To ask a silly question about shopping and the vulnerable

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My grandad is in his 90's and is isolating for 12 weeks.
I will need to do some shopping for him soon (a week ago he guessed has three weeks of food in)
Problem - I cannot afford to pay for his shopping for him.
I will either need to take him to a cashpoint and then go shopping or take his bank card and pin (which I don't want to do really if I can help it)
Can I take him to one of the stores doing early opening for the vulnerable and go in with him to make sure he buys enough to last him a couple of weeks? That way he can choose his own products and pay himself and I will just help him with the packing and bags getting it home?

Or is that now allowed? Or a really stupid idea for reasons I haven't thought of?

I think your best bet is to get him to write you a cheque.

There’s a website called next door I think

It can help people like your grandad and me who are being shielded. As me. My husband or my children can’t go out.

I would just take his card and not make things unnecessarily complicated

Just take his card. If it's contactless you may not even need the PIN - the limit is being raised to £45.

BookWitch That PayPal idea is a really good one.

Surely he will be OK if you show him the receipts and get him to sit with you and write a list? Much better than going out and putting himself at risk? Only shopping once a week now ,really bad about 9 .00 last wed queues of people including OAPS! I didnt even think they were allowed out unless in the 7 / 8 slot.

Are the banks relaxing the rules on telling someone else your PIN and/or letting them use your card?

No... so I’d use a cheque or transfer. Just incase he does give his card details to someone at the door and you need to reclaim money, and it comes out that you knew his PIN. It’ll make it needlessly complicated.

I've just tried to use Barclay's phone banking to reimburse my son for shopping he bought for me. I'm registered to use it.

But automated banking will only transfer to people you've transferred to in the past. Anything else apparently needs a personal adviser. They've all been redirected to the main call centre to answer enquiries re mortgages etc. Currently a 1 hr wait.

Don't take him with you. Get him to write a cheque.