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Article #307Re: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards (Re: The HELL With IHOP!)
From: sharx
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:00
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:00
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no spam (sburjak@usa.net) wrote:
: On 20 Nov 99 06:28:00 GMT, sharx@ecn.ab.ca () wrote:
: >Mathew A. Hennessy (hennessy@cloud9.net) wrote:
: >: BTW: is it still true that if you lose your debit card (or use it
: >: to buy over the phone), and someone else uses it illegally, you have no
: >: recourse on getting your $$$ back (whereas with a real credit card, you're
: >: only liable for up to $50 of the fraudulent charge)?
: >
: >In order to use MY debit card, one has to punch in the correct 4 digit PIN
: >number into the little machine.
: >
: >
: Not if it is a VISA debit card. A signature would suffice. That is all
: VISA needs.
In CANADA, where I live, most debit cards work on the INTERAC system. IT
*requires* the inputting of a PIN number. Period.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107518,260c715d5e588511 X-Google-Attributes: gid107518,public X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,941137faecfb6f8e X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public X-Google-Thread: 107cd9,941137faecfb6f8e X-Google-Attributes: gid107cd9,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,260c715d5e588511 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public From: sharx@ecn.ab.ca () Subject: Re: Credit Cards vs. Debit Cards (Re: The HELL With IHOP!) Date: 1999/11/20 Message-ID: <38371f39.0@ecn.ab.ca> X-Deja-AN: 551059903 References: <lnKX3.153$J3.590@wormhole.dimensional.com> <z7QxOK1Z+axcAi <38352f75.0@ecn.ab.ca> <3835BEEE.C77@earthlink.net> <s3bh9jm63ef62@corp.supernews.com> <38363f70.0@ecn.ab.ca> <oajc3sk27hb478o9fcue282ql0baupsdth@4ax.com> Followup-To: co.consumers,co.general,alt.consumers.experiences,misc.consumers X-Complaints-To: news@sas.ab.ca X-Trace: news.sas.ab.ca 943136643 18066 198.161.206.2 (20 Nov 1999 22:24:03 GMT) Organization: Edmonton Community Network NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Nov 1999 22:24:03 GMT Newsgroups: co.consumers,co.general,alt.consumers.experiences,misc.consumers