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From: Halmyre on 7 Jan 2010 09:51 On 7 Jan, 14:40, "GeoffC" <m...(a)home.invalid.com> wrote: > Mortimer wrote: > > "Bod" <bodro...(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message > >news:7qm7hkF64mU2(a)mid.individual.net... > >> I used a car park on France about 6 weeks ago and it accepted my > >> Visa card. > > > Years ago (maybe early 80s) we were on a family holiday in Austria. > > We went for an expensive meal at a restaurant which displayed the > > Access sign (remember Access, "your flexible friend"). When Dad > > presented his Access card, they refused to accept it: they said that > > they accepted some German/Austrian/Swiss card which had exactly the > > same symbol. > > Visa and MasterCard are VERY widely accepted in Europe. There are many more > accepted only in the country of issue. > > > > > I'm not sure how Germany manages without cheques and with few places > > accepting plastic. > > Are you serious?? You can pay almost everywhere with a debit card using > Maestro/PIN. That's why they don't need cheques. > I remember buying fuel in the Swiss alps a few years ago and the old woman in charge being very put out when I offered a credit card. She huffed loudly and threw up her hands. Not sure what the problem was - maybe high card charges? -- Halmyre
From: Adrian on 7 Jan 2010 09:53 Halmyre <flashgordonreceding(a)yahoo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: > I remember buying fuel in the Swiss alps a few years ago and the old > woman in charge being very put out when I offered a credit card. She > huffed loudly and threw up her hands. Not sure what the problem was - > maybe high card charges? About 15yrs ago, I had to leave the then-girlfriend as deposit for a tankful of petrol at a VW dealer on the edge of a reasonable-sized German town while I went to find a cash machine, because they didn't take plastic at all.
From: Bod on 7 Jan 2010 09:55 Adrian wrote: > Halmyre <flashgordonreceding(a)yahoo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> I remember buying fuel in the Swiss alps a few years ago and the old >> woman in charge being very put out when I offered a credit card. She >> huffed loudly and threw up her hands. Not sure what the problem was - >> maybe high card charges? > > About 15yrs ago, I had to leave the then-girlfriend as deposit for a > tankful of petrol at a VW dealer on the edge of a reasonable-sized German > town while I went to find a cash machine, because they didn't take > plastic at all. > > Did you leave her there and is that why she's not your girlfriend anymore? :-) Bod
From: Mortimer on 7 Jan 2010 09:56 "Adrian" <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7qmaqhFd6sU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Halmyre <flashgordonreceding(a)yahoo.com> gurgled happily, sounding much > like they were saying: > >> I remember buying fuel in the Swiss alps a few years ago and the old >> woman in charge being very put out when I offered a credit card. She >> huffed loudly and threw up her hands. Not sure what the problem was - >> maybe high card charges? > > About 15yrs ago, I had to leave the then-girlfriend as deposit for a > tankful of petrol at a VW dealer on the edge of a reasonable-sized German > town while I went to find a cash machine, because they didn't take > plastic at all. Was she worth more to you than the cost of a tankful of fuel? ;-)
From: Adrian on 7 Jan 2010 10:21
"Mortimer" <me(a)privacy.net> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying: >> About 15yrs ago, I had to leave the then-girlfriend as deposit for a >> tankful of petrol at a VW dealer on the edge of a reasonable-sized >> German town while I went to find a cash machine, because they didn't >> take plastic at all. > Was she worth more to you than the cost of a tankful of fuel? ;-) In retrospect... |