Except that it has absolutely no protection after you've paid. You have no recourse with iDeal. The money has been sent. How often do you read on Dutch forums

Except that it has absolutely no protection after you've paid. You have no recourse with iDeal. The money has been sent. How often do you read on Dutch forums [1] whether they paid with iDeal? Because if you do, your only recourse is to either sue them (which the Dutch rarely do) or open a dispute with the Thuiswinkel Waarborg [2]. For as long as I bought stuff online in The Netherlands I used a credit card. If they didn't offer it I'd find someone else. [1] https://tweakers.net https://tweakers.net (tweaking as in tinkering, not the other kind) [2] https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuiswinkel_Waarborg https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuiswinkel_Waarborg