[geeks] Worst. Ad. Evar.

[Steven Hill]

> They are talking about a debit card, where the money comes out of your 
> account immediately...so what is the difference between paying cash, 
> or paying with a debit card?

The difference is, you don't have to carry cash. Sometimes, not needing 
to have bits of paper is very handy. Also, being able to pay for things 
where MasterCard is accepted without having hard currency, or a line of 
credit is handy. (Online is a good example).

We had a system called Switch in the UK for long enough - it has 
recently been replaced by VISA debit. I believe there was also Maestro, 
which was the Mastercard equivalent.

S.

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Steven Hill

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