Timothy J. Lee

In article <Pine.OSF.4.30.0310160959040.20835->,
Giovanni Drogo <> wrote:
    >On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, Timothy J. Lee wrote:
    >> I've used a foreign (to Italy) ATM card in bank ATMs in Italy to get
    >> Euros from them.
    >Are you sure on which circuit did the payment occur ?
    >The typical ATM card in Italy is a "Bancomat". Most people have the same
    >card connected to one of the international credit card circuits (either
    >VISA or Master Card).

The card is an ATM-only card; it cannot be used as a Visa or Mastercard.
The withdrawls were listed on the account statement as normal ATM
withdrawls. Currency conversion was about 1% off what oanda.com reported
for the days of the withdrawls, although the bank that issued the card
also added a small fee (for using some other bank's ATM).