At 5:20 AM 11/17/95, sameer wrote:
3. The success of BankAmericard (later renamed Visa) came when real customers and real shops started to use it, not when early pioneers set themselves up as clearinghouses and whatnot.
I'm sorry, but Community ConneXion is a real shop, with real customers, selling real services, and we accept ecash.
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