Originally Posted by
viag8
Got a DCCed at a restaurant in Beijing. The serve refused to re-run the transaction, so I wrote on the voucher that I rejected DCC and circled the RMB amount. Flash forward I had to file a dispute with Citi and the merchant responded accepting a lower USD amount (actually a bit lower than what it would have been had they charged me in RMB originally).
What kind of restaurant? Like very fancy or 5-star hotel restaurants? I found 5-star hotel restaurants to be very knowledgable about DCC, and how to avoid.
On the other hand, lots of small restaurants who accept Visa/MC really don't know anything about DCC, and some of the employees don't dare to void any transactions, fearing future punishments if the banks charge them something canceling-transaction-related... It's pretty much why most of the service industry in China sucks... Poor quality of the workforce and even worse employment relationships...
Originally Posted by
AA_EXP09
Loading a Starbucks card in USD/whatever your home currency is and using it overseas also gives a good rate IME.
(I have done this successfully for cross border transactions in HK/UK/USA/Canada/Mexico.)
So Starbucks actually has its own network~ It really is a big company...
