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All it means is that - as part of their sponsoring the games - VISA will have plenty of places for you to sign up for one of their cards if you wish, just like you can at most other retail locations that have branded or private credit cards. So long as you can pass the most basic of credit checks, yes, they'll be able to stamp out a new card for you on the spot. It probably won't be chipped, and it may have a very low limit, but it will still be an "authentic" VISA. So long as you're able to pay it off within the month, i doubt there's anything predatory about the terms (and if you can't you have no business spending all that money on silly Olympics purchases).
imajoebob | 09.06.12 - 5:38 a.m. | #
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The more I read about the games the happier I am that I've decided to hibernate for the 2 weeks of it's duration. Feel sorry for those living in the capital who are footing the bill for this potential shambles.
kev hennessy | 09.06.12 - 5:57 a.m. | #
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I read somewhere that cash dispensing machines in and around the Olympic Park, and also at other Olympic venues are being converted to only accept Visa cards.
Although I am a working as a volunteer during for the Olympics and am pleased to see them in London, I have not tried to get any tickets for myself. I will visit the Olympic Park after the Olympics when its reopened.
Tickets still on sale with 48 days to go, empty seats, hotel bookings down, monsoon summer, flooded tube lines.....
John | 09.06.12 - 6:28 a.m. | #
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How hard is it to make sure you have enough cash (or a Visa card)???
If you can't do that - how did you end up with a ticket or manage to get to the venue or keep breathing while you were asleep...
Life isn't that hard!!!
tim... | 09.06.12 - 8:42 a.m. | #
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Thing is, Visa don't issue *credit* or *debit* cards. That is, they don't lend money. Banks and other bodies issue cards, Visa are just the company that provides a) the branding and b) the systems that move the money around in the background from the bank your card's with to the shop where you paid for something with a Visa card. They're not a lending company themselves, and I doubt the lending companies will want to give the nod to issuing credit cards to their customers over the phone without prior checks etc.
So who knows what the "other payment solutions" might be? My guess - a prepaid VISA card that you can buy using other types of card - so that all the retailers are still only accepting Visa.
Will be interesting to find out what they actually mean.
mighty mouse | 09.06.12 - 9:35 a.m. | #
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Perhaps Lloyds TSB* will be on hand to sign you up to an account, but I'm not sure how you'd be expected to fund it straight away.
I have seen Wenlock and Mandeville-branded Visa pre-paid Visa gift cards available in WHSmith, but again they're not much use unless you have cash to buy one with in the first place.
This typically outraged article from the Mail mentions the Visa-only cash machines in the venues. It also has the lovely quote "Will we cover up manhole covers with Thames Water on them because it is not a sponsor?" from someone who clearly doesn't know his Olympic sponsors.
* or Bank of Scotland, if you're at Hampden - the torch relay car seems to have a little magnet covering up the LTSB logo when north of the border.
martin | 09.06.12 - 11:54 a.m. | #
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(oops, my links appear to have gone slightly awry)
dg writes: I've sorted them. But yes, swirlythingy's note below is correct.
martin | 09.06.12 - 11:54 a.m. | #
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If its any consolation Martin, it happens to me too. It seems the parser cannot cope well with an <h> hmtl statement over multiple lines.
Pedantic of Purley | 09.06.12 - 1:10 p.m. | #
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It's the URL parser's fault. It simply can't cope with people who actually do know how to use <a> tags. I've had that problem too.
swirlythingy | Homepage | 09.06.12 - 1:34 p.m. | #
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@tim: People will be reluctant to take large amounts of cash to the venues in case they get pickpocketed. And it looks as if food etc inside the venues will be very expensive.
Richard | Homepage | 09.06.12 - 2:27 p.m. | #
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I meant <a>. html on the brain.
Pedantic of Purley | 09.06.12 - 3:24 p.m. | #
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That is so sinister. These are absurdly restrictive sponsortship deals.
ChrisMitch | 09.06.12 - 11:07 p.m. | #
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In line with the enforced de-branding of businesses outside the Olympic Park, you will only be allowed to use Visa throughout all of the host boroughs ;o)
martxw | 09.06.12 - 11:51 p.m. | #
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@ChrisMitch - Sinister? Really; sinister? Is it sinister that you can't buy England Football kit made by Reebok? Is it sinister that you can't buy Quick hamburgers at the games? Is it sinister that you can't get an Orangina from the refreshment stand? Hell, is it "sinister" that you can't use your Debenham's credit card at Harrod's?
Why is it any different to say you can only use the "official" credit card? Especially when you consider that every pound they spent for that privilege is one less the taxpayers had to contribute. Sounds like a brilliant deal to me.
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