Wouldn't most such service providers facilitate stage payments of a bill if the patient/client couldn't pay in full immediately?I have a credit card and the limit is €350, it's my emergency money for a dentist or a doctor and that's all it get's used for.
Maybe keep the card and reduce the limit?
I find it useful for five things:
- Car rental
- Hotels where they take a pre-authorisation; that gets messy with a debit card
- Work expenses that you’ll claim back
- In the background for an out and out emergency
- Online purchases or scenarios where you don’t want there to be a route to your main account
That was the main reason that I retained mine.I've rented cars and booked hotels with a debit card and I've personally never found anything messy about booking hotels with a debit card.
Doubt it for the likes of tooth extraction or fillings. Stage payments for the likes of braces are common alright where multiple visits are required.Wouldn't most such service providers facilitate stage payments of a bill if the patient/client couldn't pay in full immediately?
I see. I just thought that I often saw notices like "talk to us if difficulties arise with payments and we'll work out a plan" at the dentist, doctor etc...Doubt it for the likes of tooth extraction or fillings. Stage payments for the likes of braces are common alright where multiple visits are required.
No need for it these days of card payments, except for the type of more expensive once-off treatments mentioned by @demoivreI see. I just thought that I often saw notices like "talk to us if difficulties arise with payments and we'll work out a plan" at the dentist, doctor etc...
Its been a couple of years since I rented a car but has something changed in that car rental places take debit card now?I've rented cars and booked hotels with a debit card
I stayed in a hotel recently and used my Revolut debit card.I've rented cars and booked hotels with a debit card and I've personally never found anything messy about booking hotels with a debit card.
I use single use virtual Revolut cards for online purchases.
Wouldn't most such service providers facilitate stage payments of a bill if the patient/client couldn't pay in full immediately?
That's one of the reasons I have a cc too - you can use a debit card but often that requires you to buy their overpriced 'gold'/zero excess insurance package (won't accept a third party zero excess policy). Some might still take a deposit off of your debit card of the excess but that option is now refused by many I think (possibly to hard sell their insurance).Its been a couple of years since I rented a car but has something changed in that car rental places take debit card now?
I thought they take a "deposit" from the card and then cancel/refund that upon return of the car.
Its usally a few thousand I recall.
So I assume the balance should be in the current account for the transaction to go through.
And also if its say a 2 week rental, they would actually be credited with the funds and do a refund upon return as oppose to cancelling the transaction.
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