I don’t know why I bother with Visa.
I just ordered computer parts from a well-known online supplier and paid with Visa. 10 minutes later I got a phone call from Visa to tell me that they’d rejected the payment because this well-known online supplier has too many fraudulent charges. Primarily from idiot child geeks using mom or dad’s credit card to buy parts for their dangerously-overclocked game systems I imagine.
Now, I get that. I’m not complaining about their vigilance. What I am complaining about is that they rejected the charge BEFORE THEY CALLED ME TO ASK ABOUT IT. So, like, instead of holding it and calling me to verify that I, the card holder, actually did place that order, they just fucked me instead. And no kiss, either. Well fuck that.
An actual transcript of the end of the call:
“Sorry if this caused any inconvenience.”
“Yes, well, it caused a great deal of inconvenience. Thanks a lot.”
So I logged back into the well-known online supplier’s website and USED AMERICAN EXPRESS. No problem; instant approval.
Fuck Visa. I’d rather get AmEx points anyway.
A "surly curmudgeon[], suspicious and lacking in altruism." (Robert A. Heinlein)