Safe to use VISA debit card in England?

[fish]

Hi guys. I am currently in England for 10 days for my grandad's funeral, i was wondering if it is safe to use my VISA debit card in shop's and so on without getting robbed. Don't really want to be lugging 100's of pounds on me. I am in and around the birmingham area if that makes any difference, mainly Stourbidge. Cheers in advance

/Kris.

[A80Avant]

should be fine. i use them on a daily basis

[gripper]

I cannot see a problem Kris

I recently used my debit card in Belgium, Germany and Holland without any worries so I cannot see that there should be any grief using it here !

My bank did telephone me though once to query due to excessive spending at the other end of the country from my usual residence

[poor-boy]

Hi guys. I am currently in England for 10 days for my grandad's funeral, i was wondering if it is safe to use my VISA debit card in shop's and so on without getting robbed. Don't really want to be lugging 100's of pounds on me. I am in and around the birmingham area if that makes any difference, mainly Stourbidge. Cheers in advance

/Kris.

Kris,

Welcome to Stourbridge.. My little hometown - It's just the chavs you got to watch round here but apart from that it's all good.

[fish]

Thanks guys, the reason i wondered is that over in sweden we have had srings of "skimming" where chavs simply switch the card terminals for there own type of machine and in witch you simply get robbed. I'll simply use the card then. Thanks again =)

[spink]

Thanks guys, the reason i wondered is that over in sweden we have had srings of "skimming" where chavs simply switch the card terminals for there own type of machine and in witch you simply get robbed. I'll simply use the card then. Thanks again =)

lmfao,skimming was invented in the UK I should think.Massive problems with that over here in the last 2 or 3 years.

[fish]

Im lmao as wel at all the times i used the word simply in my last post. So where does this leave me then? Use VISA or not Spink?

[spink]

Im lmao as wel at all the times i used the word simply in my last post. So where does this leave me then? Use VISA or not Spink?

i wouldn't worry too much,I have never had any issues personally there was just a phase of hearing about it everyday on the news.