[NTLK] Hidden credit card costs (was: GEM Europe)

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At 10:48 -0400 5/4/02, Mark Ross wrote:

>That's amazing! I never pay additional fees for purchasing overseas
>items except for when I'm traveling and I pay the merchant in one
>currency and pay my account in another.

That's not true, you just never noticed it before. CAREFULLY check
your credit card rules. AFAIK both VISA and Mastercard now tack on a
1-1.5 per cent charge for overseas transactions.

I only noticed it when I was reconciling my account - via Quicken -
and noticed a small amount of difference. It was a line item I'd
never seen before. Called my CC company, and they let the surprise
out of the bag. Grrr.

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