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s/consumers/americans/ In Europe credit cards are not very common, and debit card transactions are often not reversible.
by ryanlol 5y ago
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In Europe credit cards are not very common, and debit card transactions are often not reversible.
- colinb 5y agoI don't know where you're sitting right now. I'm sitting in Europe, and credit card transactions are quite common where I live. Europe is a big place. Even within the EU there is plenty of room for difference. A generalisation like this is no better than the frequent occurrence of HNers posting articles headlined with "the nation" which mean "the USA".
- ryanlol 5y agoIt is not unreasonable to speak of Europe as a whole. Credit card transactions are common where I live, but not in most of Europe.
- Johnwbh 5y agoThat's just false. You can do chargeback on debit card transactions fairly easily https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/visa-mastercard-chargeback/ https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/visa-mastercard-ch...
- ryanlol 5y agoUK specific article. Anyone who has worked with payment processing can tell you how rare debit card chargebacks are, this is because they’re usually vastly more difficult.