Newroad wrote:Hi All.
To answer the questions thus far
Yes, I posted on the Solar Together thread, but I'm not using them to provide my solar panels - it was more of an FYI
My reading of Section 75 is that paying anything, e.g. £1, on something that costs between £100 and £30,000, covers you for the lot (but I'm just checking)
Yes, companies often don't like losing the credit card fee on large amounts. In fairness, I don't want them too either, so if I can pay the rest by another mean and still get the protection, all good
Yes, me too on the car (though it can take some wrangling with one's bank to prepare them for a large debit card payment)
I hope the above clarify where relevant.
Regards, Newroad
Thanks for this! Yes, the question of cc protection for the total even when paying a small % of total is a very important point. I think a number of us have asked the same question over the years. In this case, paying a small % via cc and the rest by bank transfer wouldn't worry me, since I don't like using credit cards. The only reason I do occasionally use them is simply to stop them becoming dormant. A period of time that appears to have dropped from over ten years to one or two.
Yes, me too on the car (though it can take some wrangling with one's bank to prepare them for a large debit card payment)Yes, banks are starting to become quite a pain in the proverbial, not wanting you to -shock, horror -spend your own money.

I do understand the security/safety reasons, but they do tend to exaggerate.
Steve