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I have paid for parking at hotels many times, which does suck.
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Today I tried to use an American Express gift card (prepaid debit) I've had laying around for a while. I found out pretty quickly that online stores basically won't touch it, and some brick and mortar places might not either! Neato!
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:Today I tried to use an American Express gift card (prepaid debit) I've had laying around for a while. I found out pretty quickly that online stores basically won't touch it, and some brick and mortar places might not either! Neato! Use it to add money to your Amazon account. That's what I do with all of those things now.
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Sep 22, 2023 10:36
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:Today I tried to use an American Express gift card (prepaid debit) I've had laying around for a while. I found out pretty quickly that online stores basically won't touch it, and some brick and mortar places might not either! Neato! "Lots of places don't take American Express" has been a thing since at least the 80s.
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Sep 22, 2023 10:43
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:"Lots of places don't take American Express" has been a thing since at least the 80s. The only time I ever hear about American Express is from jokes about it or from signs in a shop saying they don't accept it. As far as I can tell it only exists so people can make jokes about how much it sucks.
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Sep 22, 2023 11:43
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dr_rat posted:The only time I ever hear about American Express is from jokes about it or from signs in a shop saying they don't accept it. Don't doxx me
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Sep 22, 2023 11:44
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:Today I tried to use an American Express gift card (prepaid debit) I've had laying around for a while. I found out pretty quickly that online stores basically won't touch it, and some brick and mortar places might not either! Neato! I don't know if it's changed, but the reason for that (at least 20 years ago) was that Visa/MC charged 3% for stores to be able to use a cc to purchase. That's why on some old gas stations you see the credit price is higher. So basically if I buy something from a store that costs $100 with my visa, the store gets $97 of it. AmEx was at 5 or 6% which is why a lot of places didn't take it.
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Sep 22, 2023 12:52
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dr_rat posted:The only time I ever hear about American Express is from jokes about it or from signs in a shop saying they don't accept it. Dude amex has a card that gets you 6% back on groceries it exists to gently caress the places you spend your money.
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Sep 22, 2023 14:11
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AmEx is mostly for rich people. It's good for copping free reward points on your business flights, buying gold watches (free insurance on every purchase), etc.
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Sep 22, 2023 14:25
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The fact that the prepaid debit card is an Amex is irrelevant to the anecdote; Visa prepaid debit cards are just as janky to try to cash out. This is why scammers are always asking people to pay with iTunes gift cards instead of debit cards with actual money on them. The random stores that don't take Amex at all are rare at this point, largely because all the small businesses that used to refuse to take it use Square now. I have a Visa in my wallet for Costco, but I only use it for something else like once a year.
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Sep 22, 2023 14:32
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I found a small cache of gift cards I bought a while ago. The Target ones were good. The Facebook ones, well, are not. Mom used to play Farmville loving hardcore. Now I got $50 of plastic that I can't even get off with. Maybe I can tape them together and use them to scrape my windshield come winter. poo poo thing: loving videos that play on the gas station pumps, or in stores where all it does is show various poo poo with smiling customers and corporate buzzwords. At least show me some abstract old school Windows screensavers, those would be more entertaining!
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Sep 22, 2023 14:35
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Cerekk posted:The fact that the prepaid debit card is an Amex is irrelevant to the anecdote; Visa prepaid debit cards are just as janky to try to cash out. This is why scammers are always asking people to pay with iTunes gift cards instead of debit cards with actual money on them. You can use prepaid cards to charge a privacy.com account and then they’re accepted many more places.
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Sep 22, 2023 14:39
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Internet Old One posted:You can use prepaid cards to charge a privacy.com account and then they’re accepted many more places. There are also sites that buy gift cards for like 95% of their value, I use them every time I get an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.
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Sep 22, 2023 14:50
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Amazon just announced that prime video is gonna start having ads next year unless you pay an extra 3 bucks a month. https://www.engadget.com/amazons-prime-video-will-show-ads-unless-you-pay-3-more-per-month-111709384.html?src=rss&guccounter=1
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Sep 22, 2023 15:02
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Revenue must always go up.
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Cowslips Warren posted:
Pro tip for the gas pumps--the 2nd or 3rd button down on the right side of the screen will mute these. I carry a sharpie to write mute next to them when I'm at a station that has them because that's how I found out about the trick.
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Sep 22, 2023 15:19
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Waste of Breath posted:Pro tip for the gas pumps--the 2nd or 3rd button down on the right side of the screen will mute these. I carry a sharpie to write mute next to them when I'm at a station that has them because that's how I found out about the trick. Doing the lord's work. Thank you for your service.
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Sep 22, 2023 15:23
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redshirt posted:I have paid for parking at hotels many times, which does suck. The garage parking at the Omni Parker was $58 a night lmao. We parked 2 blocks away at Pie Alley for $23.
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Sep 22, 2023 15:29
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Modal Auxiliary posted:There are also sites that buy gift cards for like 95% of their value, I use them every time I get an Amazon or Starbucks gift card. Trade grandma’s kohls gift card for g2o cash and then use it to buy a botnet. Untracable crime.
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Sep 22, 2023 15:47
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:The garage parking at the Omni Parker was $58 a night lmao. My old stomping grounds! I worked right there for 10 years.
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Sep 22, 2023 15:50
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Hotels can't charge you arbitrary bullshit fees if you pay for the booking online with a single use burner card number. I'm not going to steal poo poo or make a mess but if you want to charge me $20 for using a towel you can go gently caress yourself.
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im pretty sure virtual cards are still linked to you some how. unless you mean like buy a visa or master card with just enough for the balance. also its kinda surprising seeing goons support hotels when airBnB/etc seem to be dominating. what do you users also still uses local taxi services?
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Sep 22, 2023 22:49
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If you're traveling alone or as a couple, AirBNB is more expensive and a shittier experience than a traditional hotel. It's unethical no matter your group size, but I won't pretend I don't bend my morals when traveling with a big group.
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PhazonLink posted:im pretty sure virtual cards are still linked to you some how. unless you mean like buy a visa or master card with just enough for the balance. Those prepaid cards are really hit and miss and if it's for a damage deposit for a hotel or a rental car, I'd bet they won't let you use one.
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Sep 22, 2023 23:02
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All of the AirBNBs near me are things like $700 a night to stay in an RV parked in some guy's barn. The only explanation I can think of is that nobody actually stays in them and it's all for money laundering.
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Sep 22, 2023 23:22
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I did 3 monthly trips to Vancouver a couple years back for work and the first two airBNBs were so lovely an experience that I was THRILLED to stay in a crappy Travelodge for the third one. Either the guy who booked us didn't notice things like "the one bathroom is shared with all 6 of the airBNB suites we've partitioned our lovely house into" or just didn't give a poo poo because it wasn't him who had to live with it for a week.
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Sep 22, 2023 23:31
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Armacham posted:Use it to add money to your Amazon account. That's what I do with all of those things now. You can't do it with these anymore as of just a few months ago, lol Internet Old One posted:You can use prepaid cards to charge a privacy.com account and then they’re accepted many more places. Just tried to set one up; they only take Visa & Mastercard. Thanks anyway!
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Sep 22, 2023 23:35
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You can add it to PayPal, then use PayPal bill pay to pay your power bill or something.
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Sep 22, 2023 23:38
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A HUNGRY MOUTH posted:You can't do it with these anymore as of just a few months ago, lol Lmao well there goes that life hack
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Van™️©️ Life©️™️©️ used to be a wacky fun alternative thing you could do temporarily and make a youtube™️©️©️™️ channel to document it because of what a free spirit you are then it became “I can’t afford rent” and now it’s “vans cost $200k and you poop in a bucket”
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dr_rat posted:The only time I ever hear about American Express is from jokes about it or from signs in a shop saying they don't accept it. My first job's corporate card was amex. More places accepted it than you'd think. It only became a problem when I worked outside of north america.
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bossy lady posted:My first job's corporate card was amex. More places accepted it than you'd think. It only became a problem when I worked outside of north america. there was a whole period of time where Kroger wasn't accepting Amex over a corporate dispute, then they accepted Amex and didn't accept Visa over a corporate dispute. I never cared about not being able to use amex at 60% of the grocery stores in town because I don't have an amex, but when that became Visa it was a real fuckin pain in the rear end.
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Sep 23, 2023 00:39
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For a while I worked adjacent to some people whose corporate card was Diner's Club, which, lmao
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Handsome Ralph posted:Amazon just announced that prime video is gonna start having ads next year unless you pay an extra 3 bucks a month. They’re going to have to actually produce something I’d be willing to watch first except for Jury Duty, which was very good
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:The garage parking at the Omni Parker was $58 a night lmao. leaving your car in pie alley could get sticky
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Cerekk posted:For a while I worked adjacent to some people whose corporate card was Diner's Club, which, lmao Card of the people
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naem posted:Van™️©️ Life©️™️©️ used to be a wacky fun alternative thing you could do temporarily and make a youtube™️©️©️™️ channel to document it because of what a free spirit you are the climbing bros i know who drive around to climb rocks around the continent definitely didnt pay 200k for their janky hobomobile
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Rock climbers are surfer bros?
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Didnt Amex used to be the one that did Costco's credit card, but then they got greedy and ooppps Costco switched to with Mastercard.
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I remember exchanging American Express Checks in various European offices.
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