> In Europe where I live, I know nobody who buys anything with a credit card
Renting a car or making a hotel reservation without a credit card can be quite painful, even in Europe.
With a credit card the deposit is held on your card but the money never moves, with debit the money is gone from your account.
Renting a car or making a hotel reservation without a credit card can be quite painful, even in Europe.
I have lived in Europe basically my entire adult life and have never had a problem doing either of these with a debit card.
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by sleepyhead on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:48AM
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> In Europe where I live, I know nobody who buys anything with a credit card or barely if there is a 0% rate promotion.
Do you live in Germany? Here in Norway credit cards are quite common for various reasons (safer to use online, pay later, bonus points).
What is interesting is that we use the term « credit card » to speak about our debit cards so I needed a long time to acknowledge that in America, Credit cards really meant that you paid your coffee with a real credit and not with your money.