home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!unipalm!uknet!fulcrum!inmos!wraxall.inmos.co.uk!butcombe!geoffb
- From: geoffb@inmos.co.uk (Geoff Barrett)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 18:01:44 GMT
- References: <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk>
- Distribution: uk
- Lines: 25
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
-
- Janusz Lukasiak (zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk) wrote:
- : One (and possibly only) reason for having both is to be able to use
- : the 'right' card in a place which accepts only one sort.
-
- : Has anybody encountered a retailer who refused, say, a Visa and
- : accepted Access or vice versa ? I'm talking about some kind of
- : realistic situations
- : (e.g. shops, restaurants, travel agents, hotels in Europe and USA), I'm not
- : bothered by what'll do nicely at a crocodile farm in Upper Patagonia.
-
- There are a lot of places in Germany which accept MasterCard but not
- Visa.
-
- : --
- : Janusz Lukasiak
- : zzatsjl@uk.ac.mcc.uts (Janet) | Manchester Computing Centre
- : zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (elsewhere) | University of Manchester
- : | Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, England
- : | phone: +44 61 275 6007 (fax: ...6040)
-
- --
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Geoff Barrett 1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4SQ
- INMOS Limited Tel: +44 454 616616 Fax: +44 454 617910
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------
-