One-tap dial phone numbers:
Master card
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US + Can English
(skips card number input)
Visa
PayPal
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US English
Say “make a complaint”
Stripe (unconfirmed)
Script:
I’m calling to urge [company name] to immediately end the policy that unfairly targets the adult content industry. I’m also asking that [company name] sit down with stakeholders- specifically sex workers and adult content creators- to develop solutions that ensure equitable access to financial services, create stability, and reduce harm for sex workers.
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What are we realistically supposed to do? Fax dollar bills to people?
Cash. Buy things in person. Use bitcoin. Use AMEX. Save money.
So many options besides using Visa or Mastercard.
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Stop buying things. Go to your bank and withdraw cash. Write checks.
Catch a goose and catch an octopus. Wring the ink out of the goose, pluck a feather out of the octopus, dip the feather in the ink, and write a check like they did in the good old days.
Who the fuck takes cheques? Hell, some places don’t even take cash any more.
People are so angry in here that they didn’t catch the obvious sarcasm.
My mother asked me the other day “does $LocalGroceryStore still take cash?”
I looked at her like she had five heads and said, “yes”
It’s mostly small places that don’t. I think they started during covid so they didn’t have to physically take anything from the grubby customers, and found they didn’t lose much (if any) business over it.
Cash still costs money to handle, either for the time or wages of taking it to the bank, or paying somebody to collect it every day.
I guess it helps that contactless payments are now ubiquitous. Practically everyone has a phone, and readers like SumUp and Square can be had for a few quid.
But then there are places that still only take cash, because it’s easier to hide that from the tax man.
Recently, I’ve actually found the opposite to be true in the US. Smaller places prefer cash because they can avoid the CC fees that they get charged for every single swipe. Many places have a sign at the register that they add an additional ~3% to the bill to cover fees which it can be avoided by paying in cash. I’ve started using cash over the last year to avoid the additional charges, especially for takeout.
We had a card surcharge ban bought in a few years back. The shops aren’t allowed to charge extra, and unless you’re employing family members or not declaring the cash (and for a lot of small takeaways, it’s probably both of those) it probably works out more expensive to handle the cash.
That makes sense. I wish we had that here, but I’m happy they at least are required by law in my state to tell people about the surcharge.
Then stop buying things.
Welp I guess I don’t have bills now. No electric bill, no water bill, no car loan, no phone and internet bills, nope. Captain_aggravated says so.
Your utilities won’t take checks. Sure.
Mine sure the fuck don’t. They will just turn your shit right the fuck off and claim you never paid them since check is not listed as an acceptable payment.
That’s correct. Some of them don’t.
If they seriously ONLY take credit cards and can’t be paid via bank draft, cash, personal check etc. you should be talking to your government.
I couldn’t actually top up a prepay meter with a credit card.
Direct debits are preferred and they’ll often offer a discount for using that.
Because that has worked so well so far.