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Restaurants surprise me. Small shops I know and that can be annoying. Bavaria is kinda backwards even in my mind and a traditional family run bakery might be ca
by darklajid 8y ago
Restaurants surprise me. Small shops I know and that can be annoying. Bavaria is kinda backwards even in my mind and a traditional family run bakery might be cash only, "Backwerk" etc. accept cards I think.
The _kind_ of cards doesn't matter for the article, I think. Cashless is cashless, debit card or credit card? Credit card adoption is a different problem (they aren't popular) and only recently rose quite a bit. You can pay at McD or Aldi with Visa Paywave / Google Pay. The whole contactless method seems to be a motivator for CC adoption afaict. If you complain that a CC is not accepted then get a local debit card :-)
No idea about address verification just for top ups. For me it was paying for a voucher, call a number, enter code, done - but I haven't been on prepaid for a long time.
- TulliusCicero 8y agoBavaria is a bit more conservative, it's true, but still, Munich is a major international city. I'm not out in the sticks here. > You can pay at McD or Aldi with Visa Paywave / Google Pay. Wait, you can pay at Aldi with Google Pay? I admit I haven't noticed that...although Aldi Sued is a different company so I guess I'll have to check. > If you complain that a CC is not accepted then get a local debit card :-) Oh, I've had the local debit card for a long time now, but even that often isn't accepted, and I admit that having to use it so much bums me out a bit. US credit cards are really nice if you can use them responsibly.
- darklajid 8y agoAldi should support CCs and Google Pay. Haven't tried for a year and don't quite know if it was north or south, but yeah. Paywave or Google Pay worked fine to buy your groceries..