roy@scytale.com said
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In list.cypherpunks, aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk writes:
Dimitri Vulis <dlv@bwalk.dm.com> writes:
[...] Another possibility is to issue a charge card (payable in full at the end of the month, getting revenue from the annual fee), rather than a credit card, so it could claim not to be subject to certain Federal Reserve's regulations that have to do with credit card disputes. But then it probably can't be Visa/MC and can't use their clearginhouses.
I have a VISA card which is purely a debit card. It is accepted all the places any standard VISA card would be. (UK, Lloyds bank).
I have one of those, too. A couple of months ago, Thrifty car rental refused to accept it to rent a car. (the agent was pretty snotty about it, too) Beginning of a trend?
Did he recognize that it wasn't a "real" card himself? I find that many cashiers don't know what it is. If you just say its a Visa (or MC etc.) they'll use it. It works just like a real card when they swipe it.
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