>> " .. "who blinks first" .."
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>> I have Visa - surely Amazon has the most to lose , ?
Well, that's kind of the point about waiting to see who blinks first. Both have a considerable amount to lose. However, it's easier to replace a Visa card with a Mastercard than it is to replace AMazon with.... urrrr.
>> My card is Visa, if Amazon won't take it i'll shop elsewhere
Probably a marginal customer then.
As it happens for me I have both Visa & Mastercard, so it doesn't really matter much to me, I'll just use the other one. Which I suspect is what many would do.
And of course, if Amazon get away with it then that strengthens the hand even further of other retailers who want to knock Visa's rates down, but of course conversely strengthens Mastercard's since Amazon couldn't lose them both.
I am reasonably sure that some face-saving deal, for both sides, will be done.
>> NOT a difficult decision .. 'bye !
Then you are probably not one that either Visa or Amazon are worried about, since their war doesn't affect you, then you spending probably doesn't affect them.
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