Originally Posted by
sethweinstein
Just got back from China, where the system of present-the-receipt-with-choice-and-then-ignore-that-choice is still prevalent -- at one bar I selected RMB and took a photo of the receipt while saying to the patron next to me, "I guarantee you they will charge me in dollars." It also happened at a fancy brunch buffet in Macau (the Banyan Tree) -- I selected MOP but the eventual charge corresponded to the DCC amount in USD.
The consensus in Mainland China is if you see the "I have been offered a choice..." DCC verbiage, you've already been DCCed.