> Debit cards are NOT exactly like credit cards by any stretch of the
> imagination!!  
I have never had a problem using my UK visa debit card (NOT electron). I 
have used it in foreign websites though admittedly I have never tried it 
in person abroad. Back when I had a maestro card on the other hand I 
found there was simply no option to use
it on the foreign websites I tried.
> Especially if it is an "Electron" Visa card, or marked "for
> electronic transactions only".
>   
Yeah, solo and electron are basically cards for those who are too much 
of a credit risk to give real debit cards too.
> Oh yeah, you'll find that even online a lot of places will refuse your Visa
> Debit card.  Check your expiration date, around here they commonly expire 15
> or 25 years from the issue date ... you can't even enter that late a date in
> most shopping carts!!
>   
Maybe this is a local thing, my british visa debit cards have always had 
expiry dates comparable to credit cards.
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