AMEX, all for nothing, Disappointed !!!

[danisgods]

Well, just wanted to share that like most of us i've always wanted to be part of the AMEX family, well, i am now since february, and to be honest with you that card is i'd say 85% useless , NO ONE takes Amex, i mean , i have gotten to the point that i already ask first before picking the card, because it happens SO often ...

I also have Discover and it is accepted in my opinion around 75% in more places than AMEX is , it is very sad, i still gonna keep the card, but.... what a dissapointment, i fell like i cant leave the house with the amex only, i have to bring an extra card , just in case...

[CorporalCaptain]

Hmmm, I haven't found a place yet that I shop at that doesn't take it.

Perhaps it a regional thing, or a size of community thing.

I use mine at gas stations, grocery stores (including Walmart), restaurants of all kinds, retailers like Best Buy, hotels when traveling, pet supply stores, and to buy tickets for various events.

I honestly haven't run into a place yet where I wanted to use it and couldn't.

That said, I do always have my USAA World MC with me just in case.

[Anonymous]

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@Icewave76 wrote:

Hmmm, I haven't found a place yet that I shop at that doesn't take it.

Perhaps it a regional thing, or a size of community thing.

I use mine at gas stations, grocery stores (including Walmart), restaurants of all kinds, retailers like Best Buy, hotels when traveling, pet supply stores, and to buy tickets for various events.

I honestly haven't run into a place yet where I wanted to use it and couldn't.

That said, I do always have my USAA World MC with me just in case.

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I'm with you on this one. There are only about 3 places I go of hundreds that won't take it. I'm wondering if it is a regional thing depending on where you are, but I think the acceptance thing is certainly overblown sometimes. I guess everyones experience is different.

[Lel]

I have not had too many problems with using my Amex at various places.  However, there are clearly some places that won't take it, so I always carry a Visa or MC for those places (Five Guys Burgers and Fries, for example) which I frequent but that don't take Amex.

[jaysdad2k]

I use my Premier Rewards Gold at Five Guys all the time.

[CHARGE_IT]

Well..............I  am stumped. I have used my Amex cards for twenty five years and have not been able to use them in one little latin American restaurant, which I left immediately. I have used them all over the states and Europe including Russia and Ukrainia and Poland. All through Latin America and Hawaii. I could go on but you get the pic.

I use it at every business that I find a need for and all the stores I would be interested in. I use the green for all internet purchase to make sure I have them on my side if some sleeze-ball trys something. I have it on file for Netflix and such.

I guess I am just wondering where you live and where you go that we have had such different experiences. I can't think of a national business that doesn't take them. Or maybe they are just doing me a specific favor.........

I am going to make a point to find a place within a hundred miles of home this week that doesn't take it and report back.

Oh , I did have a doctor who didn't take them, but they do now. And oh yes, my cable company doesn't, but I pay that online anyway. Although I would like the points from an ongoing bill that large.

Again, I would really like you to list some places that don't take it. They must be very localized.

Sorry that you are disaapointedd. Btw, I do like my discover just did a great purchase on them just to keep the card healthy. I have to say that I do ask about Discover because they are still quite limited in my world, especially traveling. Now that they are taken on the Diner Club circuit I see a little more of them in better places.

Also, I have used my Amex cards in about every national drive-thru that you could name; which leaves me still wondering...........................

Good luck.

CI

[CHARGE_IT]

Five guys gets my cards also. Then I get my goods.

CI

[Lel]

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@jaysdad2k wrote:

I use my Premier Rewards Gold at Five Guys all the time.

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I guess this highlights the "regional differences" thing.  Actually, this probably represents a decision by the franchisee.

[Smerri1029]

In MA I use my AmEx everywhere and for everything. The only places I can think that wouldn't take it near my house are a gas statio which I don't go to, my dentist or doctors office, and a gun store. Other than that I use it everywhere. Also,I am on vacation in Florida this week so in the bathing suit had credit, cash, and ID. I took my AmEx with the Visa just in case and haven't had to use the Visa yet. AmEx is accepted everywhere we've been in Florida too.

[vish1]

I am also in MA and Amex works for me almost everywhere. There are a few small places which don't take it but mostly everyone does. That said, I have also found a place which won't take master but will take amex, this place is the dollar store in marlborough.