My credit card is frozen--good opportunity - page 2.

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Quote from: Peter R on May 01, 2014, 02:09:54 PM

Last time Visa froze my card because I ordered "$1500 of merchandise from an online store categorized as 'women's apparel.'" When I called to resolve the issue they said that "since I was not a woman" the transaction was flagged as suspicious. Visa, do you not realize that men buy things for women?

Has this seriously happened to you? It is much more worrying than it appears - you can't even buy things "that you aren't supposed to buy".

Quote from: acoindr on May 01, 2014, 03:59:07 PM

Quote from: Peter R on May 01, 2014, 02:09:54 PM

... When I called to resolve the issue they said that "since I was not a woman" the transaction was flagged as suspicious. ...

Do we really want companies scrutinizing our lives this much? How can that not give anyone the creeps?

That is another problem. Following the problem with the card I quoted, they must have a very complete profile of each of us based on our purchases.

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Quote from: Peter R on May 01, 2014, 02:09:54 PM

... When I called to resolve the issue they said that "since I was not a woman" the transaction was flagged as suspicious. ...

Do we really want companies scrutinizing our lives this much? How can that not give anyone the creeps?

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Quote from: RodeoX on May 01, 2014, 03:20:05 PM

I hear you bro. When I travel they often shut my card down. For example I was in L.A. paying for brunch when my card was declined. I paid for my airline tickets with that card, rented the hotel room with that card, and was eating at the hotel restaurant. Still they flagged the transaction. It's a hassle. A few weeks ago I had brunch in Seattle. Because I paid with bitcoin, there wasn't an authority in the world that could screw with my transaction.

You do realize that every CC company has a policy that says "you must tell them when you travel" right?

If this keeps happening to you, then you aren't very smart lol... Or need a different CC that doesn't have this issue.

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lol, I agree that visa's a pain in the ass sometimes, but I never have this problem with amex.

I made an 8K charge on my amex card without so much as a phone call questioning it.

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I hear you bro. When I travel they often shut my card down. For example I was in L.A. paying for brunch when my card was declined. I paid for my airline tickets with that card, rented the hotel room with that card, and was eating at the hotel restaurant. Still they flagged the transaction. It's a hassle. A few weeks ago I had brunch in Seattle. Because I paid with bitcoin, there wasn't an authority in the world that could screw with my transaction.

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same append to me ... i'm restricted to 600-800 Euros per day of transaction on VISA/MASTERCARD.
that's why i transfer all my sum on Bitcoin.

i don't accept that. Angry

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I'm not suprised that visa flagged this and this is another reason why we need bitcoin . It would solve a lot of issues like this onw

Peter R

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I went to place a small order from DigiKey but I got the error "can't process your order--please contact your bank." This seems to happen several times a year and requires me to either wait till the problem disappears on its own, or sit on hold for 30 min to resolve. Last time Visa froze my card because I ordered "$1500 of merchandise from an online store categorized as 'women's apparel.'" When I called to resolve the issue they said that "since I was not a woman" the transaction was flagged as suspicious. Visa, do you not realize that men buy things for women?

Eventually, we will be able to purchase on-line from several merchants without the "help" of third-parties. But in the meantime, please someone create a reliable bitcoin-to-credit-card gateway that also manages my shipping addresses. I would pay for this service just out of spite for Visa.

(My apologies for the rant!)

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