Originally Posted by
oliver2002
Earlier this month I dined with a supplier at Beckta in Ottawa and when he tried to pay the terminal wanted to convert the payment into his local currency. Luckily the server intervened and said 'you want to pay in CAD, don't you?'.
Last weekend I was in BCN and DCC was out in full force when I tried to pay with my US issued CSR
. Even the online ticket sales sites tried to dupe you. Miscolored 'cancel', 'continue', 'decline' buttons galore.
I haven't seen much in the way of DCC in Canada. There have been a number of reports, but it seems like the choice is clearly presented in the few locations that have it.
DCC was in full force in MAD earlier this year too. A friend and I were trying to pay for a meal. Fortunately, I had control of the terminal so I could opt out. However, I pressed the cancel button the first time, and it cancelled out the entire transaction. I've noticed that the DCC offer, at least on the handheld terminals I saw, appears on a touchscreen. It's non-intuitive, and I would assume most people who are unaware get duped.