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Originally Posted by rookies
I don't really know what a debit card is, how does it work? Although I've heard of it. Maybe you can explain what is the difference between credit card, and debit card?
I don't live in Taiwan, so I can't use that site, but I appreciate the info you provided.  |
Basically, a Debit Card is useable the same as a Credit Card. It looks the same and is usually funded through Debit companies like VISA (and MasterCard).
You start with a balance of $0 and you have to add funds to spend, unlike a Credit Card, which gives you money to spend, paid back with interest (about 10%).
With a Debit Card you can easily control your spending, because the only funds you spend from it are funds you have added to the balance!
Here's some links to some Debit cards
I don't know where you're from so I've tried to go as global as possible
http://www.visa-asia.com/ap/au/index.shtml - VISA Asia site
http://usa.visa.com/personal/cards/debit/ - VISA Debit cards USA
http://www.maestrocard.com/uk/ - Europe-based MaestroCard (subsuiary of Mastercard)
http://www.mastercard.com/index.html - MasterCard Worldwide. Select your region for Debit offers
http://www.americanexpress.com/gift/...slanding.shtml - American Express "Gift Card" seems to be similar, but nobody accepts them anyway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debit_card - And some more information from Wikipedia ^_^
Thanks for the info about CDJ's reduced shipping charges. I doubt it will affect me too much as I usually order 2-3 CDs at a time =\