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2015 and they do not accept Discover cards.

JoshTriplett 11y ago
2015 and people still use Discover cards. Why? I can think of several good reasons to use American Express, despite it being somewhat less widely accepted. But Discover doesn't seem to have any obvious value over a MasterCard or Visa.
- bluejellybean 11y ago
  Discover support has been top notch in my experience and after having a number of issues with other credit card providers they've been my goto for a number of years now.
- jazzyk 11y ago
  Their value is providing competition to Mastercard/Visa. Without Discover, the duopoly would charge even higher transaction costs, etc.
  - mikeash 11y ago
    What about American Express? They're doing pretty well. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use Discover, so I don't know how much competition they really provide.
Nyr 11y ago
Because they are an European company and Discover is just an American thing.
- bluejellybean 11y ago
  Discover has pretty great international support[1]. Fair enough if they can't though. [1]https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/help-center/account/international-use.html https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/help-center/account/in...
  - _delirium 11y ago
    Afaik they're mostly accepted in Europe via their partnership with the payment processing network of Diner's Club (vs. directly seeing a "Discover" sign). Diner's Club is moderately widespread but only in certain market segments, like restaurants and higher-end stores. Not many European ecommerce shops will take Discover or Diner's Club, not even big ones like Amazon [1]. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=502572 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId... or http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=504930 http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=50...
    - justincormack 11y ago
      Diner's club is not used much here, it is occasionally accepted, along with the Japanese cards.

2015 and people still use Discover cards. Why? I can think of several good reasons to use American Express, despite it being somewhat less widely accepted. But Discover doesn't seem to have any obvious value over a MasterCard or Visa.

bluejellybean 11y ago
Discover support has been top notch in my experience and after having a number of issues with other credit card providers they've been my goto for a number of years now.
jazzyk 11y ago
Their value is providing competition to Mastercard/Visa. Without Discover, the duopoly would charge even higher transaction costs, etc.
- mikeash 11y ago
  What about American Express? They're doing pretty well. I don't think I've ever seen anyone use Discover, so I don't know how much competition they really provide.

Nyr 11y ago

Because they are an European company and Discover is just an American thing.

bluejellybean 11y ago
Discover has pretty great international support[1]. Fair enough if they can't though. [1]https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/help-center/account/international-use.html https://www.discover.com/credit-cards/help-center/account/in...
- _delirium 11y ago
  Afaik they're mostly accepted in Europe via their partnership with the payment processing network of Diner's Club (vs. directly seeing a "Discover" sign). Diner's Club is moderately widespread but only in certain market segments, like restaurants and higher-end stores. Not many European ecommerce shops will take Discover or Diner's Club, not even big ones like Amazon [1]. [1] http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=502572 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId... or http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=504930 http://www.amazon.de/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=50...
  - justincormack 11y ago
    Diner's club is not used much here, it is occasionally accepted, along with the Japanese cards.