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I travel to the US regularly, trying to use a foreign credit card there (especially to buy gas - what is my zip code?) is a real pain - unlike the rest of the w
by Taniwha 8y ago
I travel to the US regularly, trying to use a foreign credit card there (especially to buy gas - what is my zip code?) is a real pain - unlike the rest of the western world the US is far from being able to go cashless
- dugditches 8y ago90210 Canadians can use the first 3 of their postal code.
- tonyarkles 8y agoExcept our postal codes are A#A #A#. I've definitely had trouble buying gas at American pumps before, and the staff couldn't figure out a solution.
- wvenable 8y agoFrom your postal code "A#A#A#", it becomes "###00" at the pump. Near the border, most pumps will have this as a sign on them. But I was recently in Florida and that worked fine for paying at the pump.
- tonyarkles 8y agoOh! Very cool! I'll keep that in mind next time I'm down south! It was in Florida where I ran into the problem... Definitely no sign where I was :)
- reaperducer 8y agounlike the rest of the western world the US is far from being able to go cashless That's a good thing. As people are learning in other countries like Sweden.
- mcbuilder 8y agoIt was a little strange, I was in Stockholm for two weeks and would have not have seen a single paper bill except for the glance I caught of one as a older man got in an argument with a bar owner, who "made it right" by quickly handing him back some cash.
- thesauri 8y agoWhat exactly are people in Sweden learning?