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MrMobodies:
I am trying to pay for something where a merchant has stopped using Paypal but provided other choices.
I saw Google pay and was trying to add my debit card.

I was astounded to come across this:


There are TWO months on there, one for "Start date" and the other for "expiry date" and I think it is plain stupid not to specify which one they are looking for or maybe things have changed and I am the one who is stupid and they expect me to know which one. What I don't want to do is put incorrect information in there and have a block put on my card and account.

When I paid for things by card I never really had this problem before where it was clear what they were asking for.  I remember some of them want both, one or the other before the numbers on the back.

There was only one occasion and that was from a very long time ago. In 2004 I brought 1GB of PC3200 Corsair XMS memory from a place called overclockers.co.uk. As I was trying to pay for it there was a requirement to put in an "issue number" but I didn't have such a number on my bank details or on the card and it failed.

So I called the bank and I was told to put 0's in there and it worked.

I should have posted a picture of what I mean but thanks to to Monek linked from his post:


I have edited the title "Google Pay STUPIDITY" to "Google Pay CARD CONFUSION" as I have now discovered that card details are not all standardized as I thought they were and are different by country.

Monkeh:
If they don't specify they're only looking for the expiry date.

I guess you don't use cards much.

MrMobodies:
No, not as much as i use to. It is Paypal that I mainly use.

I did use to with companies credit/debit cards when I worked at a few places before 4 years ago where we placed orders all day for things like building materials either on websites or on the phone.

It seems to have worked thanks.

sleemanj:
Err... ok.  I have never, not even once, seen any credit/debit card payment form ask for any other date than expiry.

In fact, I have never, not even once, seen any credit/debit, or even EFTPOS card that has a "start date" printed on it (or a start date at all other than the date on which you activate said card).

It really doesn't take much life experience to deduce that the date they are asking for is the same date as literally every other credit/debit card payment form you have likely ever seen asks for, namely, the expiry date.

Monkeh:

--- Quote from: sleemanj on October 01, 2022, 12:52:58 am ---In fact, I have never, not even once, seen any credit/debit, or even EFTPOS card that has a "start date" printed on it (or a start date at all other than the date on which you activate said card).

--- End quote ---

You're welcome.

And yes, I could have used a stock image, but this way there's the potential funny of "YOU POSTED A PHOTO OF YOUR CARD ARE YOU MAD?!".

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