it successfully (in person) in the US as a debit card.

Severed♀Head☻ · 08-08-2006 6:31pm

Basquille could you go to thw effort of editing your first post with a link to each site mentioned, it would go a long way towards making this thread stick.

Agent Smith · 09-08-2006 12:10pm

any other sites accepting mastro?

Ruu_Old · 09-08-2006 6:48pm

Does that mean that Irish maestro cards as basically worthless (or as good as) then?:(

Spocker · 09-08-2006 7:04pm

I don't think so - I've used my AIB Maestro/Laser at a POS in Waterstones in the UK (London I think)

Raskolnikov · 09-08-2006 7:06pm

Talked to AIB about this today. He said that a UK Maestro card is different to an Irish one, absolutely ridiculous considering the whole purpose of Maestro is to have a standard card world wide. Since my card doesn't have a CV2 number on the back, I can't make any purchases online with it.

So yea, we've all got glorified ATM cards.

edit: not being entirely clear here. Using an Irish Maestro card for an internet payment is pointless. However, if you have a Laser card, that'll work.

seinstein · 17-08-2006 9:14pm

Yes, Raskol you're right. but I was buying from www.cdwow.ie and
when I was paying, there was a message at the bottom of the sceen
which read sometining like: 'some cards donot have CV2 numbers so just enter the digits '999' into the CV2 box'.---I havn't tried it yet but worth a try
but all the sites i've seen the CV2 number req. on also req. the start date
which we don't have.

Also- what do you mean 'If we should have a laser card that'll work'.

I thought a maestro is a laser, so it should work?

And how much would a laser card cost. 'cause i'd like nothing more than to buy from overseas eg. US,Uk-these are so much cheaper than Ireland.:mad:
Thanks...

seinstein · 27-08-2006 12:06am

hey all, could any1 give me a link to a website that sells clothes, shoes, hats
etc... but accepts maestro laser cards.:)
Cheers....

moneyblues · 30-08-2006 12:08pm

Isn't it international internet transactions that the irish version of Maestro can't handle? I would have assumed online irish sites are OK.

You might want to check the thread "Maestro debit card- No Irish please?" in the Banking, Borrowing, Budgeting and Credit Cards forum on
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/

Basq · 30-08-2006 12:28pm

moneyblues wrote:

Isn't it international internet transactions that the irish version of Maestro can't handle? I would have assumed online irish sites are OK.

Yes.. there's an online Irish pharmacy - NaturesWay.ie that accepts Irish Maestro cards without problem.

It is international transactions - or more specifically the British version of Maestro which is incompatible with our Maestro.

moneyblues · 30-08-2006 12:33pm

Raskolnikov wrote:

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edit: not being entirely clear here. Using an Irish Maestro card for an internet payment is pointless. However, if you have a Laser card, that'll work.

Can you explain this further - I've never seen laser listed as a payment method for international internet transactions.

secret_squirrel · 30-08-2006 7:31pm

moneyblues wrote:

Can you explain this further - I've never seen laser listed as a payment method for international internet transactions.

BangCD (based in singapore) accept laser.

Whats confusing people is that Maestro is both an umbrella organisation for mutually accepting debit and atm cards abroad, and also a specific Debit card in the UK that was formerly known as switch.

Therefore when most internet sites say they accept Maestro, they really mean the card formerly known as Switch, not any old debit card with the Maestro symbol on it.

At least thats how I understand it.

Dumb branding imo.

moneyblues · 31-08-2006 3:06am

What I'd like to know is where is the service which will provide proper debit cards?

Spocker · 05-09-2006 10:03pm

http://www.iaccessorise.com - for all your iPod bits 'n Bobs

Emerg · 06-09-2006 9:19pm

www.trees.ie take Laser as well

seinstein · 07-09-2006 6:11pm

Spocker wrote:

http://www.iaccessorise.com - for all your iPod bits 'n Bobs

Do they take laser???? Spock:):):):confused:

Basq · 07-09-2006 6:39pm

seinstein wrote:

Do they take laser???? Spock:):):):confused:

Yep.. looks like they do!

Spocker · 07-09-2006 8:42pm

seinstein wrote:

Do they take laser???? Spock:):):):confused:

Wouldn't have posted if they didn't

Thanks basquille

Spocker · 07-09-2006 8:56pm

Eircom take Laser for their online store

seinstein · 08-09-2006 12:12am

Spocker wrote:

Wouldn't have posted if they didn't

Thanks basquille

Sorry Spocker!!

Didn't mean to sound patronising...:cool:

Spocker · 08-09-2006 6:24pm

Irishdomains.com take Laser as payment for their services

Spocker · 22-09-2006 7:20pm

Just to follow on from previous posts: ordered from cdworld.ie on Tuesday, disc delivered on Thursday

Found these today as well: giftgallery.ie

curranbaz · 25-09-2006 2:23pm

Don't forget:

Vodafone - www.vodafone.ie
Hughes & Hughes - www.hughesbooks.com
Aerlingus - www.aerlingus.com

Spocker · 01-11-2006 7:39pm

Hah, love it - Booze.ie take lazer

TheWaterboy · 03-11-2006 9:55am

www.perfumeireland.com

www.hostelworld.com

All of the stores that use www.buy4now.ie

Sticky of online stores that accept Laser / Maestro Card?

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