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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Sat Jun 10 2006 - 08:02:12 EDT
On Sat, 10 Jun 2006 10:07:10 +0400, you wrote:
>Visa Card and Amex Cards can cause problem. Often when we need to buy some
>expensive things we think about using our plastic - however as a general rule
>Visa/Mastercard will incurr an increase in the selling proce of 2%
>Amex will get you an increase if 5%
>
>Plastic should only be used as a last resort - in fact it may be cheaper getting cash out on your Visa/Amex (Paying 1.8% handling fee on it) than actually using it - and being charged 2-5% !!!!
>
>Regards
>
>Tim
Yes that is true in some countries (Belize for instance) It isn't
true in the US where we are cruising, and I don't think it is true as
a general thing in Europe. We use plastic to avoid carrying large
amounts of cash, and also sometimes to avoid paying insurance on a car
rental.
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