Originally Posted by
drewguy
In my experience it happens in many other countries, but China is the worst in two respects:
1) The exchange rate is typically much worse (4.5-5% instead of 2.5-3%)
2) The cashier does not ask in China and most of the time doesn't understand how to process non-DCC. Every other country they have asked or corrected upon request.
Not sure about the interest rate , never looked.
But for my transactions in China with DCC , they do ask me which currency I want to use...in Mandarin , of course.
So this thread is rather misleading , implying that this practice of DCC is only in China. The moderator ought to look into this .