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Old Apr 22, 2018 | 5:13 pm
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Originally Posted by radonc1
I suspect that while the purchase was in Euros, the actual transaction took place electronically in the USA, i.e. the IP address was in the US, thereby making it a US transaction.
Now if someone reports that they went to France and bought in a shop an item with a Visa or MC GC, then I would agree that perhaps these cards have a wider geographic scope than officially reported.
I would think the location of the payment processor plays more of a role than the IP address of the purchaser. I guess I can check that with a VPN at some point soon.
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