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Old Oct 4, 2011 | 10:44 am
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Originally Posted by cbn42
A merchant in Europe is probably just going to laugh if they receive a complaint from a bank in the US.
It is Visa / Mastercard etc. that require their merchants to accept both in their contracts, not your issuing bank in the US, I believe. They certainly look into stores that charge fees for using a credit card (also not allowed in their contracts) so why would this be different - both are deviations from the contract.
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