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Itshim

24-01-2026 21:03

Card payment on mc

Can anyone tell what I should see on a portable card payment m/c reason I am asking. Local barber charged me £13 for my cut, have ever checking bank it was charged at 13p before anyone asks I went back and paid it to him. Because it , I guess could have gone the other way I wonder what the screen should look like., guessing it should be 13.00 :confused:

SnoopZ

24-01-2026 21:39

Re: card payment on mc

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36209585)

It should show £13.00, I guess he entered it in wrong, well done on going back to pay him.

Paul	24-01-2026 21:39

Re: card payment on mc

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36209585)

Yep, I would guess he forgot to type the two zero's in, so insteal of 13.00, he charged you 00.13

Itshim

25-01-2026 15:32

Re: card payment on mc

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36209589)

Yep, I would guess he forgot to type the two zero's in, so insteal of 13.00, he charged you 00.13

I am sure you are correct , I never really look at what is typed in must look more closely in future. think i saw 13 must look for full stop :rolleyes:

SnoopZ

25-01-2026 15:45

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Originally Posted by Itshim (Post 36209624)

I am sure you are correct , I never really look at what is typed in must look more closely in future. think i saw 13 must look for full stop :rolleyes:

With you not looking what is typed! Imagine chaos if it said £13000 and you clicked pay.

Sephiroth

25-01-2026 16:52

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Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36209625)

With you not looking what is typed! Imagine chaos if it said £13000 and you clicked pay.

My Platinum Amex would allow that!

papa smurf

25-01-2026 18:44

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Originally Posted by Sephiroth (Post 36209629)

My Platinum Amex would allow that!

are they for really skint people who need to borrow more money than most to make it to the next payday

Sephiroth

25-01-2026 20:00

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Originally Posted by papa smurf (Post 36209631)

are they for really skint people who need to borrow more money than most to make it to the next payday

They don't hand them out to "really skint people".

Paul	25-01-2026 20:04

Re: Card payment on mc

I had an AMEX for a while, but found it a bit useless as so many places didnt take them.
In the end it finished up just being on my Paypal account, until I got around to dumping it.

Sephiroth

25-01-2026 20:21

Re: Card payment on mc

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36209634)

I had an AMEX for a while, but found it a bit useless as so many places didnt take them.
In the end it finished up just being on my Paypal account, until I got around to dumping it.

They've loosened up on commission and nearly all of the places infest take AMEX. We travel a lot and the points all go towards a later travel. It's an excellent card. Get's us into the top lounges too.

Hugh	25-01-2026 20:27

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Originally Posted by Paul (Post 36209634)

I had an AMEX for a while, but found it a bit useless as so many places didnt take them.
In the end it finished up just being on my Paypal account, until I got around to dumping it.

We have BA Amex cards, which we use for Avios points (airmiles, 1.5 points for ever £1 spend), and we also get free Companion tickets (you just pay taxes, no fares) after a certain annual spend.

We also have a Barclaycard Avios card (for when places don’t take Amex) where we get 1 point for every £1 spend.

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