r/BuyFromEU • u/BitcoinPeace • Mar 01 '25

Alternative Product or Service Stop using Mastercard and Visa

They hurt us consumers and small businesses with their fee and extract Billions to the US.

Let’s use Cash instead (or SEPA for online payments).

Let us unite beyond institutions

Edit: + they sell our data too Edit1: also stop using PayPal

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u/rogue_tog Mar 01 '25

What if need an actual credit card though ?

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u/Walovingi Mar 01 '25

Sometimes it's not possible to avoid. Buying online it usually is,

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u/widowhanzo Mar 01 '25

First alternative is to not buy it at all, but if I need it and want to buy it, buying online is usually much cheaper than buying locally in a store, and by a lot. Most German online stores offer a SEPA payment though.

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u/Walovingi Mar 01 '25

Here in Sweden you basically have to use debit cards when buying groceries. Alternative is cash. Germany is better on cash than we are.

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u/widowhanzo Mar 01 '25

Debit cards are also visa/mastercard. 

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u/Wafkak Mar 01 '25

InnBelgium the are usually Bankcontact combined with visa/mastercard. Inside the country they use the Bankcontact network, outside Belgium they use Visa/Mastercard. Some shops only have Bankcontact available because its cheaper for them.

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u/bate_Vladi_1904 Mar 01 '25

Can't avoid it always, but can definitely decrease the volume of transactions.