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Old Apr 21, 2014 | 11:43 am
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Newark7
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2007
Location: NJ
Posts: 46
I got DCCed again today. The Spar mini-mart at the Stuttgart train station here in Germany. I saw the clerk swipe my card and then hit a green button & out comes my receipt in USD with the fine print saying that I've been offered a choice of currencies & that I accept the final amount with a 3.5% markup (thanks to "Elavon Merchant Services"). I complained to the clerk & he assured me over and over that the charge was in Euros, but my Chase online account is now showing the exact USD transaction as pending vs the lower EUR amount ($12.41 vs $11.80/8.56EUR). I crossed out the DCC fine print & circled the EUR amount before signing, so hopefully that will help with my upcoming dispute. It seems this problem of "forced DCC" is becoming more widespread in Europe.
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