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- From: lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Graham Wilson)
- Subject: Re: Credit cards - Visa vs. MasterCard (aka Access)
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- Organization: Department of Law - Coventry University
- References: <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> <C15IEr.Jox@demon.co.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 13:11:52 GMT
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- In article <C15IEr.Jox@demon.co.uk> gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
- >In article <6527@mccuts.uts.mcc.ac.uk> zzatsjl@uts.mcc.ac.uk (Janusz Lukasiak) writes:
- >: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
- >
- >I've frequently had Amex refused. They charge retailers too high a
- >commission.
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- ** I know of two petrol stations that will not accept access or
- visa.
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- In the last 3 years I have found 3 shops that would only accept
- one card but not the other.
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- * Graham Wilson * lsg001@cck.coventry.ac.uk *
- * LL.B. Law III * Coventry University *
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