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I never really got those credit cards... As far as I understand anyone who has your card number can make purchases... 
They aren't much used in the Netherlands, I don't even have one myself.
It rarely happens I can't pay using my bank card or PayPal. In the rare cases I absolutely need a credit card I just don't make the purchase 
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Uhm how much difference is there between a bank card and a credit card, except you need funds to cover the bank card. Operationally I think they are the same.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Huge difference between debit and credit cards in the uUK.
You get all sorts of protection using a credit card, far safer paying by credit card.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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chriselst wrote: You get all sorts of protection using a credit card
Believe me, you pay for that protection one way or another. And I've never needed it
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In the UK credit card companies have joint responsibility with the vendor for goods and services sold.
As an example, when Lowcost Holidays went bust recently all those wwho'd paid by credit card will get their money back, all those who didn't won't.
You're automatically covered up to around 60 grand.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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I need a (secret) pin code to make any payments with my bank card.
So if it ever gets stolen it's still pretty useless without the pin code that only I know.
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This may be true (the "secret" pin), but here in the US, we have a severe problem with organized crime installing skimmers on the gas station pump (and banks for that matter). These devices look like the real thing, and they even have a small camera to record your pin. If you go to a gas station, credit or cash.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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huge difference as has been said (in the US anyway). There are federal laws limiting your liability if your card is lost or stolen. We've had to many large merchants get hacked that the # of cards stolen is in the millions. What you call a bank card, we call a debit card (I think, feel free to correct me). In the US, if someone fraudulently removes $$ from your account via your debit card, you are at the mercy and good graces of the bank.
Can't speak for Europe -
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I will not accept a debit card.
If money's going to be at risk, let it be the bank's money. They're making a profit from the transactions so they can take the risk.
Besides, when it's their money at stake they work a lot harder to fix things.
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If meat is murder, do vegetables carrot all?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Lettuce discuss this.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I knew that would turnip sooner or later.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I first saw it on WikiLeeks.
/ravi
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I thought they got squashed?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Perhaps it was a space issue - I heard there wasn't mushroom for them.
/ravi
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Maybe it was the employees attempt to onionize.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I heard they wanted an increase in celery.
/ravi
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I can understand, they were making peanuts.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, but the bean counters aren't pleased. It goes against their grain. Personally, I think they're wheat behind the ears, but they barley understand and resist with all their fiber. <sigh> What can you soy?
/ravi
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I say fire, the middle management white collard workers! The lower level wages kale in comparison to that of their competitors.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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That really steams me. I hope it's resolved peasfully.
/ravi
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I think it'll be a chile day in hell before that happens.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Yeah, if that happened I'd probably have a siezure salad.
/ravi
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Wasn't that first made during the Romaine Empire?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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