Would it look suspicious to use someone else’s credit card while out shopping (with their consent, of course)?
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Here’s the situation: I just arrived in Japan from Germany to visit my
long-distance boyfriend for the first time. He’s working during the day, so
while he’s away, I’m on my own. He gave me his credit cards and told me to go
out, explore, and enjoy myself if I get bored. I’d like to, but I’m a bit
worried. I’m German, he’s Japanese. I’m a woman, he’s a man. So obviously, the
name on the cards doesn’t match mine. I don’t want it to look like I stole them
or something, it’s more about the optics. Maybe I’m just being overly anxious
and overthinking it.
If you pay with cards in Japan the same way in the USA, nobody even looks at the names and just you just pay.
If you look like you are freaking out you might look suspicious enough for someone to double check.
They don’t even see/touch the card…
It’s not like the 80s where you hand them the card to swipe.
When I visited USA last year, I was dumbfounded that I had to give my card to whoever and they wandered off to charge it. Rather than UK where they bring a card machine to you
I would 100% follow them to see what they’re doing with my card.
Then you will “love” to know that they can still charge the card after they have swiped it. I was floored when I noticed it. So you give the card and then they come back with your card and a new bill that has a place for you to write down how much tip you wanna add. You do not give your card again, you just leave the paper in the table and they will add the amount to what they are gonna charge your in your cc. This would not fly in my country, I am actually shocked that cc fraud is not more widespread in the US with how “low security” it all seems. Once I when to buy something and I head forgotten my cc PIN (because now always using contactless pay and such", the person handling the register told me I can skip it, and sure enough, there was an option on the machine to skip entering the PIN. I guess the PIN stuff is new in the US and people are not used to IT so it is not even a red flag to say that you do not know your own PIN and they even have the case built-in in the software. Shocking.
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