On 13 Apr 2006 07:06:16 -0700, "Tchiowa" wrote:
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>Ade wrote:
>> I'd certainly vouch for informing bank/credit card company - having
>> been stuck in the US with little cash, credit card not working (for the
>> simple fact that it was being used abroad so CC company put a block on
>> it), 7 hour time difference making it very difficult to call the bank
>> at home to resolve. Bank recommended that we inform them in future,
>> have done this and no problems since then.
>
>What kind of credit card company do you have that blocks you when you
>use it overseas?????
Lloyds TSB did that to me. They had all my contact details, and could
have simply called me on my (UK) mobile phone or sent me an email, but
instead they just cancelled my card and left me to deal with the
consequences of being in Hong Kong with no access to my money.
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