Originally Posted by
Jamoldo
Happened to me at Dr. Wine in Shanghai a few days ago. I was not given a choice. I got the "I declare that I have been given a choice..." blah blah blah and the exchange rate I got was 6.09 RMB/1USD, rather than market 6.34/6.35 at the time. I didn't have the resources (ie. the cheatsheet) or the time (we were leaving the restaurant) to argue but lesson learned... carry the printed directions. I will be most certainly re-reading this thread and following up with my issuer.
Just an FYI
Save it on your phone, that's what I do.
Originally Posted by
percysmith
Jamoldo - disarming instructions doesn't matter. The banks keep changing their terminals - e.g. the BoC instructions wouldn't have worked on my BoC Dongguan golf club terminal in September.
Can you identify the acquirer? HSBC's for example is obvious cos they print their logo on the top of every slip.
If no acquirer listed, does the first three digits of the merchant ID coincide with any of the following?
http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/11578696
104 - Bank of China
105 - CCB
301 - Bankcomm
They're known to DCC.
I presume it is not 102 ICBC - they're generally compliant.
percy, do you speak Chinese? Did you try to talk them on how to do it?
Originally Posted by
percysmith
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This looks like the ICBC "DCC" at Long Bar Waldorf-Astoria. DCC shows up, but can be opted out of (or even default RMB).
I wonder if opted out actually works, cause I have yet to see it work in China.