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Old Jan 15, 2014, 9:20 am
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What we know so far, that we are happy to share, and won't get the hump when other people ask us or other people get the hump cos we know something they don't.

3V / Pay.com cards are no more

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Old Jul 18, 2014, 1:15 am
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Originally Posted by obiterdictum
0% fees help too.
I didn't think this could be had at 0%? Is there a limited time period signup offer perhaps?
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Old Jul 18, 2014, 9:09 am
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Originally Posted by Tom Elliott
I didn't think this could be had at 0%? Is there a limited time period signup offer perhaps?
Yes for 1 month blocks per sign up.
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Old Jul 20, 2014, 3:36 am
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Originally Posted by flood
Buy Blackhawk Visa gift cards and cycle them through NS&I...
Black hawk? i googled to find they are US products
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Old Jul 20, 2014, 3:57 am
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Originally Posted by mitpat474
Black hawk? i googled to find they are US products
I'm pretty certain that flood was referring to the Visa gift cards which charge a fee rather than the 3V cards.
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Old Jul 21, 2014, 7:18 am
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Originally Posted by Amarone
I'm pretty certain that flood was referring to the Visa gift cards which charge a fee rather than the 3V cards.
Correct. These are the Visa GC's with a fee.

"About" Blackhawk:
https://www.gospendit.co.uk/AboutUs/Index
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Old Jul 26, 2014, 2:22 pm
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Originally Posted by essexadventurer
I aplogise for this not being a pure MS question, but I know this audience will know the answer to a couple of questions:

(i) if you prepay (with V3) a BT account to the full cost of a years Line Rental Saver, can you still apply that credit balance to pay for the Line Rental Saver rather than charge it to a debit/credit card?
I don't think you are able to do this. I had a large balance on my BT account when my linesaver renewal came up but the website/form is only setup to allow a single payment of the £117ish by debit card. I tried to call and explain this the call centre in India completely failed to understand what I wanted to do so I had to give up.
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Old Jul 27, 2014, 3:22 am
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Originally Posted by Blenz101
I don't think you are able to do this. I had a large balance on my BT account when my linesaver renewal came up but the website/form is only setup to allow a single payment of the £117ish by debit card. I tried to call and explain this the call centre in India completely failed to understand what I wanted to do so I had to give up.
Thanks for this. In the end I paid by normal debit card. I have a second line rental saver due in a few weeks (my own rather than a family members) and I was going to try that with V3 - I won't waste my time now!
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Old Jul 28, 2014, 3:55 pm
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 9:23 am
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Just arrived back from Tesco's to find i dont have my V3 PIN number....

Need to head back after work to try and fix this issue....

any suggestions?

Thx
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 11:48 am
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Do you mean it's not on the card itself?
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 12:29 pm
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Originally Posted by rembrandtuk
Do you mean it's not on the card itself?
Yes, the 6 digit pin is on the scratch panel on the back. The only thing you could be missing is the receipt from the till which says your 3V card is not activated - there is no pin or any other information on the receipt which you need to activate the card, but clearly if it isn't activated then you can't go through the process on the 3v website to make the card work.
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Old Aug 19, 2014, 1:02 pm
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Thanks to both rembrandtuk and Karfa for your responses...

A noobie mistake, of course it was on the card... i just didn't bother looking there - i assumed the PIN would be on the activation receipt..

thanks for your responses - just tried to pay off part of HHonors card, with the 3v card... didnt work - so now for plans b-z...

thx
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Old Aug 21, 2014, 5:04 am
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Anyone tried using 3V for oyster online lately? Seems to be no longer...
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Old Aug 21, 2014, 5:58 am
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I managed to top up a couple of days ago.
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Old Aug 21, 2014, 5:59 am
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Originally Posted by flood
Anyone tried using 3V for oyster online lately? Seems to be no longer...
Working OK for me. Make sure your 3V account post code matches the post code associated with your Oyster.
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