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Ah so apparently you have American bank cards

This is more complicated when you're a tourist

You know in Europe people don't have many cards. Some people use a prepaid one for online transactions (not only for fraud but also for "things I suspect I might get overcharged")

(I also don't want to swipe my card before I know how much they're charging for it, so I'll wait for everything to give them my card)

Don't dismiss it as "the bank pays for it", I know banks get big profits, but guess where they money come from.



> Ah so apparently you have American bank cards

No, this was a Romanian bank, and a Romanian card, and I am currently in Austria.

> You know in Europe people don't have many cards.

Yes, I know that. It's very annoying because it allows many merchants to not accept cards, or certain types of cards (e.g. VISA/Mastercard).




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