Originally Posted by
Majuki
I can't speak for Ireland as I've never been there, but I do know it was the birthplace of DCC. Even fast food restaurants like Burger King pull the scam there. The worst part is that for transactions like that the dollar value is below the threshold requiring cardholder verification, so you just get handed the receipt and it's a done deal.
I've had my fair deal of "automatic clearance" myself, and it never happened that DCC was put upon me in such case. Isn't DCC automatically switched off when there is an automatic function? As the default option in the automatic system - even if the Banks don't like it - will be the local currency, and not the DCC scam.
But maybe they've even changed that little bit in some countries?