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aspiring_sage

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 7, 2021
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Got to "Place Order" and the site rejected my payment twice. That's okay, there's always another Kenan! 😁
@Said.ALTINAY did reach out to me once via email. I guess they have problems with international payments sometimes, he will help you directly if you need. I'm sure he wouldn't mind me PMing you his email if you want me to dig it up for you.
 

didimauw

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Staff member
Jul 28, 2013
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wait companies do that? Everywhere I've worked it's always an option. A heavily encouraged option.
Yeah the last factory I worked in, made it mandatory. There was one guy out of hundreds, that refused to do it, but he was worth his weight and one of the originals, so they allowed him to continue that way.
 
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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
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Yeah the last factory I worked in, made it mandatory. There was one guy out of hundreds, that refused to do it, but he was worth his weight and one of the originals, so they allowed him to continue that way.
I love that. It's almost always better to encourage people with things like that then force it. Hell not having to go anywhere like a bank and also getting the money earlier helps sell people on it.
 
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anotherbob

Lifer
Mar 30, 2019
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In the semi-rural NorthEastern USA
2007 and 2020 saw a lot of ID theft and account hacking locally. Many folks I know abandoned banking.
and right there is why industries need to watch their asses and not just shrug problems off as the customers problems. Undermines the whole industry what ever it is. Kind of like if the company you worked for starting maiming customers and saying it's not our problem. Wouldn't be good for business.
 

AJL67

Lifer
May 26, 2022
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28,119
Florida - Space Coast
For the people that call ahead of time to make a purchase overseas realize you can call your bank and tell them that you will be making purchases overseas and have them remove the hold on your card for six months to a year? I’ve done this with two different cards because I got sick of dealing with it every time. Capital one does the thing where you make a purchase and they send you a text asking if you made the purchase and you click yes in blah blah blah goes through but it’s easier to call them and say hey I’m gonna be doing this for a few months, so please remove the hold from my card.
 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate
Nov 12, 2014
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For the people that call ahead of time to make a purchase overseas realize you can call your bank and tell them that you will be making purchases overseas and have them remove the hold on your card for six months to a year? I’ve done this with two different cards because I got sick of dealing with it every time. Capital one does the thing where you make a purchase and they send you a text asking if you made the purchase and you click yes in blah blah blah goes through but it’s easier to call them and say hey I’m gonna be doing this for a few months, so please remove the hold from my card.
So far it's only been the individual site that the card rejected. I've ordered from other Turkish artisans and other sites around the world with no issue.
 
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brian64

Lifer
Jan 31, 2011
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Just bought my first altinay with me CC now I have to go check to make sure it went through.
If you didn't get the error message when you were making the purchase then I would think it must have went through...which seems strange because as I understand it, this 3D security thing is required on all transactions on their site...at least all overseas transactions.