Cub Driver wrote:



I've never understood why anyone would use a debit card. (Europeans do
this all the time, which right away ought to put you on guard!)

Somebody lifts my wallet and runs out to buy a new plasma TV with the
card they find.

Credit card: I tell Visa, "Fraudelent transaction! Deal with it!" No
problem whatever.

Debit card: I beg the bank not to bounce the checks I've written at
$25 per bounce as long as my checking account is empty. Meanwhile I
can't get any cash at the ATM. Very bad scene.

Maybe at your bank, then you need another bank. If I call before the
transaction then the card won't work anywhere, every card is like that.
If I call within a reasonable amount of time of the theft then all
sales from the time I give them are voided and the money returned to me.