You know you're addicted to the internet when...
Called my bank tonight asking why my VISA had been refused on Friday (it wasn't a big deal, I just paid with my debit card instead).
Apparently it has been cloned and somebody racked up quite the impressive amount of shopping (waaaay over by VISA limit). The nice lady on the other side of the line cancelled my card and advised me to head to my closest branch to fill in a form which will give the bank permission to ask for more details on the (bad) use of the card, so they could possibly track them down.
I was all "no problem, dude, I'll just use my debit card. It's good for online shopping as well." The thing I have just discovered is that it isn't. Not any more. While I was having fun with my VISA and totally abandoned my poor, poor debit card (because, you know, I lived abroad for 5 years...), it went from VISA to MAESTRO, meaning that no, it's not possible to use as a VISA online and abroad any longer.
And then reality smacked right upside the head. Whaddya mean it's gonna take a week to get a new VISA?! What about Amazon? And iTunes? And Paypal? And a hundred other sites I could possibly want to shop in?
Arghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
You know you've been using the internet too much, when being unable to shop online gives you a panic attack. LOL
Apparently it has been cloned and somebody racked up quite the impressive amount of shopping (waaaay over by VISA limit). The nice lady on the other side of the line cancelled my card and advised me to head to my closest branch to fill in a form which will give the bank permission to ask for more details on the (bad) use of the card, so they could possibly track them down.
I was all "no problem, dude, I'll just use my debit card. It's good for online shopping as well." The thing I have just discovered is that it isn't. Not any more. While I was having fun with my VISA and totally abandoned my poor, poor debit card (because, you know, I lived abroad for 5 years...), it went from VISA to MAESTRO, meaning that no, it's not possible to use as a VISA online and abroad any longer.
And then reality smacked right upside the head. Whaddya mean it's gonna take a week to get a new VISA?! What about Amazon? And iTunes? And Paypal? And a hundred other sites I could possibly want to shop in?
Arghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!
You know you've been using the internet too much, when being unable to shop online gives you a panic attack. LOL