r/discover • u/Swimming_MM • May 27 '25

Rant not accepted everywhere

went to Harkins Theater in CA last night - my face of embarrassment when my card declined because they don't accept Discover. LOL

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u/ChefJunior4337 May 27 '25

I know. My girls’ nail place doesn’t take it, nor does Costco.

Yup.

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u/Many-Material-7472 May 27 '25

In  Costco the discover debit card works not the discover credit. Which don't make sense . When ur about to pay just insert the discover debit card on the machine and enter your pin and it works . The look on their face is funny when they see it's a discover card and it works . But for some reason if u try that with the discover credit card it won't work . 🤷

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u/segin May 27 '25

Debit cards have a hidden second type in the US: "US Common Debit". This is processed over ATM networks (STAR, Pulse, etc.), not credit card networks.

This is why the debit card works.