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I'm not saying it was a scam. What I am saying something odd was going on. I booked and prepaid the hotel with my Visa debit card. When I arrived they wanted a

I'm not saying it was a scam. What I am saying something odd was going on. I booked and prepaid the hotel with my Visa debit card. When I arrived they wanted a deposit for £150, which they would only accept using a Mastercard. I have never encountered any business that only accepts Visa OR Mastercard. I don't have a Mastercard, so I was told I had to pay the deposit in cash. That was just really odd.

Avalaxy 7y ago
Aha. When you wrote: > This really set my alarm bells ringing I interpreted this as "red flag", or "something fishy going on".
- hnal943 7y ago
  Right, but it turns out it was just bad customer service, not fraud.
kingofpandora 7y ago
> I have never encountered any business that only accepts Visa OR Mastercard. Me neither ... except Costco, which - in Canada at least - only accepts Mastercard.
- Wistar 7y ago
  Same in the US. They used to only accept American Express.