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Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by bachmeier on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:08AM (#10601892)
Not only that, but there's a $10 issuance fee associated with this, and based on the announcement, there will be usage charges as well in the future. So it's Visa + fees. As opposed to the Visa I pull out of my wallet now and use without paying any fees.
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Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by JoeAltmaier on Friday November 20, 2015 @11:09AM (#10601901)
Well, except for the 2% merchant fee of course (that's passed along to all of us in the price)
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Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by vkou on Friday November 20, 2015 @12:00PM (#10602246)
Which you won't get a discount on if you buy with BTC.

Meanwhile, I get 1-3% cashback...

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Re:Introducing the Shift Card: Use Bitcoin where Visa is acc... by manymany on Friday November 20, 2015 @05:30PM (#10604319)
merchant fees are significantly lower given that we're talking of a debit card not a credit card
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