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MUNCHY's avatar

An example of how things can be introduced by stealth came for me this morning when I went to book a room on AirBandB. I could not use my credit card nor my debit card nor my husband's credit card! It said ask my bank for security clearance.

I rang my bank and they said AirBandB had not accepted card payments for a couple of months. It was an issue their end. It seemed like I had to give up the booking half way through or use an alternative . The only listed alternatives were Google Pay or Paypal. I don't know what Google Pay even is and I had shut my Paypal account after what happened to the Canadian truckers and the govt critics who were cancelled by the company when they spoke out.

I bit the bullet and opened a PayPal account just to book the room. I will shut it again and tell them why (again). But it does show how daily living becomes more and more difficult if we are channelled one way and we don't want to go there.

They will hide behind private companies and no doubt will allow cash to circulate for a while whilst tagging it so it can be tracked and given an expiry date.

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Allan Connal's avatar

On point as usual Iain. I think at this moment in time we have to look at alternatives.

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