Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: [USMA:22109] Re: Spanish dollar > Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 11:17:47 +0000 > From: Barbara and/or Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (Why is this subject "Spanish dollar"?) > > on 9/5/2002 8:09 PM, Wizard of OS at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ... electronic payment isn't welcome in europe, people prefer cash. > > almost all shops accept EC Card but virtually no one (accepts) > Credit > > Cards, no shop > > wants to pay for the fees! > > I don't find this to be true. We travel in Europe frequently and have > found > credit cards to be welcomed almost everywhere. Sometimes our travels > have > been in tourist type areas where one might expect this, but we have > also > found it true in areas not frequented by American tourists. Of course, > small > and/or rural businesses (and a few larger ones) may not be set up to > handle > credit cards, but the same is true anywhere, including in the US. > > Regards, Bill Hooper > retired physics professor, Florida, USA > > -------------------------------------- > "Simplification" begins with "SI" > --------------------------------------
Even though Aldi stores (http://www.aldi.com) are *STRICTLY* cash only in Germany, their USA stores do accept 'debit' cards. This is because the various USA public assistance programs (AKA 'Food Stamps') now use them instead of their old paper vouchers for distriduting their benefits. This was mainly to increase the programs' security, preventing the vouchers from being traded in a black market. BTW, Aldi claims that 4 out of 5 Germans consumers regularly shop at their deep-discount grocery stores. Their USA stores (part of Aldi-Sud) are mainly in the Midwest and Northeast (there are two here in Appleton). h f -- ___________________________________________ ____ _______________ Regards, | |\ ____ | | | | |\ Michael G. Koerner May they | | | | | | rise again! Appleton, Wisconsin USA | | | | | | ___________________________________________ | | | | | | _______________
