Quick update on buying coins at face value from the Royal Mint using 3V

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• Dan says:

  25 May25 May 08:08

  From reading the previous post + comments on this it’s clear that Amex would not be accepted.

  Currently unable to find a Tesco’s that has stock for V3 cards. Is there another alternative to buying/ topping up a Pre paid card online using Amex so I can then empty on Royal Mint?

  I have Reward goals to reach and this would be perfect.

  • Tom H says:

    25 May25 May 08:32

    I managed to make it work with amex by changing the country settings. I inadvertently got the expiry date wrong though, so had to call royal mint to correct, the lady didn’t have a problem that I was using amex, and I have since received and banked the cards.

    I was in a Boots at Westfield Stratford which had about 20 3v cards on the rack.

    Yesterday I placed an order for £100 worth, ignoring the limit of 4 per design, not sure what will happen there though.

    • Tom H says:

      25 May25 May 08:33

      * banked the coins!

      • Danny says:

        25 May25 May 09:34

        Great!

        Thanks for the info

        I’ll use *danny from now on as I see there is already a Dan posting. 🙂

        • Dan says:

          25 May25 May 10:33

          Thank you 🙂

  • Sir Stamford says:

    25 May25 May 10:10

    “From reading the previous post + comments on this it’s clear that Amex would not be accepted”

    Not entirely correct. AMEX isn’t shown as a payment method and even referred to in the FAQ.

    However, by initially changing the country to, say, USA, I was able to get Royal Mint to accept AMEX.

    Sir Stamford

    • Rob says:

      25 May25 May 11:50

      I thought someone else did that but got an email saying the payment could not actually be processed? Or am I confused?!

      • Sir Stamford says:

        25 May25 May 18:21

        It could just be a problem with that particular card as my AMEX payment went through without any issue.

        A tiny extract from my MBNA AMEX statement – http://snag.gy/98ac0.jpg

        Sir Stamford

• Dan says:

  25 May25 May 08:23

  I placed an order on the 7th May and the status is still showing as ‘in progress’ due to overwhelming demand!

  Have given up on the V3 cards and since they accept visa cards without any charges, the American Airlines Credit Card was a perfect alternative.

  BTW, this is a different Dan 🙂

  • Sir Stamford says:

    25 May25 May 10:14

    I don’t know if this helps – my order on 9 May was successfully delivered last week. It might be worth contacting them to find out what is going on.

    Sir Stamford

    • Dan says:

      25 May25 May 10:31

      Thank you for the info. I have sent them an email and will follow up with a phone call on Tuesday.

• signol says:

  25 May25 May 08:29

  Norwich Tesco on the Ipswich Rd had a load yesterday.

• Rohan says:

  25 May25 May 08:45

  I am going to urge everyone here to be careful with 3V cards. I bought 8 of them from tesco and 5 of them did not get activated online , error message saying these numbers cannot be activated . So contacted 3V . They said that it is the retailers responsibility to put them through a black hawk terminal etc. and activate it before they sell it, and to contact them. Went to tesco and as things go went from person at customer services all the way to the manager . Showed them the email from 3V . They say they dont know what a black hawk terminal is, and that on the receipt somewhere ( I have lost mine but they have tracked my transaction through clubcard) it says that these cards cannot be refunded and that my best chance is to contact 3V. I even spoke to someone at Tesco head office , told them about faulty goods etc. they were having none of it. Said nothing to do with them, so completely stuck now and out of £125 🙁 Maybe I have been unlucky and 3 of them did get activated. However seems to be risky. I have emailed 3V again and am awaiting their answer, don’t think though they will sort out

  • Mr Bridge says:

    25 May25 May 08:59

    if you bought this on amex issued amex, you should be covered by amex refund protection insurance, i am not quite sure of the terms on this insurance, but it might be worth a quick email to amex????

  • Mr Bridge says:

    25 May25 May 09:03

    ALSO:
    if you can prove that you have not recived the goods as stated, AS YOUR AMOUNT IS OVER £100 in ONE transaction you should be covered under section 75 of the consumer credit act
    http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/consumer_e/consumer_different_ways_of_buying_e/consumer_buying_goods_and_services_on_credit_or_by_debit_card_e/consumer_extra_protection_when_you_buy_on_credit_or_debit_card_e/extra_protection_when_you_buy_with_a_credit_card.htm

    • Andrew (@andrewseftel) says:

      25 May25 May 10:29

      S75 only covers items with a value >=£100. It will be a big stretch to cover a bundle of £25 cards.

      Also nb that charge cards give no S75 protection iirc

      • Mr Bridge says:

        25 May25 May 11:02

        true, but section 75 covers things less than £100 if meant to be used together, for example if you buy a suit, the trousers cost £40 and the jacket £60, each item is less than £100,( and appears on the receipt as 2 items) but the items are used together so it is covered, so in this case if you bought £200 of 3v cards intending to use them together (as the max amount you can buy on 1 card is £25:- you could not have bought a £100 card), you would be covered because each part of the spend was intended to be used together, ie to pay council tax.

        Yes your right about charge cards not being covered, but amex charge cards give refund protection insuarnce, I wasnt sureif Rohan used charge or credit card.

• Mr Bridge says:

  25 May25 May 09:10

  just ordered £25 on 3V card, as treasurer of our village fete i have to buy 50p coins any way, so i got my ccps and 1.5% cash back from amex…Not a lottery win, but (ready for the double pun) to ‘COIN’ a phrase ‘EVERY LITTLE HELPS’
  GOODAY FAIR READERS

• Adey says:

  25 May25 May 09:15

  The Royal Mint website is painfully slow.I’ve given up, twice, trying to order – it’s too frustrating.

  On a brighter note, I notice my 3V purchases at Tesco (with Amex) are included in the double membership rewards for supermarket purchases promotion running right now:-)

  Adey

• JenniSue says:

  25 May25 May 09:18

  FYI – Tesco in Dingwall, Scotland has lots of 3v cards available.

  • Mr Bridge says:

    25 May25 May 09:20

    thats gr8 news will only cost londers about £150 round trip!

  • BTC says:

    28 May28 May 20:29

    As do Tesco Riverside Dundee. Helpful for those not in the London Bubble 😉

    • Alan says:

      28 May28 May 20:31

      Oh excellent, they’d sold out last time I was in!

• Andy says:

  25 May25 May 09:41

  Out of all the things that I used the 3V cards with this one had to be the most tedious. Firstly buying the cards at Tesco, then activating them, then the painfully slow Royal Mint site then having to rip open 100 sealed packets to dump out £50 in coins, then taking them to my bank , I must have been mad. Makes me wonder what I wouldn’t do for 150 club card points.

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