Ancestry wont accept Maestro what can I do?

[Treelover]

Hi

I found out today that in February when my Ancestry subscription runs out I will not be able to use my Maestro debit card.  They will only take credit cards.   

 When I emailed them to ask they have just said “we only take credit cards”.  I don’t have one. 

Has any one else had this problem?  What did you do? 

Joan

[Iria]

Hi Joan

Thanks for the Information .. I was Going to renew my Ancestry Subs this Year.. Looks Like i carn't now  don't these companys relise that not everyone has a Credit Card ..

Regards

Iria

[Treelover]

Hi Iria,

Its a real pain the the proverbial.  I'll let you know what they come back with.  Hoping I can use my daughters card, don't know what else I can possibly do 

I also heard Genes Reunited are stopping Maestro as well, but I paid end December and that went through fine.

Joan

[stoney]

Hi

I found out today that in February when my Ancestry subscription runs out I will not be able to use my Maestro debit card.  They will only take credit cards.   

 When I emailed them to ask they have just said “we only take credit cards”.  I don’t have one. 

Has any one else had this problem?  What did you do? 

Joan

When I looked at the Ancestry site today it appears you can purchase pay-as-you-view vouchers, there are links on the site, if I remember correctly - might be an idea for you?

[madpants]

I don't have a credit card either they're evil things, they make you spend    So I've never had one just to be on the safe side 
Looks like my Ancestry sub is going down the pan when it's renewal time then 

[Treelover]

Hi,

Not for me, I help friends and family with their trees.  If it was just mine (which I have done) I would most likely pay to view, but with the number of census records I end up looking at, it would cost a small fortune.  

Think I'll have to ask the family for the "loan" of a credit card.

I don't know what Maestro have done that Switch didn't, but there seems to be more and more sites (not just family history ones) that won't now accept them.

Personally, I can't see what their problem is,   I have a debit card I can't run up lots of debt on it, if I don't have enough cash I can't spend, simple as that.  

We seem to be becoming a nation of people in debt, no wonder when the easy option for me in this case would be to get a credit card and run up £££s in debt on it.  Maybe I'm getting old  

Joan

[poppysmum]

 

i didn't know that either, i don't have a credit card and i don't want one either, what are we going to do when the subscriptioon runs out

[Tephra]

I don't know if it will help, but some banks do a Visa debit card which is treated as a Visa credit card............practically everywhere will accept it.


Barbara

[ankerdine]

On 12 October 2007 I had to renew my GenesReunited subscription using Paypall and a credit card. I didn't have the option to use my debit card. I too cannot understand why people are not allowed to use their debit card. After all there is TOO MUCH DEBT around and it's just getting worse. I rarely use a credit card these days.
Judy