Originally Posted by
AllieKat
Is that legal wording? I mean, of course it's guaranteed how much your card will be charged, just not what the exchange rate will be.
That is one of the lies merchants often use to entice suckers to buy into dcc. I have heard many times in Ireland when the quedtion comes up the clerk saying to the potential scamee do you wish to pay in euro or dollars. If the potential scamee hesitates or asks which the clerk suggests, often the answer is you lock in the rate whereas today's rate could change. (Actually there was once such a major shift about a year ago with the CHF against the USD where it actually was better to have used dcc to lock in the rate and with what is or was going on in Greece, perhaps some woulde feel better locking in the rate. Just goes to show that while dcc is almost always a recipe to be ripped off, never say never to anything.