Comment by lucb1e

Comment by lucb1e 11 hours ago

5 replies

Fwiw you won't find a supermarket in this country that accepts buying things on credit, much less a local candy store. If that worked for you, it's very specific to wherever you live

majkinetor 11 hours ago

I used it in Serbia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Montenegro, Austria... not sure what kind of country you're talking about :)

  • lucb1e 10 hours ago

    Huh, okay, I didn't know buying things constantly on credit was common in Europe. Certainly not around Netherlands/Germany (so Austria seems odd, they generally share a culture). The only one of these countries I've been to is Italy but I was young enough that it was probably all cash then

    • majkinetor 10 hours ago

      It's a debit card.

      Not sure what you mean. Nobody buys anything with cache anymore. I keep some cache in my car for bazaar and similar stuff, but all but few stores accept cards everywhere in EU I go. The convenience of having all your cards on a phone is unparalleled.

      • lucb1e 10 hours ago

        Ooh! Somehow I thought you meant credit card. No, indeed, normal cards are normal cards. Misunderstanding is entirely on my side

        • yownie 7 hours ago

          I think there's some confusion here, you can use a credit card and have it processed on the back-end as a debit transaction, for a consumer the distinction is almost unnoticed.

          This differs greatly according to global region. Germany from what I've observed is an outlying for noticing the distinction (mostly because they suffered from very high credit card surcharges for decades vs the rest of the world).