M4 Enfield

mistermister

They are no longer accepting VISA debit at the M4 Enfield toll plaza. Got caught out today with no cash. Annoying because VISA sign is still on the window of the hut.

Redsoxfan

Interesting - so what happened? Presume they have to let you through?

AlekSmart

mistermister wrote: »

They are no longer accepting VISA debit at the M4 Enfield toll plaza. Got caught out today with no cash. Annoying because VISA sign is still on the window of the hut.

Well well well,kinda cuts the feet out from under the likes of PTSB and the rest of the innovative,customer focused Irish Banking system.....so much for the much broader acceptance across the world etc etc etc.....oh and in small print..."Enfield excepted" !!!!

Carawaystick

If they advertise visa in a manner to mislead a reasonable person that they would accept visa that's a criminal offence, so I wouldn't pay, and call them on it

L1011

Carawaystick wrote: »

If they advertise visa in a manner to mislead a reasonable person that they would accept visa that's a criminal offence, so I wouldn't pay, and call them on it

I would imagine they still accept actual Visa cards, just not Visa Debit cards which have been fraudulently advertised by banks as "accepted anywhere Visa is". When they aren't. Just the vast majority of them.

Sole acceptance advantage over a Laser card is the UK, where 70% or so of businesses have units that think Maestro cards with 19 digits aren't real; unfortunately it seems Laser is dying in favour of VD.

T Corolla

One question is this the main toll bridge or the smaller bridge heading into Enfield

aindriu80

darn that is so annoying, i got caught out one day and needed to get a coin from another motorist

-Corkie-

So if someone wants to pay by Laser or Visa must they go through the whole process of putting in pin numbers etc like a transaction in a shop???

Stark

MYOB wrote: »

I would imagine they still accept actual Visa cards, just not Visa Debit cards which have been fraudulently advertised by banks as "accepted anywhere Visa is". When they aren't. Just the vast majority of them.

A Visa Debit card can be put through as a normal Visa card if the terminal doesn't specifically see it as a debit card. Certainly online I just use my debit card if the site asks for visa, haven't had to use my credit card since I got the thing. I'd imagine the problem lies with the operator behind the terminal rather than the terminal itself. I did have problems with the debit card in a shop in Austria but they also didn't accept chip & pin credit cards.

L1011

Stark wrote: »

A Visa Debit card can be put through as a normal Visa card if the terminal doesn't specifically see it as a debit card. Certainly online I just use my debit card if the site asks for visa, haven't had to use my credit card since I got the thing. I'd imagine the problem lies with the operator behind the terminal rather than the terminal itself. I did have problems with the debit card in Austria but they also didn't accept chip & pin credit cards.

Not everywhere online takes them either. DCC's payments - done by Capita -didn't at one point for instance.

Banks promote them as if they are a Visa credit card on your current account when they aren't

aindriu80

that sounds like a real farce

Gearheart

aindriu80 wrote: »

that sounds like a real farce

Definitely in agreement here.