The True Fragrance Of Christmas

[Tama]

Al has an Amex pre-paid credit card type thing called a Bluebird. It's great, low fees, etc.

Until he pays at the pump.

Twice now -- once through his first time prepaying at the pump, once through mine, his ENTIRE FUCKING ACCOUNT has been totally DRAINED.

I wonder why no one wants to accept Amex?

[NorthernZel]

Quoth EricKei

I had heard that many European shops refuse to deal with them at all, but I cannot confirm this; I've heard the occasional horror story about AMEX taking as long as six MONTHS to pay a foreign merchant money that they should have had much sooner.

Over here the limit is 3 months (government laws) and it goes for ALL credit cards. Though, as apparently everywhere else, VISA payments go through quicker than, say, MasterCard or Amex. And actually, as of May 2012, "ordinary" consumers cannot get an Amex card over here, though they may apply for a Platinum card if they are eligible.

(Needless to say that I have a VISA debit card? )

EDITED TO ADD: Of course, that also depends on which merchant bank is used. Most brick-and-mortar places uses DIBS/Teller (which is a Scandinavian corporation), whereas some online stores either use Pensio (based in Germany) or simply go with the Paypal option.

[KabeRinnaul]

Quoth Tama

Al has an Amex pre-paid credit card type thing called a Bluebird. It's great, low fees, etc.

Until he pays at the pump.

Twice now -- once through his first time prepaying at the pump, once through mine, his ENTIRE FUCKING ACCOUNT has been totally DRAINED.

I wonder why no one wants to accept Amex?

Surprise level zero. I've been wondering just how awful that card would be ever since we first started promoting it.

[Dadeo]

At our bank, when you have a line of credit, they issue you either a VISA or an AMEX card. We opted for AMEX because it gives us 4X airmiles when we use it for groceries, only to find that none of the stores we shop at accept it. There is one that does but it's so damned expensive that using it there is somewhat counterproductive.

[BusBus]

Working from home?

Bu...bu...bu...but where will I get to read my Skytrain stories?
I take the ol' Sky Chariot to work these days and have seen my fair share of awesome.

[AnqeiicDemise]

Oh, GK.. Management!! I'm so.. so.. sorry.

If it makes you feel any better, I swear I speak to some of your customers and I believe i have discovered the problem. The sheer amount of bleach some of these customers dump on their hair has now started to leech into their brain.

At least I hope that's what happened. They couldn't possibly have started out wi-- no, no, perish the thought. I need some hope.

[Gravekeeper]

I fear all the tales of my terrifying leadership are kinda fuzzy in my head as I haven't been at work in some time. Nor can I return until I finish being fixed.

[EricKei]

Quoth Gravekeeper

Nor can I return until I finish being fixed.

FIXED?! o_O Never say "fixed" to an animal person!

Besides, if you get fixed, there will never be any GK Jr's running around and pointing out the Stupids. The world would indeed be worse off for the loss.