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| Thread ID: 86160 | 2008-01-06 20:57:00 | Card problem (Eftpos card!) | Thomas01 (317) | PC World Chat |
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| 627879 | 2008-01-07 03:36:00 | This trick is probably the most common Thomas. And it generally works. Yep - I use it many times a day. Hasn't failed yet. Have even taped a snapped card together and it worked! :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 627880 | 2008-01-07 03:48:00 | I went in to a bank today to get a new card because mine was scratched too much and they just gave me one in about 20 mins. Maybe its time to call the bank up and ask some questions. | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 627881 | 2008-01-07 04:33:00 | You can probably get them to re-encode your old card if its otherwise ok, why shell out a large fee for a new one, go into your bank and ask. | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 627882 | 2008-01-07 05:44:00 | Eftpos cards don't have expiry dates. Only credit cards. Mine expires 2010. I used to think they went on forever, too ;) |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 627883 | 2008-01-07 06:09:00 | Eftpos cards don't have expiry dates. Only credit cards. Some do, some don't My TSB bank one doesn't, but my national bank one does. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 627884 | 2008-01-07 06:13:00 | Mine says "Expires end 11/08". I may be on borrowed time | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 627885 | 2008-01-07 08:05:00 | I am quite surprised at the interest in my enquiry. Thank you to all who replied. I did in fact go to my doctor this morning and the receptionist was unable to get my card to work. She just did what others have recommended - stuck a piece of sellotape over the black bit. It worked perfectly. This is the first I have known of this tip. Strange that my bank (National) did not tell me whereas my doctors receptionist did. But in 35 years the National has been excellent with me. I chose them from the UK and when I arrived they couldn't do enough to help. Of course those people will have retired or moved to other banks long ago. But I will stay with them. And my card does carry an expiry date. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 627886 | 2008-01-07 20:46:00 | I suspect banks don't publicise the Sellotape remedy because there is possibly a slight risk it might come loose inside their ATM machines which use a much thinner slot than a shop counter eftpos unit | bonzo29 (2348) | ||
| 627887 | 2008-01-07 21:31:00 | I am quite surprised at the interest in my enquiry. Thank you to all who replied. I did in fact go to my doctor this morning and the receptionist was unable to get my card to work. She just did what others have recommended - stuck a piece of sellotape over the black bit. It worked perfectly. This is the first I have known of this tip. Strange that my bank (National) did not tell me whereas my doctors receptionist did. But in 35 years the National has been excellent with me. I chose them from the UK and when I arrived they couldn't do enough to help. Of course those people will have retired or moved to other banks long ago. But I will stay with them. And my card does carry an expiry date. Tom They send new cards within a few days, but you have to go back into the bank to put your pin on it. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 627888 | 2008-01-07 22:40:00 | Mine says "Expires end 11/08". I may be on borrowed time Forgot to state that I have NEVER got a card this close to it's use-by date, previous record was 18 months before expiry date when the card failed by delaminating. The fore-runner to the present card lost it's data after about 3 weeks. I must be a card-killer. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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