BrikoX@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoMastercard demands US cannabis shops stop accepting debit cardswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partyworldnews@lemmy.mlglobalnews@lemmy.zip
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minus-squaremarkr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoThe states regulate weed shops so that would be highly improbable.
minus-squareMajorHavoc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI didn’t mean to say it would be legal, haha. I’m just suspicious that there’s gonna be a lot of “accidentally” misconfigured Mastercard terminals in the near future.
minus-squaremarkr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhat has worked in some states is the ‘gift pot’ strategy. You sell them a vastly overpriced taco and they get a gift of weed along with the snack. Generally the states get upset about this and close the loophole.
The states regulate weed shops so that would be highly improbable.
I didn’t mean to say it would be legal, haha.
I’m just suspicious that there’s gonna be a lot of “accidentally” misconfigured Mastercard terminals in the near future.
What has worked in some states is the ‘gift pot’ strategy. You sell them a vastly overpriced taco and they get a gift of weed along with the snack. Generally the states get upset about this and close the loophole.