Argh! So you know when it's time for your credit card to be renewed - a dreaded time because you have to start dealing with committing new numbers to memory and changing all your online payment cards, which you inevitably forget on at least two websites and it takes a good few months to get it all sorted, but then at least you have three years on the same card?
My new card is due to start in March. I've had it a month already, sitting waiting until the 29th Feb, when I'll have to change my card on Paypal and Amazon and blah, blah, blah and TFL - very important. And I've been told I've upgraded to Barclaycard Platinum, whatever the feckles that means. But it was no extra charge, so as usual I shrug and get on with it.
But then a few days ago I received a letter from Barclaycard and I forgot to open it until this morning. It reads that Barclaycard Platinum is now becoming obsolete. (Er, I haven't even changed over to it yet. That starts in March.) And from April I will be upgraded further - not sure what I've done to deserve all these upgrades - to a Barclaycard Platinum Visa. (So basically they've partnered up with Visa and have just shoved that on the end of the title.) Okay, but not only that, I'll be issued a 'new-new card' - a month after my 'new card' starts - and I'll have a new card number. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I've had the same card number for so long. I can ream it off at speed. Don't take it away from me. (After three years I still haven't learnt my latest Debit card number off by heart.) I don't like change!
So now, not only will I have to do the stupid change all the card numbers and all the websites and register the new card with TFL and blah, shitting blah blah, but then I'll have to it all over again about a month later. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
WHY? This is the ultimate fuck around and it seems that the only thing different is a £30 limit on contactless payments, instead of a £20 limit. Which means if someone nicks off with my card at any point, they can use it at contactless points and spend more of my money. Yay!
WTF? So my new card that is supposed to be issued until 2019, will actually be used for one month only, and then I'll have to do the whole stupid palaver all over again. And it will no longer be Mastercard, it'll be Visa. BOOOOOOOO! You suck.
And what makes it worse is that my Debit card also needs renewing in April. I'm gonna go doolally.
Fookin' ball ache.
Rants
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.