Phil Richards wrote:

On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 09:57:11 +0100 Alec
said...

If they still put through
the transaction in the card's billing currency, refuse to sign the slip and
ask them to void it.

Could prove difficult when paying for goods after you've used or consumed
them - e.g. restaurant or hotel bills. Petrol stations would have
difficulty in asking for your fuel if you didn't want to pay for it!

In such cases, I would see it differently: you have the whip hand. You
will almost certainly bought on the basis of a menu or price display
showing prices in the local currency from a trader who had also
displayed a sign showing willingness to accept your type of CC. The
reasonable inference is that the trader must accept settlement in the
local currency charged to your CC account. Anything else done without
your express agreement is taking an indefensible liberty. Offer to
walk, and see what happens.

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PB
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