Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by wil421 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:50PM
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Munich was much worse. 3 lunch cafes, coffee shop, bar, and one of the beer gardens. Luckily I was warned and asked the places before I went.
Even the cab to the Munch airport would only accept cash. I had to walk across the airport to get it. His payment app was “not working”.
In Stuttgart it was only the smaller places. Although we made sure find places that took corporate Amex using a website.
Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by kevingrahl on Saturday September 14, 2019 @06:28PM
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Your problem was most likely using an Amex.
Amex is accepted nearly nowhere in Germany.
Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by wil421 on Monday September 16, 2019 @01:46AM
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No it wasn’t. I wasn’t working when I was in Munich and not using my Amex.
Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
by laingc on Saturday September 14, 2019 @03:15PM
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As a foreigner who lived in Germany for several years until recently, my experience is also that cards were accepted at 50% of places at most - often with a minimum purchase, and usually no contactless.
By contrast, in New Zealand even most farmer’s market stalls and pop-up espresso carts presume that contactless will be the main means of payment.
Sure, the ice cream stand at the swimming pool only accepts cash, as does the local discotheque, but restaurants? Never a problem.