MC banning tobacco purchases effective the new year

[tattoofreak]

Will this affect MC debit cards to or just credit card MC.

[wolfmonk]

Seems like a stoopit move for a company to do this. It's offensive from a personal rights point of view. Tobacco is still legal. I don't need a credit card company 'commenting' on my legal purchases. It's a little paternal and authoritarian of them to say the least. So, Daddy Mastercard doesn't approve? I just can't see a financial institution tying their money grubbing hands like this - it makes little sense.

If it is true: Mastercard =

[Beachjeep90]

"MasterCard said that financial institutions can continue to provide MasterCard acceptance for Internet tobacco sales if they have documented evidence to substantiate that the merchant is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and any applicable State Attorney General."

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...astercard.html

[PipesandGOP]

I'm not too well versed in the ways of the law on things like this but it seems that the whole thing is targeted toward cigarette sales that were already illegal to begin with- not general tobacco related purchases (cigars, pipes/pipe tobacco, accessories). It sounds to me like mc is just tired of having to deal with the feds to track down people that were using their cards to break the law and is stopping it before it ever becomes an issue.
Has anyone been able to find anything more recent?

[gary106334]

Originally Posted by Romark

I don't know anything but it sounds like BS to me. What business is it of MC what I purchase and pay for. If it's indeed true I guess I will be cutting up my MC.

Amen to that.

[Mr. Ed]

Strange, I wouldn't think that a Master Card would take such a high road stance on tobacco. Glad I use Visa

[Cigary]

Originally Posted by gary106334

Amen to that.

Amen,,MC can go screw themselves when it comes to what I want to charge. There are too many ways to pay for the products I want to buy.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Romark

I don't know anything but it sounds like BS to me. What business is it of MC what I purchase and pay for. If it's indeed true I guess I will be cutting up my MC.

Originally Posted by Beachjeep90

"MasterCard said that financial institutions can continue to provide MasterCard acceptance for Internet tobacco sales if they have documented evidence to substantiate that the merchant is in compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws to the satisfaction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and any applicable State Attorney General."

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news0...astercard.html

This whole issue came up a couple years ago and was widely discussed here. There seemed to be no changes at that time, and the language was pretty much the same as it is this time.

[ncstogie]

Atlantic cigar already does not accept MC...

[totallytentative]

Originally Posted by ncstogie

Atlantic cigar already does not accept MC...

Eh? I just placed an order with them and used my MC. Is the website behind and I should be expecting a call/email soon?

[blackey73]

Originally Posted by uptown_cigar

I was just informed that Mastercard will be initiating a new policy prohibiting tobacco purchases with their card. I was told by a manufacturer that they received notice from MC that by the 1st of the year, or a little after, they will no longer allow charges for tobacco products OR accessories. Just thought everyone might want to be aware of this.

Wow, that's super lame. I've been using Bill Me Later on CI and FSS. That seems to work pretty well.

I just did a web search and I cannot find anything about this. I found an old article from 2005 where MC was going to stop "illegal" tobacco sales over the internet. The article references cigarettes and not cigars though.

[Shervin]

Maybe we can barter...I have grains and livestock, OpusX for a goat anyone?