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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by kylebyproxy on Sunday January 09, 2022 @12:03PM (#29865097)
Just guessing by "cheque", are you outside the US? The checking system & ACH might be more of a US-centric phenomenon. It's been busted forever, but it's just how we do things around here.
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Re:Upwork asking me for a $12.5k refund as the client was us... by CRConrad on Sunday January 09, 2022 @08:24PM (#29869440)
> It's been busted forever, but it's just how we do things around here.

Which is why the rest of the developed world wonders: So why don't you stop that and catch up to, say, the 1990s?

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