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by stu2b50 1010 days ago
What part of that is the fault of using a credit card? I'm extra confused since Amazon came into this, where you distinctly are able to use credit cards?

With a credit card, you have the fallback of chargebacking. That's the benefit. You haven't gotten to that stage, although you certainly could have escalated to there by now.
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steelframe 1008 days ago
> What part of that is the fault of using a credit card? I'm extra confused since Amazon came into this, where you distinctly are able to use credit cards?

Amazon, to my knowledge, will not charge you and then throw you into a "pending verification" quagmire.

But I would imagine most vendors don't want you ordering from Amazon. My point is that when I make an effort to order from another vendor when I could just order from Amazon, that vendor should introduce exactly zero friction to the process in order to be competitive.

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stu2b50 1007 days ago
Sure, and that's the merchant's issue? There are no lack of merchants that take credit cards without any further measures like that. And because you used a credit card, you can, and probably should, just file a chargeback and be done with it.
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