As have I. In Singapore in fact! It wasn't online, but overseas on all occasions...Japan, Korea, Australia, Portugal, Greece, UAE, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Philipines, New Zealand, Kenya, South Africa, Brazil, Panama, Chile, Spain,...even in Canada when I could have seen my house from a hot-air balloon and same for Tijuana. Not only was it a US bank, but I was a US government employee, and often using a card guaranteed to work everywhere(a military travel card issued by Bank of America and backed by the government). I think I was rejected in all of the 42 countries I've visited. Not in every establishment though. Some were not equipped or willing to do it. Would you with all the international fraud going on nowadays? Being flagged as a country would suck though, but many nations have very relaxed regs about who they deal with, and though it has no effect on the government it makes it hard for its residents to do business internationally.
The irony is that I could swipe a government backed credit card or my own personal ATM card in Iraq with no problem. I even wrote a couple of checks there. Figure that out!!
Last edited by Whidbey78; 3rd July 10 at 12:14 AM.
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence...and it's usually greenest right above the septic tank.
Allen
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