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Subject: Re: ATM card or Debit card in Italy Posted on: Thu, 03 May 2007 10:01:23 +0200

On Thu, 03 May 2007 05:25:11 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

>
>"B Vaughan" wrote in message
>news:ahsh33ljct0de9rp2v9ppp38qe8puv6jnu@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:45:59 GMT, "Calif Bill"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Debit / ATM cards when used as a credit card, debit the bank account, they
>>>do not go on a monthly statement to be paid at the end of the month. A
>>>Credit Card used in an ATM machine, just gets you a short-term loan from
>>>the
>>>CC company at an exhorbitant rate.
>>
>> There are infinite variations of plastic, and by now it's impossible
>> to keep the terms separate. I have an Italian card that functions as a
>> Visa card. I get a statement at the end of the month, and the entire
>> month's worth of purchases are then extracted from my account. What
>> kind of card is that?
>>
>> --
>> Barbara Vaughan
>> My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot
>> it
>> I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup
>
>It is a charge card. Just have automatic payment at the end of the month.

It's not really, because there's no possibility of paying in
installments. It's a type of card very common in Italy (Carta Sė).
>

--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup