Originally Posted by
noirpepper
Originally Posted by
cooljw
What I did is printed out the logo on photo paper, carefully cut it out, and superglue it to your card. Works like a charm to get cashiers to at least try it. And has proven to be more durable and authentic looking than you would think.
however, as people in this thread have stated, it is becoming harder and harder to use Discover in China. More local unionpay terminals are simply not compatible with Discover Card. And the new chip on the Discover card almost never works, even when only swiping at the terminal does. Very frustrating.
thanks for the tip! I'll give it a go.
I don't have Discover, but I have AMEX. It has the same problem. I don't have UnionPay on there but most stores can accept it. However, there is a hotel chain called 锦江之星. The hotel on Nanjing Road in Shanghai accepts it, but only when they swiped. They could not use the chip. One of the chain hotels in Beijing didn't get it to work.
In short, chips in foreign credit cards seldom work in China, but swiping often does.