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Nov 28, 2016, 2:32 am

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Originally Posted by lhrsfo

I would not be so complacent. I agree it's unusual for a large retailer not to accept Amex, but, outside London, IME it's rare for a small retailer to take it. Even in London I have only a 50% success rate. Just last night at the theatre, they wouldn't take Amex for the intermission drinks. You absolutely need another card and I would go further and suggest having back up cash for very remote parts of Cumbria.

As someone who lives well beyond the M25 but works in London 3 days a week, I would agree entirely with this prognosis.

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