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- From: drtr@coral.ast.cam.ac.uk (David Robinson)
- Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.192504.27737@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 19:25:04 GMT
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- In article <30578@castle.ed.ac.uk> own@castle.ed.ac.uk (O Morgan) wrote:
- > Yep, I found in Holland that MC was pretty much universal but only some
- > places took VISA.
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- In article <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
- geoffb@inmos.co.uk (Geoff Barrett) wrote:
-
- > There are a lot of places in Germany which accept MasterCard but not
- > Visa.
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- It is certainly the case that in Germany, MasterCard is accepted more than
- Visa, especially at banks. Only yesterday, at the new at Munich airport, I
- found that the bank accepted only MasterCard and EuroCheque.
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- However, Germal hotels and restuarants are more likely to accept Visa.
-
- David Robinson. (drtr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk)
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