Roger, in Bangkok wrote:
> Debit cards are NOT exactly like credit cards by any stretch of the
> imagination!!  Especially if it is an "Electron" Visa card, or marked "for
> electronic transactions only".
>   


Forgive me if I'm uninformed... but what I'll be getting is a plastic 
card that has VISA written on it. I don't see why it should matter where 
it gets its funds from. The card I'm getting is fully-fledged VISA, it's 
not some sort of neutered VISA. Instead of getting a bill at the end of 
the month, the funds come straight from my account.


> Either stick with a credit card(s) where you have real protection or use
> other "normal" means of transactions.  It seems that you are so focused on
> having a money problem that you are almost certainly assuring yourself that
> you will indeed have some kind of a problem.  Remember the old adage, "if
> you go looking for trouble you're gonna find trouble".  How in the world do
> you ever expect find time to enjoy your trip in any way with the presumption
> that everyone is out to rob you?!
>   


Using a credit card is sort of like eating raw meat... you'll hear about 
people that do it all the time but that doesn't mean it doesn't end in 
tears for a lot of people. Have you ever heard the saying that 1 in 3 
people is affected by Cancer, be in themselves or a friend or family 
member? Well I'd say the same thing goes for credit cards. Personally 
I've heard of at least five people who've had their card misused.


> 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!!


I'll have a look at that.

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