Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Michiel, There is a reason - Amex and Diners are 'charge cards', there is no credit limit, so they charge the retailer more as he is guaranteed to get his money. In Asia as well, retailers prefer Visa or Mastercard because commissions are less. I carry a Diners only for use in medical emergencies - I have not used it yet for that purpose, though. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 12:40 AM, Michiel Fokkema < michiel.fokkema at wanadoo.nl> wrote: > don't bother to bring AMEX. AMEX is very bad accepted here in Europe. It's > too expensive for the merchants. VISA and Mastercard are very well > accepted. > At least the Netherlands are totally converting to the PIN system. As well > for the ATM's as for the stores. > > > Cheers, > > Michiel Fokkema > > Brian Reid wrote: > >> I had not realised that the US did not use the PIN system yet >>> >> >> North American bank cards use PINs only for debit/ATM transactions. >> Credit transactions just use a signature. And our cards do not have chips >> in them. >> >> My experience is that the most universal form of access to money when I >> travel is an ATM/debit card with a 4-digit PIN. Being the sort of person >> who >> always has a backup Plan B, I carry two such cards, issued by different >> banks that use different debit networks. >> >> Though because of the epidemic of banks buying other banks, most cards >> issued by nationwide financial institutions are members of 3 or more debit >> networks. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: >> 270.13.25/2256 - Release Date: 07/23/09 06:02:00 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >