OT: Using BA Amex at IKEA
Jun 22, 2014, 11:46 am
#32
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IKEA in Edinburgh has got new payment stickers up everywhere, featuring both Amex and contactless. However, having tried, they don't accept contactless Amex.
Aug 11, 2014, 6:13 am
#33
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Has anyone bought IKEA gift cards instore using an AMEX? I'm just wondering now that the stores (or at least some of them) seem to take AMEX if they let you buy gift cards with it? I'm mainly asking because I don't want to trek there for no reason and if they're anything like Tesco they may decide not to sell them. I've a large order to put through online but they don't take AMEX online and I don't particularly want to pay the £5.95 fee for every £250 worth of cards that Voucher Express charge.
Aug 11, 2014, 12:23 pm
#34
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Has anyone bought IKEA gift cards instore using an AMEX? I'm just wondering now that the stores (or at least some of them) seem to take AMEX if they let you buy gift cards with it? I'm mainly asking because I don't want to trek there for no reason and if they're anything like Tesco they may decide not to sell them. I've a large order to put through online but they don't take AMEX online and I don't particularly want to pay the £5.95 fee for every £250 worth of cards that Voucher Express charge.
IKEA Edinburgh was unable to process a refund to an Amex over the phone a few weeks ago - apparently they haven't got round to that bit yet...
Aug 11, 2014, 12:47 pm
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Aug 11, 2014, 1:06 pm
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OT: Using BA Amex at IKEA
So this eBay/PayPal trick - was the idea that you could just sell yourself something for say £10k and get the voucher in one transaction? Surely it can't have been that easy. And if so, surely it doesn't still work?!
Aug 11, 2014, 1:12 pm
#37
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Given their size they are an obvious target for money laundering and have the systems in place to detect any suspicious transactions.
Trying anything on with PayPal will see you account suspended for audit and a difficult time getting your money released.
Sorry to sound so doom and gloom but it isn't a topic that should be explored by anyone simply looking for a few credit card miles!
Much better off at Ikea....
Aug 11, 2014, 2:16 pm
#38
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Rest assured PayPal are extremely hot on any kind of manufactured spending (even when they are are now taking a fee).
Given their size they are an obvious target for money laundering and have the systems in place to detect any suspicious transactions.
Trying anything on with PayPal will see you account suspended for audit and a difficult time getting your money released.
Sorry to sound so doom and gloom but it isn't a topic that should be explored by anyone simply looking for a few credit card miles!
Much better off at Ikea....
Given their size they are an obvious target for money laundering and have the systems in place to detect any suspicious transactions.
Trying anything on with PayPal will see you account suspended for audit and a difficult time getting your money released.
Sorry to sound so doom and gloom but it isn't a topic that should be explored by anyone simply looking for a few credit card miles!
Much better off at Ikea....
Aug 12, 2014, 2:25 am
#40
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That's exactly what I'm doing, we're getting our new kitchen from Ikea but as you can't use Amex online I think I'm going to try and pop into Ikea later this week and see if I can use it to buy gift cards in store and then use them to pay online. We currently have a separate kitchen and dining room, and with a view of combining them when putting the new kitchen in, the benefit of Ikea's system is that I can not only design it exactly how I want it but also do it all myself (bar electrical, plumbing & gas work obviously) in stages with minimal disruption to cooking facilities and also as time / money permits.
Aug 12, 2014, 2:43 am
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* although the situation is definitely improving. Back in 2011 the Amex contactless didn't seem to work anywhere:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/bmi-d...-anywhere.html
(notice in that post I was against TFL accepting contactless credit cards, now I'm taking part in the pilot phase of TFL accepting contactless on the tube, DLR, etc and find it convenient).
Aug 12, 2014, 2:59 am
#43
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)We got our kitchen from B&Q who don't accept Amex and I'm ashamed to say I thought for more than a moment about changing the design entirely just to buy from somewhere that does
Aug 12, 2014, 3:02 am
#44
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"Can I put this on the Amex" is probably my most frequent thought...beyond "is it acceptable to start drinking yet" (with the answer to both being "go ahead and try anyway )
We got our kitchen from B&Q who don't accept Amex and I'm ashamed to say I thought for more than a moment about changing the design entirely just to buy from somewhere that does
)We got our kitchen from B&Q who don't accept Amex and I'm ashamed to say I thought for more than a moment about changing the design entirely just to buy from somewhere that does
Aug 12, 2014, 3:05 am
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"Can I put this on the Amex" is probably my most frequent thought...beyond "is it acceptable to start drinking yet" (with the answer to both being "go ahead and try anyway )
We got our kitchen from B&Q who don't accept Amex and I'm ashamed to say I thought for more than a moment about changing the design entirely just to buy from somewhere that does
)We got our kitchen from B&Q who don't accept Amex and I'm ashamed to say I thought for more than a moment about changing the design entirely just to buy from somewhere that does
My main annoyance is that B&Q used to accept Amex. When they stopped Homebase and Amex did a lot of cross-promotion.