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A clean, legal way to refuse service to anyone without a credit card.
by Finnucane 9y ago
A clean, legal way to refuse service to anyone without a credit card.
- walterbell 9y agoThe named stores are also "healthy" options, so we have decided as a society that bankers decide who eats healthy food, even if the buyer has US legal tender?
- ataturk 9y agoUndermining legal tender laws is a bad idea. Convenience isn't a good reason--convenience can justify all kinds of horrible behavior. People who don't like "whites only" signs on restaurants and buses should be upset about anyone discriminating against cash.
- hkmurakami 9y agofwiw they take debit cards, and there are services like bluebird [1] that provide a bank account + debit card (iirc) without a credit check. but I agree with the spirit of your post. [1] https://www.bluebird.com/ https://www.bluebird.com/
- cesarb 9y agoEven these services have restrictions. For instance, the service you linked to says in its FAQ that it's only available to non-minor US residents with a valid SSN and a working email account. Cash has none of these restrictions, and it's not hard to imagine scenarios where they are relevant.
- geofft 9y agoThey seem to require an address. How do I give money to a homeless person to use at one of these stores? Can I buy a handful of Blue Dot cards at the drugstore, load them up with about $5 or $10, and hand them out?
- JoshMnem 9y agoSome people don't make enough money to open bank accounts, because their money is gone before the next paycheck.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoYou can buy prepaid Visa and MasterCard gift cards, that function exactly the same as credit cards at point-of-sale terminals, in places like CVS and gas stations.
- Finnucane 9y agoThose cards typically have high fees. So another way to leech off the poor.