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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 5:25 am
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I use lots of ATMs in Europe to get money. And even without a chip on the used US-issued ATM banking/debit card, I've been able to get cash at just about every euro-dispensing ATM which I've attempted to use. It's the non-ATM use in Europe where I've had issues from time to time, but at AMS my chip-less cards worked fine with the vendors and machines at the airport. Just not all of them landside.
This is exactly my experience as well. And it's really just the non-ATM machines. I've never run into a situation where a person couldn't run the card, although at some smaller places it's often just easier to pay in cash if you can.
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