Mesatchornug
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Wow!!As of April, Discover credit cards will reportedly be joining a larger initiative to track when cardholders make purchases at gun stores. It also noted that even if a customer used the card to purchase non gun or ammunition items, it would still be logged as a 'gun shop' purchase.
SO, if you carrythe Discover card, from now on, USE CASH!!!
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Spot on. Merchant loses immediately if a customer files a chargeback.I think it’s 50/50 for the reason not to take Amex.
Half because of the fees
Half because of how they handle customer disputes. (Merchant loses and gets screwed and stops taking the card)
They don't yet "know what your purchases are" -- normal consumer credit cards, the bank just gets the barest of information -- time, date, merchant name, and the merchant category code (MCC). The change everybody is freaking out about is simply creating a unique MCC for guns & ammo. So for example l online gun retailers previously were processed under the "5941-Sporting Goods Store" or even “general merchandise” category.They have known what your purchases are for years. They just now gave them a specific merchant code. If you are concerned with privacy this much than using a third party service like a credit card or a check from a bank or anything outside of cash probably isn't for you.