Originally Posted by percysmith

Something like that. Furthermore, unlike HK/US - there aren't any locally-issued Visa/Mastercards in China. Every card will be subject to the DCC scam.

Of course, I can't say categorically that all merchants install DCC to scam customers or even of their own free will - Secrep Recipe and Lily's don't seem to set out to do either http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...l#post16343265 .

However places like Magic Media http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...on-27.html#397 , the provincial-city hotel and the Shenzhen golf course have/appear to have installed DCC cos it's not just cost free, it's profitable to them.