[SWAF-Potluck] Credit cards cut off Backpage

[Andrew Sorfleet]

Hi River (and potluckers),

Thank you for giving us the update this morning. 

I got the Backpages report from an international listserve from someone in the US. So far someone else from Canada reported that credit card payment worked fine on backpages this morning. Another person from the US reported that she could not find a redirect or a way to make credit  card payment. 

I just heard word from Edmonton that Mastercard no longer works on Backpages and that Visa will stop working soon. 

I had thought perhaps that because laws are different in Canada that perhaps this might not apply here. But it looks like this is not the case. 

Here are all the news stories i've seen so far. 

Ciao4Now
Andy

http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/02/news/visa-mastercard-backpage-prostitution/

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/01/mastercard-visa-boycott-backpagecom-adult-section

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-sheriff-prostitution-visa-mastercard-met-20150630-story.html

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/07/01/visa-mastercard-stop-business-with-backpage/29558315/

http://m.theage.com.au/victoria/sex-workers-fury-as-credit-cards-cut-off-20150702-gi3xxx.html


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 7:32 AM, River Jade <dakariver at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Not true. They now have a redirect to another website to buy credits that will accept your credit cards.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone


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