peter green wrote:
> 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.

Here's what the Halifax VISA debit card looks like here in Ireland:

http://www.halifax.ie/index.jsp?1nID=94&pID=520&nID=629

In the top right corner, it says "Debit". Other than that though, it's 
just like any other VISA card, it has the same numbering system and all 
that jazz.

I'll go to my local branch tomorrow to ask them if I can get a card that 
doesn't say Debit on it. The reason I'd like one that doesn't say Debit 
on it is that I'd like to lure unscrupulous sellers into a false sense 
of security. For instance, here's a hypothetical:

Let's say I go quad-biking for the day, and let's say that the 
quad-biking company only accepts credit cards. Their whole idea of only 
accepting credit cards is that when someone damages a quad bike, they 
can willy nilly make charges to the card (e.g. a charge of 200 Euro to 
repair the quad bike). I want the seller to think it's a normal credit 
card so that they'll think they have me by the balls, I want them to 
think that they can make outrageous charges to my card whenever they want.

Then when they try to make a charge... "Insufficient Funds".

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