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- From: scott@memex.co.uk (Scott Williamson)
- Newsgroups: uk.misc
- Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.091013.13776@memex.co.uk>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 09:10:13 GMT
- References: <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk>
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- Organization: Memex Information Systems Ltd, East Kilbrde, Scotland
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- In article <1993Jan21.180145.14324@wraxall.inmos.co.uk> geoffb@inmos.co.uk (Geoff Barrett) writes:
- >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
-
- Last year Pierre-Victoire's restaurant in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh
- refused my Visa card but would have accepted MasterCard. Luckily I had
- a chequebook in the car outside. This prompted me to take up
- Barclaycard's offer of a MasterCard at no additional charge.
-
- Scott Williamson scott@memex.co.uk
-