Originally Posted by
Majuki
I'm glad you were able to avoid the scam. In the other cases, did you offer proactively to the cashier that you wanted to be charged in GBP, or did some merchants actually give you the choice? How much pushback did you get with except the one who said it would offer you a better rate/no fees?
For the other times I was asked if I wanted to pay in USD, which I declined and asked to pay in GBP. No pushback except for the 2 referenced earlier. I need to check my card statement to ensure no unexpected issues, but everything seemed to go fine.