"Pan" wrote in message
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> On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 06:39:27 GMT, "Alohacyberian"
> wrote:
>
>>Yes, rail does accept MasterCard and most taxicabs do if they are in a
>>tourist areas. Visa, however, is much more accepted than is MasterCard.
> [snip]
>
> Interesting. I thought they were essentially the same thing and
> treated as such, with American Express accepted less because of higher
> charges to merchants. Where have you found MasterCard not accepted
> while Visa was accepted?
>
Primarily in small towns in developed countries, but, definitely in third
world countries. While some of those experiences occurred a number of years
ago, that may very well have changed since then. I haven't done it for
quite a while, but, if you check the total number of merchants who accept
Visa versus the total number who accept MasterCard, you'll notice a
considerable difference. KM
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