M&S LORDSHIP LANE - CASH ONLY

[Baroness Millhaven]

I don't know if the problem has been resolved since 9am, but first thing this morning M&S on Lordship Lane were not able to take card payment, only cash. This issue was compounded by the nearest cash machine at the P.O. being out of order. I also heard a number of M&S staff say that Sainsbury's at DKH were also unable to take card payments. I managed get some cash out of the Co-Op ATM in the end.

[Jenijenjen]

Just been to M&S LL and able to use card but there seemed to be a problem with scales. Had previously been to one by station and it was cash only

[jazzer]

Sainsbury DKH was fine by card payments about lunchtime today. 

[Sue]

Have they been hacked?

[Smiley_blue_1234]

It was sorted when i was there at around 3:15pm

[Baroness Millhaven]

2 hours ago, Sue said:

Have they been hacked?

Unfortunately that's the first thing one thinks of these days 

[Sue]

2 hours ago, Baroness Millhaven said:

Unfortunately that's the first thing one thinks of these days 

Well if they were it seems to have been sorted out very quickly!

[OutOfFocus]

Suspect a comms failure 

[sweetgirl]

Cashless is not the way forward!

hold on to your cash everyone

[Penguin68]

The payment problem impacted both Barclaycard and Mastercard and appeared quite wide-spread across the country and was quite quickly resolved. 

[OutOfFocus]

14 hours ago, sweetgirl said:

Cashless is not the way forward!

Note to self. I keep a reserve tank of £10 in wallet, except i used it last week.

[muffins78]

Yes on Thursday, at a service station heading north- M&S could only take cash… on to the next service station I had to go 🙂

[Pugwash]

Many small businesses take cash only i.e some local cafes/shops/hairdressers in both ED and Forest Hill. As well as my card - always try to have around £10/£20 cash on me. Daughter in Sussex is trying to teach her 8 and 10 year old value of money and budgeting, finds it hard to demonstrate with hard cash as so few shops take cash where she lives. Ended up in getting those debt cards for children.

[Sue]

57 minutes ago, Pugwash said:

Ended up in getting those debt cards for children.

Freudian slip?

Debit? 😂

Edited July 15 by Sue