• RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My bank is very veery careful about that, in the sense of blocking basically all the online purchases I could make because of one compromised account like a decade ago. Except steam. We trust steam, I guess.

    They also know I don’t leave the state almost ever so I guess they’d shut that down as well. But I’d go to the bank and talk to the office people and they’d fix it before the trip.

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      4 days ago

      My first bank would flag a transaction if I traveled 2-4 hours to the next city, because God forbid I take a damn road trip

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        At this point my bank would probably do the same tbh. Mostly because 2-4 hours could get me into the next state, depending on direction lol.

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      That’s interesting about Steam. Steam purchases used to flag my card so much, I ended up telling my bank, “If a purchase goes through Steam, IT’S ME. I don’t have kids, I don’t share my card with anyone. Just let the purchase through. It’s fine.”

      I don’t know why Steam in particular kept setting off red flags for them, but damn it was frustrating that they’d lock my card every time I wanted a new game. I mean, I know I should probably not give in to the temptation so much, but my Steam library is bare bones compared to those of other people I know. I’m an adult and if I want to spend my money on games that make me happy, let me do that!

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        I think because I’ve bought so much on steam over the years there’s just a flag in my account somewhere! They hate other games though. They blocked me purchasing Black Desert Online and I had to go in and say “No no, that was me”