Ask the Germans

[Rojar]

in the Spar in Wacken I dont know. I think you can because iirc they got taken over by edeka this year and are now a bigger chain. Edeka always took my debit card (maestro when I was a student). If you want to be on the safe side then go shopping in Hamburg. I know Minimal,Rewe,Penny all take maestro cards and you are sure to find them there some where.

but the money machines at the banks take credit cards of all names....

"The shelf afaik is for the extra TP! TP TP FOR MY BUNGHOLIO!!!!"

 

[Quark]

Maestro definitly. Master at most shops.

Even with foreign debit cards? I read/heard that it is almost impossible to pay with my Belgian card in Germany! (or my Dutch for that matter)

But just to compare. It's easier to pay with my Dutch card over here, than with my Belgian card in the Netherlands! See the point? Most shopowners think that foreign payments (by Maestro) is far too expensive.

 

[MetalCommando]

in the Spar in Wacken I dont know. I think you can because iirc they got taken over by edeka this year and are now a bigger chain. Edeka always took my debit card (maestro when I was a student). If you want to be on the safe side then go shopping in Hamburg. I know Minimal,Rewe,Penny all take maestro cards and you are sure to find them there some where.

but the money machines at the banks take credit cards of all names....

"The shelf afaik is for the extra TP! TP TP FOR MY BUNGHOLIO!!!!"

that makes sense

 

[mugabe]

Credit Cards: They arent trusted by the majority. Plain and simple. To pay in stores you have to use trusted and approved methods that allow a data collection agency to approve your credit rating every time you make a purchase. (Schufa)...Ok its not so bad that they do it every time but THEY COULD.

How weird. 90% of the time I buy something I just register my VISA card and enter the same PIN code I would at an ATM. Maybe people don't trust ATM's either?

 

[mugabe]

Q: What's the deal with all the moustasches?

Q: Why are the Schnapps glasses so small (2cl)?

 

[Sodomy&Lust]

One thing that I'd ask - why, for bloody hell's sake, 18-rated movies in Germany often appear CUT? Never seen that practice elsewhere.

Yeah, that's total crap.... I was watching Indiana Jones in the temple of doom with my (ex)girlfriend, and then I told her "look, now he takes his heart out", but he didn't

 

[Zombi]

Yeah, that's total crap.... I was watching Indiana Jones in the temple of doom with my (ex)girlfriend, and then I told her "look, now he takes his heart out", but he didn't

lol yeah and guess which part of EuroTrip is cut, even though it says Uncut on the german dvd

 

[Sodomy&Lust]

Q: The same country produces Nekromantik and doesn't let Cannibal Corpse play songs from any of their first albums.... why?

 

[Huldran]

Yeah, that's total crap.... I was watching Indiana Jones in the temple of doom with my (ex)girlfriend, and then I told her "look, now he takes his heart out", but he didn't

That is the reason why I prefer ordering DVD's from abroad.

 

[Karsten]

Q: What's the deal with all the moustasches?

You should have asked Kaiser Willhelm II. He might have known.

Q: Why are the Schnapps glasses so small (2cl)?

If you ask friendly in the kneipe you´ll get a "doppelten" which is 4cl.

 

[LEX]

Why don't you like ice?
(I love ice, but it's always so hard to find in Germany when I want to buy some.)

 

[Zombi]

Why don't you like ice?
(I love ice, but it's always so hard to find in Germany when I want to buy some.)

They make their own. They use this thing called a freezer and add tapwater to it.

actually you can buy ice in some stores now.

 

[monochrom]

Ok, here's a nice Q&A thread where we can ask the Germans teutonic-related stuff and get well-informed in-depth answers.

Q: What's up with Joschka Fischer?

Q: Have you managed to organise a bottle/can recycling system that is not insane yet?

Q: Why can't you pay with credit cards at many huge German stores?

Q: What do you do on Sundays when you finally have the time for some shopping nut all stores are closed?

1. Joschka is going to lecture american students on how to look a rebel when you are not.

2. No, and no hopes for the future.

3. We are transforming very fast, and your needs will surely be met by 2070.

4. We wash our cars.

 

[monochrom]

One thing that I'd ask - why, for bloody hell's sake, 18-rated movies in Germany often appear CUT? Never seen that practice elsewhere.

We have got the FSK - it thinks for you, and makes sure you stay a moral person.

 

[monochrom]

Why does it seem every time there is a grand coalition in the Bundestag, nothing gets done until the next elections?

It is only the second time, and the first time they actually accomplished more than during any other legislative period.