Payzone Prepaid Mastercard

marko91

ive signed up on http://www.payzonemoney.ie/ and to get the card i have to buy it online with a credit card...y would i need this card if i already have a credit cardso my only option is to gointo a place that does payzone and buy a card package off them....but i went into a shop today and the woman didnt have a clue what iwas talking about!...anyone that has one of these cards that bought in a shop could u please explain how 2 get it?or even the place ur puchased it?id appreiciate any help cos this is annoying me:mad:

OutlawPete

marko91 wrote: »

ive signed up on http://www.payzonemoney.ie/ and to get the card i have to buy it online with a credit card...y would i need this card if i already have a credit cardso my only option is to gointo a place that does payzone and buy a card package off them....but i went into a shop today and the woman didnt have a clue what iwas talking about!...anyone that has one of these cards that bought in a shop could u please explain how 2 get it?or even the place ur puchased it?id appreiciate any help cos this is annoying me:mad:

I got mine sorted today. Bought mine in the Spar at the junction of North Earl St.

First things first:

They charge you €3.50 in the shop for any top-ups to €350 and €5.95 for ones between €350 & €500.

You will then be charged, from your card balance, 2.95% for using it Online, over the phone or in a shop.

It's cost's €1.50 for ATM transactions.

I took out €50 no problem from a Bank Of Ireland machine and a Centra let me buy €9.77 worth of food without asking for pin, just swiped and ask me to sign.

I'll let you know if Betfair will let me use it tomorrow

Nico

vsat

Ryanair prepaid card is better, only 85 euro pre year charge, and 0.75c pre transaction, and pin and chip.

marko91

Nico22 wrote: »

I got mine sorted today. Bought mine in the Spar at the junction of North Earl St.

First things first:

They charge you €3.50 in the shop for any top-ups to €350 and €5.95 for ones between €350 & €500.

You will then be charged, from your card balance, 2.95% for using it Online, over the phone or in a shop.

It's cost's €1.50 for ATM transactions.

I took out €50 no problem from a Bank Of Ireland machine and a Centra let me buy €9.77 worth of food without asking for pin, just swiped and ask me to sign.

I'll let you know if Betfair will let me use it tomorrow

Nico

nico u know when u buy the card pack should the person in the shop give u the "loading card" back? cos my friend never got his and he cant top it up:(....im gona buy it on friday:D

OutlawPete

marko91 wrote: »

nico u know when u buy the card pack should the person in the shop give u the "loading card" back? cos my friend never got his and he cant top it up:(....im gona buy it on friday:D

Yeah, they should hand it back with a receipt.

Nico

marko91

ah kk he told me he asked does he not need that other card but the man said its just to put money into it once....

vsat

I believe that is correct, the cardboard card can only load the mastercard once, then you register and the official one arrives in the post a week or so later.

regards,

OutlawPete

vsat wrote: »

I believe that is correct, the cardboard card can only load the mastercard once, then you register and the official one arrives in the post a week or so later.

regards,

That's correct. Thought the OP was refering to the 'Permanent Loading Card' he received through the post.

I'm still waiting for mine also.

I've posting on the 'Prepaid Debit Card Experiences' thread that the CCV codes are now on the Payzone Mastercard's website so it can now be used to shop online.

Will post back and report how things go ..

Nico

marko91

Nico22 wrote: »

That's correct. Thought the OP was refering to the 'Permanent Loading Card' he received through the post.

I'm still waiting for mine also.

I've posting on the 'Prepaid Debit Card Experiences' thread that the CCV codes are now on the Payzone Mastercard's website so it can now be used to shop online.

Will post back and report how things go ..

Nico

so the loading card thingy we aint dont get back yes?we get a plastic mastercard and a proper card will come in the post?

OutlawPete

marko91 wrote: »

so the loading card thingy we aint dont get back yes?we get a plastic mastercard and a proper card will come in the post?

Yup, it seems that that is the case. When I receive mine and top-up etc I'll post back.

Nico

OutlawPete

vsat wrote: »

Ryanair prepaid card is better, only 85 euro pre year charge, and 0.75c pre transaction, and pin and chip.

What's the craic with the 2.75% Sterling & Dollars transaction fees? Would that kick in with Ebay and PayPal transactions? Does the Net+ or Halifax.ie cards have these cross border transcation fees?

Nico

poindexter

i'm going to the local shop now to get one of these. i intend to use it for an order of roughly €50 and want to use it on deal extreme/paypal.

is there anything i need to know first or is it straightforward??

marko91

poindexter wrote: »

i'm going to the local shop now to get one of these. i intend to use it for an order of roughly €50 and want to use it on deal extreme/paypal.

is there anything i need to know first or is it straightforward??

its fairly straight forward...when u get it register on the website its preety easy:D

poindexter

marko91 wrote: »

its fairly straight forward...when u get it register on the website its preety easy:D

if i buy it now though, say give the woman in the shop €50, can i then go onto paypal and i have €50 to spend, just like that???

marko91

poindexter wrote: »

if i buy it now though, say give the woman in the shop €50, can i then go onto paypal and i have €50 to spend, just like that???

no its nothing 2 do wit payla...u registed online and itl give u ur CVV number then go on ebay r watever and wen ur buyin something u put ur card number in and ccv number and the date on the car (card number and date is on card) the ccv number is on the website when u register:)

poindexter

marko91 wrote: »

no its nothing 2 do wit payla...u registed online and itl give u ur CVV number then go on ebay r watever and wen ur buyin something u put ur card number in and ccv number and the date on the car (card number and date is on card) the ccv number is on the website when u register:)

nice one. so now i have just ordered the bad boy online, paid €6 for the privelige :rolleyes:
so i can't buy one in the shop now? the one i wait to be delivered is it??


cheers by the way, i'm a bit of a dumbass til i know what i'm doing

marko91

poindexter wrote: »

nice one. so now i have just ordered the bad boy online, paid €6 for the privelige :rolleyes:
so i can't buy one in the shop now? the one i wait to be delivered is it??


cheers by the way, i'm a bit of a dumbass til i know what i'm doing

lol so am i dont worry its preety easy once u do it once:)i bought mine in the shop....according 2 some people on this thread once u register u get a real card in the post instead of the fakish one u get with the card pack..ill let u know once it comes

poindexter

marko91 wrote: »

lol so am i dont worry its preety easy once u do it once:)i bought mine in the shop....according 2 some people on this thread once u register u get a real card in the post instead of the fakish one u get with the card pack..ill let u know once it comes

should i get some activation thing in an email from them?? nothing came yet. i wanna log in to my account but don't have the email yet??

marko91

poindexter wrote: »

should i get some activation thing in an email from them?? nothing came yet. i wanna log in to my account but don't have the email yet??

u cant make or login to ur account until u get ur card, once u get that itl have instructions...ull get the hang of it preety easy:)if u need any help u can always private mail me.

Red Sleeping Beauty

Their website that says it's "FREE to use in shops and online!" is a bit misleading if they're charging you a percentage when you use it!!


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Amalgam

2.95% could amount to a fair bit..

Has anyone linked this card to their eBay account?

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I am currently using 3V, but for some reason can't pay through Paypal, even for external PayPal payments, not requiring Paypal, such as Deal Extreme.

OutlawPete

I used my card last week in Spar and they haven't taken 2.95% off as of yet. Has anyone had them take this precentage so far?

Or is it just like the Ryanair card in that they will only charge that if it's not Euros?

Nico

martin12

Hi
Just to let people living in Waterford City know they can now load there cards at Hayes Shop,Johns Park.There's 3 payzone agents in Waterford but only Hayes are setup for prepay card.

ttilting

what shops are selling these cards in dublin .. centre or/south west?

MrsMcSteamy

ttilting wrote: »

what shops are selling these cards in dublin .. centre or/south west?

If you go onto the payzone.ie website on the main page it should have a dropdown bar with all their services, what you are looking for is payzone worldwide money and the you should be able to select a county and you should be able to find a location near you.

OutlawPete

ttilting wrote: »

what shops are selling these cards in dublin .. centre or/south west?

In Dublin the Spar on O'Connell Street and Talbot Street seem to be the two to use. The website says loads of Spar's and Londis around the city I can assure you they don't and they tend to make a song and dance when you ask them if they don't know.

I think some shops think your trying to rip them off with a homemade mastercard or something. I had four staff surround me in the Spar (or is it Londis) on the corner of Westmoreland Street / O'Connell bridge syaing "please sir, you have to leave, we no do these cards, please sir, we have to call the guards".

All I had asked was could they swipe the Loading card through their system. They wouldn't even try, despite me explaining to them, very nicely I might add, that their shop is listed on the PayzoneMoney.ie website.

One guy from India, really smugly said 'What's the name of this road then' and smiled at the rest of the staff .. I just calmly said Westmoreland Street and told him that I worked on this very spot 18 years ago when it used to be Abrakebabra.

Knew there was no point asking anymore as when I was explaining to him about the PayzoneMoney.com website listing their shop and showing him the web address on the loading card, I could see he wasn't paying attention as he said "okay, I tell my boss about the website, now please leave ..".

I said "you gonna tell your boss about the website?" .. he said "yes" and said "What's the website address?" and put the card down I was showing him.

He starting stuttering and said "payzone.ie website" and I just laughed and said "no mate, don't worry about it, I'll talk to your boss myself tomorrow, I knew you weren't paying a slight bit of attention to what I was saying, you just wanted me out and that's fine I'll talk to your boss in the morning".

From some reason at this point the guy said to me 'No, I won't take slander!" and the big bouncer guy starting laughing at him and so did all the other staff.

Then as I went to leave another member of staff called me back and took my name and the PayzoneMoney.ie website details and said he say it to his boss and make sure the system is set up to take the loading cards asap.

I just hope this stuff is teething hassles as I thought I'd be putting experiences like this behind me after all my years using 3V Vouchers

Gonna try opening a Halifax account tomorrow also after the good reports.

Nico

MrsMcSteamy

I know there are alot of staff who do not realise they have this on their pinklink system, however if you can manage to get one of the to listen to you, tell them on their pinklink machine there should be other services on their menu options. It is within the other services option that they shall find worldwide money option for the cards.

AFAIK all the systems have this set this way, there will be engineers coming around shortly to all the payzone shops to update and improve the system. This might help generate awareness amongst staff.

poindexter

i received mine today, one question... when registering the card, it asks for an ID Card/Passport number. whats that about, do i have to give my passport number????

OutlawPete

poindexter wrote: »

i received mine today, one question... when registering the card, it asks for an ID Card/Passport number. whats that about, do i have to give my passport number????

I used my driving license number as that is what I hope to use to extend my limit if needs be. Passport's out of date

Nico

poindexter

Nico22 wrote: »

I used my driving license number as that is what I hope to use to extend my limit if needs be. Passport's out of date

Nico

jaysis i better do it again then, i used the 16 digit number from the front of the card :rolleyes:

where can i get the CVC2 Security Code so i can get some online shopping done??

Red Sleeping Beauty

Nico22 wrote: »

I used my driving license number as that is what I hope to use to extend my limit if needs be. Passport's out of date

Nico

You should still be able to use an out-of-date passport. It is still you isn't it ?

poindexter wrote: »

i received mine today, one question... when registering the card, it asks for an ID Card/Passport number. whats that about, do i have to give my passport number????

I wouldn't be giving that info to a website.