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Curious, do credit card companies provide SLA's? If you lose x% of sales on a day due to customers not having alternative forms of payment... is there anything a merchant can do to recoup their losses?
Like... BITCO apple pay/android pay
This is one of IBM's flagship customers, isn't it? They're supposed to never go down.
BITCOIN
only 50% kidding.
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You forget, everything is chaos in the media. Trains, travel, finance, whatever you like. Chaos sells :)
don't forget tweets, the most dangerous enemy mankind has faced
What's the betting someone pushed something to production on a Friday afternoon and has now gone to the pub?
At least to me, the fact this happens on a Friday evening suggests it's deliberate, precisely because nobody with any sense would deploy something on a Friday unless it's an emergency.
>now I'm imagining a Visa IT bloke going to the pub, presenting his card and then shouting "oh SHIT!" and running back to work
Ironically my credit card info literally got stolen at a restaurant last night and most of the purchases they tried to make were declined hahahahah Honestly, I really enjoy using my credit card. I can buy anything, anytime, online, the customer service department always resolves fraud quickly, and they even pay me to use the damn thing
That works fine until people sleepwalk into cashless society and then someone from the government will think you are undesirable and delete your assets.
I pay cash often but even so I very rarely have more than $1000 in cash at any given time.
Ironically my credit card info literally got stolen at a restaurant last night and most of the purchases they tried to make were declined hahahahah Honestly, I really enjoy using my credit card. I can buy anything, anytime, online, the customer service department always resolves fraud quickly, and they even pay me to use the damn thing
I know, it seems great. But who is paying for that fraud protection? Who is paying for that customer service team? Who is paying for the fact you get paid to use it? In the end.. It's you, through slightly higher prices on everything you buy every day because retailers have to price in the cost of credit card fees that pay for all that.
Hey people I suggest revolut.com Make it an alternative it deserve!
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a) This isn't tested weekly b) I doubt any store actually has the forms/equipment/etc for this
Some cards don't even have the raised, embossed printing anymore, so the imprint method wouldn't work.
Glad I happen to be in Munich where cash is king otherwise I would’ve noticed. Using cash here has made me rethink my habits. Still no chance I will put down my AMEX. 6% cashback at Grocery stores, 3% at the pump, and 3% at the department store I shop at. Even if I carry a balance sometimes I made almost $700 back last year.
Cashback is very US thing though, so using cash in Germany won't deprive you from that. There are some companies offering modest cashback in Europe too, but in my experience their cards are rarely accepted anywhere. Which is fine by me, I'd rather have lower prices to start with.
SME Visa/MasterCards still give around 1% in airline miles.
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Cashback is very US thing though, so using cash in Germany won't deprive you from that. There are some companies offering modest cashback in Europe too, but in my experience their cards are rarely accepted anywhere. Which is fine by me, I'd rather have lower prices to start with.
Amex is 0.5-1% cashback in Germany which is quite good. SME Visa/MasterCards still give around 1% in airline miles.