And you find the schedule of fees and charges (especially "international
charges") to be acceptable?  All other term are acceptable?  Have you read
them all?

If yes, yes and yes, then go for it ... have a great trip!

RiB

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Tom=E1s =D3 h=C9ilidhe <toe_list@lavabit.c=
om>wrote:

> 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=3D94&pID=3D520&nID=3D629
>
> 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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