Jake

Allie and I decided to do a little after Christmas shopping today. We spend an hour shopping at Neiman Marcus and then stand in line for 20 minutes to pay for nearly $2,000 worth of merchandise. So, we get to the register and I whip out my Visa card and the clerk says, ?I?m sorry sir we don?t accept Visa. We honor American Express or the Neiman Marcus card. If you like you can go to the concierge and use your Visa to purchase a gift card to pay for these items?.

WTF, I have four questions:
1. Have I been living under a rock because I?ve never heard of a major retail store that doesn?t accept Visa?
2. Why the fuck do you need a concierge at a department store?
3. Why is that I can use my Visa card to buy a Neiman Marcus gift card and then use the gift card to pay for my purchase but I can?t use the same Visa card to pay for the purchase in the first place?
4. How much revenue is Neiman Marcus sacrificing annually because they don?t accept the most widely held credit card in the world.

And no we didn?t wait in line at the concierge for another 30 minutes to get a fucking gift card.

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