Glad we are talking about money, and I have a few things to add:
How the banks and Visa work together to freeze your money without coming out and saying they are freezing your money: A few days ago, I was trying to purchase a domain name, so I could have an online space of my own. As I got to the checkout page, suddenly there was an "issue" with my Visa. This has never happened before and the timing was frankly very suspicious. Then it said to call the issuing bank. So I looked up the bank, trying to find their customer contact number. But instead of finding a number, they told people, and by people I mean me, to call the number on the back of the card. Instead of just listing the number up online so people can look it up easily. This business practice made zero sense and it was because it wasn't about making money and running a business; it was about containing me. They did this because they knew I was on a psych ward and hence did not have access to my physical Visa card (feds work with the high-levels at Visa, and yes, I am THAT important). So I called up my mom, practically begged her to read the number to me, but of course, being the dishonest woman that sold out her daughter and worked with feds, she used every excuse in the book not to give me the number. The feds did not want me to be able to purchase a domain name that would really work to my advantage. Finally, it worked and the sale went through, and it was probably only because they saw that if I did not get a space online, I would go into real life. They probably figured keeping me online was the safer bet. And then, I started to cash my GICs. Again they panicked and tried every dirty trick to try and stop me. First, one bank said there was a "technical issue", so I couldn't log in to touch my own money. This way, they can prevent me access to my own money without admitting that they are freezing my money.
This post was edited by JessiWan on Nov 13 2025 11:47am