Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
i've had my rbs cc blocked a few times, when i bought b/d pressies online for the misses when she was in the phils , only to get an email from the supplier about a week later telling me the payment had been blocked , too late for her b/d

my barclay was blocked when some cheeky used it to purchase some small items in china . barclays fraud dept told me they had blocked the card becuase of the items purchased were small value, meaning if they bought a 50" plasma they could have got away with it

your card could be blocked at random, especially as much CC fraud now takes place outside the uk becuase of chip n pin..

for about 2 years, when i used my RBS CC or switch card i would get a text from rbs saying it had just been used.. why don't they all do this and why have they stopped it
Never had my card blocked though someone did use my card to buy some fine art (only $50 ? ) in America which i got back after 6 weeks....

I met someone in Oz who had his barclays card blocked as he was working in Thailand and not used it in a year, went to use it in oz and got blocked. He had to phone the UK office to get it sorted and that took over 2 weeks all in all...