I applied recently on line for a Tesco ireland visa card as i want to purchase tickets to the olympics in london next hear and you have to a visa card to do so (i only have mastercard). I hadn't heard anything so i rang tesco tonight and they said it had been declined on the credit check with experian uk. On the experian website you can only get a credit report if you live on the uk...it doesn't work if you use a uk postcode (i tried!) i rang experian uk and rhey gave me a dublin number, but when i rang dublin they just put me through to the uk office. Has anyone living received a credit report/check from experien uk? I find it strange as i have never lived in the uk, but maybe that is why it failed the credit check, but why would they run a uk check anyway?