>Hi Jonathan, > >I don't get the difference between a debit card and a credit card >with a zero credit limit?
Ian, it's a free world! People don't have to give reasons! The fact is, (to make one example) many major car rental companies in the USA will rent to you with a credit card, but NOT with a debit card. If you think this bit of trivia is made up, and not factual, I'll pay for you to fly to the states to a few major cities andtry to rent a few cars (just joking!) Who knows WHAT reason Budget, Enterprise etc. adopt this policy for? (Who really cares? it's their life and they can run their businesses any way they want. They can say "we only rent green cars" or "we will not rent to people under 25" [common] or "we don't take visa, only mastercard!" - or whatever the heck they want.) I *think* the rationale behind it is that with credit cards, there is more contactable info available to track down people who steal cars. Again, I *think* that's the "reason" behind the decision, but who knows (or cares, it's their life! Mr. Enterprise can run his business anyway he likes.) Merchant processing systems can tell the difference between a credit card and a debit card, and if a merchant chooses to take only one or the other [some merchants will only take DEBIT cards, because they're slightly harder to charge-back] .. that's the merchant's choice! The very simple solution to this (if you have no credit or live in a war zone or something) is just to get a secured credit card, just leave $3000 or something with a bank and they'll give you a visa card with a $3000 limit. That's the easy solution!! Ian rocks! -- --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
