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To be fair, this is just debt cards. While I don't approve of them blocking this at all, I am guessing there was also a bit of fraud involved, even with the pin

To be fair, this is just debt cards. While I don't approve of them blocking this at all, I am guessing there was also a bit of fraud involved, even with the pin numbers. On a more personal level, I'm not sure why people would use anything other than cash to buy weed... who wants these companies tracking you anyway. Update: The comments below prompted me to look a bit further into my fraud speculation... quick google search found this: https://digboston.com/no-more-atms-is-the-smell-of-money-coming-to-a-weed-store-near-you/ https://digboston.com/no-more-atms-is-the-smell-of-money-com... Cash back is a laundering problem.

ribosometronome 3y ago
Nothing in the article indicates Mastercard's concern is fraud nor does it sound like it came to their notice by way of fraud.
- latchkey 3y ago
  Does it need to be stated in the article for it to be true?
  - cudgy 3y ago
    No, but random speculation about it is certainly not necessarily true either.
    - latchkey 3y ago
      "I am guessing" wasn't clear enough? Is it not ok to express a random speculation opinion here any more?
nocoiner 3y ago
Thanks for the link. I was scratching my head trying to figure out the evident disparate treatment (Why not Visa? Why not credit cards?) but that explained a lot.