I don’t think retail workers care enough. As long as you know the PIN, there’re shouldn’t be any issues.
Source: Was a retail worker.
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Submitted 3 weeks ago by oceansky@feddit.org to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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LouNeko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Nobody will care, but a lot of places, including all public transit only take cash.
HubertManne@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
My wife has medical issues and we worry about this type of thing but it has not been an issue in the us. We did not change our names at marriage so they are different. Its actually kinda disturbing that it works fine by and large.
zxqwas@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Don’t think anyone will check.
Worst case scenario he will have to pick you up at the police station and you’ll have a story to tell.
sCrUM_MASTER@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
You’ll be fine, both in Japan and back home I’ve lent people my card and vice versa, the only time I ever had someone look at the name was buying something from Bic Camera. It was over 5k yen so I wanted to get the tax discount, and they looked at my passport and compared the name on my debit card.
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Nah. My GF and I use each other’s cards all the time. Nobody cares.
Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nobody cares.
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’s common to use someone else’s credit card when you’re abroad
Etterra@discuss.online 3 weeks ago
No. My fiance and I use each other’s cards sometimes, never a problem.
lemminger@thelemmy.club 3 weeks ago
i live in Germany and sometimes give my credit card to my gf for grocery shopping. never had any problems with it. you’ll probably be fine.
Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
It might be an issue-ish with cards that require a signature, since only you are supposed to know the signature and someone else reproducing it is legally comparable to counterfeiting a document.
For cards with a PIN no body cares.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, all cards in Germany are PIN only.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In many countries you can get temporary cards today you can put money on and then spend it. Maybe they have something like that?
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 3 weeks ago
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.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
They don’t even see/touch the card…
It’s not like the 80s where you hand them the card to swipe.
breadsmasher@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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