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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by SoftTalker on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:36AM (#48209503)
The only places I've found that refuse AMEX are very small mom and pop operations. And of those, many don't accept cards of any type: cash only.
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by Balooga on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @12:13PM (#48210076)
Costco?
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by volkl48 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @02:45PM (#48212205)
Costco doesn't even accept Mastercard (credit cards), so they're kind of a unique case here where they intentionally choose to only accept one particular type of credit cards.
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by SoftTalker on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @02:54PM (#48212335)
Guessing they have their own branded card that they push you to use?
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by CobaltFire on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @05:22PM (#48214329)
Correct, and it used to be AMEX.
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Re:Goodbye Visa and Mastercard: 130M Europeans switching to ... by Forgeties79 on Wednesday May 20, 2026 @11:57AM (#48209843)
Fair enough, it's probably not as common as I think and is more of a reputation.
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