Having recently moved over to a cash only way of living I was finding it a tiny bit of a pain not being able to use online grocery shopping etc. So I have just got myself a prepay debit card solely for using in this way.
Each week when i collect my cash from the post office, I give them my prepay debit card and most of my weekly shopping budget and they put the money on the card and I can order my shopping from online. Without any fear of gaining charges or overspending.
The card I have is a Maestro, and cost £9.95 intially (although I got it free on an offer code) and then 75p each time I top it up with Cash (whether I put £5 on or £200 on). The Cash takes 24 hours to appear on the card, and then I can use it in shops or online as a normal Maestro Card.
There are many different cards on the market now, all with various charges and setup fees. I have detailed a few below.
They can be used abroad, so are a useful way of carrying money on holiday, and you can use most of them to withdraw cash from ATMs - although again there can be a fee to do this.
This explanation is from moneysupermarket
A selection of these cards below.
TalkSport Prepay Card (Maestro) (Home - talkSPORT card, the newest and safest way to carry cash)
- Set up Fee £9.95
- Monthly Fee £0.00
Splash Plastic (Maestro) (Splash Plastic - Prepaid Debit Maestro MasterCard - Home)
- Set up Fee £5.00
- Monthly Fee £0.00
Each week when i collect my cash from the post office, I give them my prepay debit card and most of my weekly shopping budget and they put the money on the card and I can order my shopping from online. Without any fear of gaining charges or overspending.
The card I have is a Maestro, and cost £9.95 intially (although I got it free on an offer code) and then 75p each time I top it up with Cash (whether I put £5 on or £200 on). The Cash takes 24 hours to appear on the card, and then I can use it in shops or online as a normal Maestro Card.
There are many different cards on the market now, all with various charges and setup fees. I have detailed a few below.
They can be used abroad, so are a useful way of carrying money on holiday, and you can use most of them to withdraw cash from ATMs - although again there can be a fee to do this.
This explanation is from moneysupermarket
The prepaid card is far from a new idea. How many of us have used a prepaid phone card, a prepaid gift card or a prepaid sim card? The concept is basically the same. You load money on to a card that can then be used at retailers and online merchants. It can even be used to pay your bills and top up your mobile phone, and you can withdraw cash with the prepaid Visa or MasterCard at an ATM.
Money can be loaded on to your prepaid card by cash, bank transfer or even another credit card, and because it is a Visa or MasterCard you can use it anywhere in the world.
Prepaid cards generally have the same uses as a credit card, so much so that they are commonly referred to as ‘prepaid credit cards’. However, there is a difference. A prepaid card is completely powered by your cash and therefore the money you have in your prepaid account is the money you have to spend. This means there is no risk of running into debt. There are no credit checks and no interest to pay. Consequently, rather than referring to it as a prepaid credit card, a better description would be a prepaid debit card, a prepaid Visa card or a prepaid MasterCard.
Money can be loaded on to your prepaid card by cash, bank transfer or even another credit card, and because it is a Visa or MasterCard you can use it anywhere in the world.
Prepaid cards generally have the same uses as a credit card, so much so that they are commonly referred to as ‘prepaid credit cards’. However, there is a difference. A prepaid card is completely powered by your cash and therefore the money you have in your prepaid account is the money you have to spend. This means there is no risk of running into debt. There are no credit checks and no interest to pay. Consequently, rather than referring to it as a prepaid credit card, a better description would be a prepaid debit card, a prepaid Visa card or a prepaid MasterCard.
TalkSport Prepay Card (Maestro) (Home - talkSPORT card, the newest and safest way to carry cash)
- Set up Fee £9.95
- Monthly Fee £0.00
- UK ATM: £1.00 Per withdrawal
- Foreign Transaction: 2.75%
- Foreign Transaction: 2.75%
- Topup opitions - Minimum top up £10
You can top up your card in the following ways:
You can top up your card in the following ways:
- Online - with a credit or a debit card at the Home - talkSPORT card, the newest and safest way to carry cash website (3% fee per top up)
- At PayPoint shops nationwide - with cash (3% fee per top up)
- At Post Office branches nationwide - with cash. (75p per top up)
Splash Plastic (Maestro) (Splash Plastic - Prepaid Debit Maestro MasterCard - Home)
- Set up Fee £5.00
- Monthly Fee £0.00
- UK ATM: £1.50 Per withdrawal
- Foreign ATM: £1.50 Per withdrawal
- Foreign ATM: £1.50 Per withdrawal
- Topup opitions - Minimum top up £10
You can top up your card in the following ways:
VIRGIN prepay Mastercard - Virgin Prepaid Card - a pay as you go credit card alternative from Virgin Money UK
You can top up your card in the following ways:
- With cash at any Post Office® and PayPoint location (fee 30p per £10)
- Online with a 360money e-voucher from PayPoint
- Online with a credit or debit card (2.5% fee min fee £1.50)
- Have your wages paid to your card for free
- Transfer money from any bank account to your card for free
VIRGIN prepay Mastercard - Virgin Prepaid Card - a pay as you go credit card alternative from Virgin Money UK
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