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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoYou can already do all that with a credit card, and your bank is more likely to side with you. Why not just use that? There’s several decades more regulation on credit cards, too.
minus-squareMartin@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoMostly convenience, the Klarna app is miles ahead of what my bank offers.
minus-squareMurvel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoThat’s not even true. Oftentimes, the debit card transaction is completed long before the product arrives…
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoYou should never use a debit card, at least in the US. Always use a credit card.
minus-squareMurvel@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoDebit cards are defacto standard in the EU, far fewer uses credit cards.
You can already do all that with a credit card, and your bank is more likely to side with you. Why not just use that? There’s several decades more regulation on credit cards, too.
Mostly convenience, the Klarna app is miles ahead of what my bank offers.
That’s not even true. Oftentimes, the debit card transaction is completed long before the product arrives…
You should never use a debit card, at least in the US. Always use a credit card.
Debit cards are defacto standard in the EU, far fewer uses credit cards.