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Claim on this website: "Accept donations on your site instantly, from all cards and countries". Truth is: in Germany the prefered way for paying on the interne
by wolfgke 12y ago
Claim on this website: "Accept donations on your site instantly, from all cards and countries".
Truth is: in Germany the prefered way for paying on the internet is Lastschrift (direct debit). Paying with credit card is not very popular and credit cards aren't that common in Germany.
To put it harshly in other words: the statement on the website above is simply fraudulent. I can't pay with my EC card by direct debit.
- JohnTHaller 12y agoIt is accurate that you can pay from all cards and countries if you take their meaning to be logoed cards (Mastercard, Visa, Discover, American Express, etc). Nearly all debit cards in the US support one of those standard payment systems, so you can use them everywhere regardless of whether a specific store supports debit cards. It sounds like Lastschrift isn't logoed with one of those, so a store can only support Lastschrift if they specifically support Lastschrift by connecting with one of those payment processors. As such, it isn't supported by most US or worldwide websites unless those sites have taken specific steps to support it. Several countries have setups like that where there is a specific proprietary payment system that is only supported within their country and thus not supported in most websites outside of their country. We can hardly fault them for that.