Originally Posted by
moondog
Well, on ~10 receipts, I wrote "DECLINE" (in block letters) in the signature field. FIA's stance was that since I consumed products/services in each case, I was still responsible for the charges. Again, I think I could push them a bit on this if I was willing to devote more time to the cause.
I think if I had 10 of those I would send letters within the 60 days denying responsibility for the DCC amount but accepting responsibility for the underlying charge in local currency.
Beyond strategy, what you're really saying is that FIA is not set-up to tackle this issue. That's too bad since I think bouncing the charges and costing the offending merchants and their cc clearing firms a lot of time and hassle might be the best way to beat this beast back.