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The Netherlands - Nobody wants my credit card

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  • ffox
    ffox Posts: 53 Forumite
    Which sort of CC was it? In Belgium LIDL take a local debit card called Bancontract.
  • molerat
    molerat Posts: 35,996 Forumite
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    Bob_the_Saver wrote: »
    They don't take credit cards in the UK either.
    You obviously shop in the wrong Lidl, I always pay with CC ;)
  • sonicmouse
    sonicmouse Posts: 71 Forumite
    molerat wrote: »
    You obviously shop in the wrong Lidl, I always pay with CC ;)

    Strange.. my local LIDL and ALDI only accept debit, not cc.
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    edited 3 January 2013 at 1:15AM
    sonicmouse wrote: »
    Strange.. my local LIDL and ALDI only accept debit, not cc.

    Same with every one I've ever been in around the world from Melbourne to Manchester.

    Strange they say only DEBIT CARDS on their web-site!!

    http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/SID-CAF22366-B07F3A41/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/5691.htm
  • NFH
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    ffox wrote: »
    Which sort of CC was it? In Belgium LIDL take a local debit card called Bancontract.
    The Lidl I go to in Belgium accepts any Visa card or MasterCard in addition to Maestro/Bancontact debit cards.
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    NFH wrote: »
    The Lidl I go to in Belgium accepts any Visa card or MasterCard in addition to Maestro/Bancontact debit cards.

    Visa & Mastercard credit cards or just Visa & Mastercard Debit cards?
  • NFH
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    Bob_the_Saver wrote: »
    Visa & Mastercard credit cards or just Visa & Mastercard Debit cards?
    I used a German-issued Visa credit card. The sign did not specifically mention credit or debit either.
  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    Bob_the_Saver wrote: »
    They don't take credit cards in the UK either.

    They happily take both here.

    I suspect it's because our banking system is much newer, so odd practices in Western Europe haven't taken hold here. Credit cards are comparatively expensive to use however.
    From Poland...with love.
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