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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by wutbrodo on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:17PM (#28829949)
> Yet you can't use a credit card to buy cannabis pretty much anywhere AFAIK.

The dispensaries I've been to in LA will generally take credit cards now. They round it up to multiples of 5 and give you change in cash, and I think under-the-hood they're doing a cash advance or something?

This doesn't detract from your point; if anything, it reinforces it. Just an interesting factual point.

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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by morpheuskafka on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:33PM (#28830127)
If they were doing this with credit cards people would know since they'd be hit with a cash advance fee and no grace period on interest.
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Re:Credit-card firms are becoming reluctant regulators of th... by romwell on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:48PM (#28830292)
They take cards, not credit cards.

Those are debit cards; the transaction is a cashback (that's why they give change in cash).

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