Originally Posted by
jamar
Something similar just happened to me in Shenzhen a few hours ago at a Novotel. They've got an HSBC terminal, so I was a bit worried at first when the DCC slip printed out. Then the terminal prompted "PAY: 1. CNY 2. USD". The person at the desk pushed 2 before I could do anything, so I asked them to void and re-do it, this time reaching over and pushing 1 myself.
The person at the desk was under the impression that all that did was re-print the slip. It does, but without the DCC. If you let it sit there (the terminal flashes "Auto opt-in" for a bit) or push 2, it doesn't print another slip, leaving you with the DCC slip.
Slips for comparison.
I never thought HSBC would actually let people opt out of DCC without doing anything counter-intuitive, but there they are. Better than BOC.
The picture shows the "first slip" of the voided transaction and the "second flip" of the right transaction, right? I'm guessing you have another "first slip" with batch no. 000294 and ref. 014800.
This terminal is a lot more compliant than BoC's and BoComm's IMO. At least it says something that makes sense regarding DCC.
My experience with DCC in China is that, if your slips says anything about "given the choices of currency, blah blah blah", you are DCCed already. The DCC-free slips always have 1) the total amount denominated in CNY, 2) no USD amount shown in any form, and 3) no reference to the term DCC at the bottom. Having only the first statement as true doesn't guarantee anything, as CCB machines will show CNY amount, and display a "DCC Accepted" box which is un-ticked, but it's DCCed already.