sf wrote on Tue, 18 May 2010 13:38:51 -0700:

>> I have avoided having a *debit* card tho' I carry two credit
>> cards and an ATM card and find those sufficient. The *two*
>> credit cards are in case of nanny banks that decide not to
>> allow some oversea use and don't bother to tell you.

> What are you talking about? Don't you call the bankcard to
> let them know you're going overseas? I know they claim
> otherwise, but as they say: discretion is the better part of
> valor.

I had been abroad many times and never bothered to inform the bank
without any trouble but I was very annoyed to have one of my cards
refused when buying a rail ticket at Heath Row. I did express my
irritation raher loudly to the bank manager and got a half promise that
they would inform me in advance but I have not tested that yet.

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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