Path: news.ccsf.jp!tomockey.ddo.jp!news.tornevall.net!aioe.org!not-for-mail From: "Dave Fossett" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Visa card no good for getting cash in Japan??? Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:48:05 +0900 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <1196417592_857@sp6iad.superfeed.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: GqoBxwxgR04+R7IzbGI8pw.user.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="windows-1252"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Xref: news.ccsf.jp fj.life.in-japan:166397 "Murgi" wrote... > My sister, having an Austrian issued Visa card, was trying to withdraw 10 > man Yen from UFC. The pin code wasn’t acknowledged, and then she was told > to try another big bank… > There she was told that the Visa card is only good to pay for goods in > shops! > And she got the advice to try the post office… > I couldn’t believe her story, but it is true! Yes, she should have gone to a post office rather than a bank. The ATMs there even have an English-language option. She could also have used an ATM in a 7-eleven convenience store. See here for future reference... http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2208.html -- Dave Fossett Saitama, Japan