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What seemed weird when I visited your country
Loki:
Hm. To be fair, I usually don't ask and I have never seen it explicitly advertised anywhere.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 07 Mar 2014, 01:55 ---I've never had a problem with the chip and PIN system, maybe we have more reliable software now?
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I think the trouble is in the hardware. Usually polishing the contacts on the card with one of those microfibre cloths fixes the problem.
Method of Madness:
--- Quote from: Loki on 07 Mar 2014, 03:26 ---In 99% of the restaurants in Germany, you can only pay cash (except in the really posh ones, I suspect).
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That sounds really annoying, especially with all the coins.
Barmymoo:
You know, I could have sworn I'd written hardware. I certainly intended to write hardware. But nonetheless my point stands - I've never known that to be an issue here.
I almost never carry cash, unless I've recently been paid for something (when I babysit I am paid cash in hand, and obviously if I buy something for a friend they normally pay me back in cash). It's rare that this is an issue really, it's so unusual for places not to accept cards.
Sorflakne:
Yeah, I've pretty much stopped carrying cash as well (especially since vending machines that have card readers are becoming common)...and here 10 years ago I refused to use a debit card because, "With one of these, I never know how much I have to spend, whereas I know exactly what I can do with a couple $20s."
Apparently in Japan, you pretty much always need to have cash on you if you're outside of Tokyo, and that ATMs keep bank hours rather than being available 24/7. Can anyone confirm/deny this?
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