Westpac Debit MasterCard-any good?

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Forums › Finance and wealth management › Westpac Debit MasterCard-any good?

Cruciblewrecker

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#198648 17-Jul-2016 17:39

Hi all,

Is there any advantage to getting a Westpac Debit MasterCard apart from being able to use it for online shopping and overseas?

Would like some advice as am thinking of applying for to replace my current Westpac only debit card.

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Stu1

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#1594133 17-Jul-2016 18:51

only use it for internet purchases overseas seems to work fine use it for nflix and DNS provider never had any problems

happyone65

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#1594142 17-Jul-2016 19:21

once your westpac debt card expires you will only get the mastercard one,thats what happened to me,they dont give you a choice.

gumboot19

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#1594190 17-Jul-2016 21:11

Happyone65 is correct, but I haven't had any issues so far with my card.

I use it as a business debit card and it works well.

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#1594254 18-Jul-2016 01:39

I had the westpac visa debit swapped for a mastercard one a while back, its quite frequantly failing at paywave and asking to insert. Its only used to buy house stuff from a joint account so doesnt get much use - mainly bunnings and similar but I dont recall the visa ever asking for an insert, the mastercard has done it at least 4 times.

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matabo

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#1594264 18-Jul-2016 08:25

I use mine for internet purchases as well .

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#1594293 18-Jul-2016 10:00

Paywave has worked 100% of the time with mine, with the exception of at Countdown (where the Visa didn't work either). It works at Woolworths in Australia though, go figure...

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#1594304 18-Jul-2016 10:26

Any bank cards are as good as how much balance you have in your bank :-P

engedib

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#1594379 18-Jul-2016 11:37

I use it to get money from overseas ATMs, it is free at the partner banks which is pretty cool.

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#1594537 18-Jul-2016 15:54

Behodar: Paywave has worked 100% of the time with mine, with the exception of at Countdown (where the Visa didn't work either). It works at Woolworths in Australia though, go figure...

Visa debit works with paywave at Countdown now too, but still no love for MasterCard debit. Not realy sure what the problem is here - maybe they charge higher merchant fees?

Does MC credit work by Paywave ta Countdown?