Correction..
On Fri, 11 May 2007 09:30:55 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
>
>>My debit card has the Cirrus and Maestro logo
>>I know that works also as credit card (by sign and not by PIN), but I
>>never will use it in similar way.
>
>Be aware of the liabilities of a debit card with a credit card
>logo.
>
>In the USA federal law restrits your liability for fraudulent use
>of your card to $50. If a thief gets your credit card and uses it
>you are not our any money. When my credit card was stolen in
>Paris the thieves managed to subsequently run up about $600 on
>the card. It cost me ntohing save a few postage stamps to send
>back the statement marked up for the fraudulent charges. The
>credit card company bears the loss in whagtever way the bear
>these losses.
Correction..
The other poster is from Italy. So that depends on their law(s) as
well as Mastercard and Visa policy. |