i never find merchants that dont accept credit card for large transaction.
i swipe almost rm35k for 1 time at proton no problem.
or, how LARGE amount do u mean? rm100k?
possible they dont accept bcoz the discount rate (or we called it as fee/surcharge for credit card transaction), normal is around 0.5% - 3%.
so if u want to swipe rm100,000 and their rate is 3%, they will received only rm97,000.
rm3000 is a huge amount to 'loss'!
or, if u dont care, offer them to pay the surcharge ~

but usually merchant will tell if pay via card got surcharge or not? so why they dont want to accept if u pay the surcharge?
card dropped or get robbed, report bank and police immediately.
for fraud, bank usually call immediately to verify large amount. cimb even called me for rm60 swipe at shell previously!
(maybe bcoz the card never been swiped at shell).
and of coz my rm2k, rm9k also been verified by the bank.
leave the card at home, then how if the home get robbed while u outside?
by the time u at home, the card already been swiped somewhere, u call bank to suspend the card but its too late?
u can search previous thread, i have experience already with rhb.
my card had been fraud at kajang while i'm at kuantan (aliby by police report). bank absord the loss.
but let say if u leave ur card at home at kl, then ur house get robbed and ur card also been fraud at kl, and u also at kl, then?

Not so worried about home getting broken in. I think my home is more secure than most homes. Coz the CID HQ is just right behind my house. Just from their office they can see my backyard. Free security 24hrs.. ohyeah.. I just wonder if there's robber dumb enough to try break in any of the homes here.
Like u said, normally they won't allow anyone to swipe that big amount >30k coz they are charged for it. As for me, i'm so tempted coz I can get tons of points. hehe..
I will not pay the surcharge lo, and I think few wealthy people will flaunt their money like that. Bad karma u know. If one is really that rich, should donate the money to charity. We all ought to make this world a better place.
For fraud, can't rely entirely on the bank. I got called for a measly <100 bux internet transaction, even blocked my card for swiping at petrol stations 2x in one day... but they never called me for retail transactions when i buy stuff like notebook. sigh.... Their focus is just not on the right thing.