Well for some reason today my credit card just stopped working. It didn’t get canceled or anything of the sort, machines just don’t read the card anymore. I think the chip on my credit card got damaged somehow. Now I have to walk around with cash, sucks!
2:48AM - Entertaining Kuwait since 2003
13 replies on “Broken Card”
Mark, after trying it one more time call +965 2466655 they can actually see if the swipe went through or not. Maybe it’s temporarily frozen on suspicion of fraud or something of that sort. Just call and see.
shit happens only to you! 🙂
myk thanks but the card isn’t frozen, its just not being read by the machine. The machine keeps telling me to remove and reinsert card, the chip is messed up.
my advice to u my friend is to cut ur vacation and come back to kuwait
How much longer are you staying? I can arrange to send you a replacement credit card which you can receive from NBK at Portman Square by Tuesday.
thanks myk thats very helpful but I am coming back saturday so its not that big a deal.
by the way it worked tonight at the movie theater, they have the swipe machine. the card wont work on any machine that requires the chip.
mark,, happened to me before.. One lady at a store did something that can get it to work. put plastic bag or thin paper around the card (covering the magnetic strip) while sliding it on the machine and it will worked. You still have to do it everytime though.
I never had a problem traveling with my gulf bank card 😀
nbk sucks! gulf bank is the best and most reliable bank in kuwait
i have an NBK card,, next week i’ll cancel it and get a gulf bank card
I dont think it has to do with NBK, i think somehow my chip got damaged while in my wallet.
after reading you’re last incident i think walking around in cash is a good thing 🙂
What would be ultra cool if it gets rejected after the lady swipes it, put it in your pants, do the jingle dance, pull it out and tell her to try again..